ImTheDeveloper articles - 25 total
Paying Respect To Those Sites We Loved & Lost
Whilst posting my journey into development and architecture it brought me back to the mid 90s with my...
Where do you hire from?
A post to maybe relieve a little frustration but also to collate some good resources. I'm working wi...
ORM vs Query Builders vs Raw SQL
I've recently been working on an dated side project which is built in node.js coupled with an ORM que...
Optimising Your Telegram Bot Response Times
Photo by Sonja Langford on Unsplash Whilst theModr8 bot platform is a SaaS packa...
Modr8 — The whitelabel Telegram group management engine
Modr8 — The whitelabel Telegram group management engine Introduction This post...
My app is built.. but Docker deployments have me confused. Help!
First-time docker user who now is clueless as to how to deploy to production.
Storing user customisations and settings. How do you do it?
A review of 3 options available, and maybe another and another and another.
Scalable, Available, Stable, Performant, and Intelligent System Design Patterns - An awesome resource!
Ever having issued with scalability? Then read this resource.
Help me decide: Embed subdocument or have a new document collection?
Document database question related to the usage of subdocuments vs new document collections
GDPR and Telegram Bots
How to handle compliance?
Telegram user responses to database/form. Any recommendations?
I'm building out a telegram bot that takes answers given to questions from a user and submits them "s...
Where do you store your apps flat file databases?
I've built a small app in node.js which uses a small json file to store data. Where on the file system should this be placed to ensure some level of persistence?
Cloud API Gateway Help Needed: SOAP (XML) to REST (json)
Which API Gateway can proxy and transform requests from XML to json.
Open Source API Gateways?
Reviewing what is out there and if any are any better than others.
Client and Server API Protection
Open discussion regarding what are the best and recommended practices in securing a public API.
Critique My Plan: API Key for Authentication
I'm looking for feedback on whether this is a good method for authenticating users
Free / Open Source Server Monitoring & Alerting?
looking for some guidance on monitoring a single server
Termux: Give me your use cases!
Termux is a Linux environment running via android as well as a terminal emulator
Help with Jest: How to test the error routes in my code?
Struggling to get to grips with Jest Mocks
The Node.js way - DI vs Module Require?!
Simple question and discussion around DI vs Module.require
Critique my newbie approach to testing
I'm just starting out writing tests. It would be good to get some feedback
Logging! How do you decide on your app log levels and outputs?
I've recently been building out a telegram bot which has allowed me to use Winston for logging. This has been swell, but led me to think about what level of information should be in a log as well as its level throughout my application.
Netlify.. Any competition in the market?
An open question! Has anyone seen any alternatives to Netlify? It seems to be quite a unique offerin...
Server Admin - Logging
With so many options to log file management what is your weapon of choice?
Design patterns. How do you select yours?
There have been many published design patterns and selecting the right one to use for the problem at hand can make or break your project. How do you select yours?