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Pipeline diagram showing an OpenAPI spec flowing through a code generator to produce typed TypeScript API client functions

Building a Type-Safe API Client Generator from OpenAPI Specs

Build a code generator that reads OpenAPI specs and emits fully typed TypeScript API clients with request validation, error handling and type inference.

May 19, 2023·5 min read

Diagram showing Markdown text being transformed through lexer tokens into an abstract syntax tree and rendered HTML

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Building a Markdown Parser from Scratch in TypeScript

Build a Markdown parser step by step — lexical analysis, AST construction and HTML rendering — to understand how text processing engines work inside.

Apr 6, 2023·5 min read

Architecture diagram showing a task queue with producers, Redis broker, and worker consumers

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Building a Task Queue From Scratch With Node.js and Redis

Build a production-ready task queue step by step using Node.js and Redis, covering reliable delivery, retries, dead letter queues, and concurrency control.

Dec 28, 2022·5 min read

GraphQL playground interface showing a query, response, and schema explorer panel side by side

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Building a GraphQL Server From Scratch

A step-by-step tutorial for a GraphQL server in TypeScript: schema design, resolvers, dataloaders against N+1, authentication, errors and deployment.

Nov 21, 2022·4 min read

Diagram showing token bucket algorithm with tokens being added at a fixed rate and consumed by incoming requests

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Building a Rate Limiter From Scratch

A step-by-step tutorial for rate limiters using token bucket, sliding window and fixed window — with TypeScript, Redis integration and production patterns.

Sep 16, 2022·4 min read

Event-driven microservice architecture showing producer, message broker, and consumer services

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Building an Event-Driven Microservice with Node.js

A step-by-step tutorial for an event-driven microservice with Node.js, RabbitMQ and TypeScript: publishing, consumption, DLQs and idempotent processing.

Aug 5, 2022·5 min read

Architecture diagram of a URL shortener showing the encode, store, and redirect flow

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Building a URL Shortener from Scratch

A step-by-step tutorial for a URL shortener with short code generation, redirect handling, click analytics and rate limiting — schema through API.

May 25, 2022·5 min read

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Building a Browser Extension from Scratch

A step-by-step tutorial for a Chrome/Firefox extension in TypeScript: the manifest, content scripts, background service workers, popup UI and messaging.

Apr 14, 2022·5 min read

Real-time dashboard showing live metrics with WebSocket connection status indicator

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Building a Real-Time Dashboard with WebSockets

A step-by-step tutorial for a live-updating dashboard with WebSockets: server setup, connection management, data streaming, reconnection and scaling.

Feb 12, 2022·4 min read

Inverted index data structure mapping terms to document IDs with frequency scores

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Building a Full-Text Search Engine from Scratch

How full-text search engines work inside: tokenization, inverted indexes, TF-IDF scoring, and building a working search engine in TypeScript step by step.

Nov 15, 2021·5 min read

Migration timeline showing JavaScript files progressively converting to TypeScript with strict mode stages

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Migrating from JavaScript to TypeScript Incrementally

A step-by-step guide to migrating JavaScript projects to TypeScript without pausing feature work: configuration, strict mode adoption and team workflows.

Sep 27, 2021·4 min read

Go application structure diagram showing Chi router middleware chain and handler layers

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Building a REST API with Go and Chi

A hands-on tutorial for a production-ready REST API with Go and Chi: routing, middleware, JSON handling, error responses and graceful shutdown.

Jul 17, 2021·6 min read

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