Stephen Akugbe articles - 27 total
Using NestJS Interceptors for Performance Monitoring
When APIs feel slow, most developers start by blaming the database or trying to "optimize the...
Install Tailwind CSS v4 in a Vue 3 + Vite Project
Tailwind CSS v4 is here, bringing a more streamlined installation process and performance...
Retro’ing and Debugging 2024: A Year of Growth, Challenges, and Backend Adventures
This is a submission for the 2025 New Year Writing challenge: Retro’ing and Debugging 2024. 2024 was...
🚀 20 Postman Shortcuts and Tips to Supercharge Your API Testing Workflow
Over the past 4 years of building APIs with Node.js, Laravel, and occasionally Python Flask, I’ve...
Effortlessly Switch Between GitHub Accounts with SSH
Managing multiple GitHub accounts (e.g., personal and company accounts) can be tricky, especially...
'string' vs 'String': The Battle Between Primitive and Object Types in TypeScript
In TypeScript, types can be categorized into primitive and reference types (or objects)....
How to Kill a Process Occupying a Port on Windows, macOS, and Linux
As a developer, I often run into issues where a process is already using a port that my application...
Using TypeORM with TSX: A Smoother Development Experience
Working with TypeScript in Node.js applications can sometimes be challenging, especially when...
Understanding Type Annotations in TypeScript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing to the language. One of the...
Understanding TypeScript Utility Types
In web development today, TypeScript has become one of the top choice languages, offering developers...
Validating Request Data in Express.js using Zod and TypeScript: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction Express.js is a popular web framework for building Node.js applications, and...
Copy large files into MySQL DB
I recently wanted to copy a large file into my MySQL database (I'm using phpmyadmin) and I was having...
Setup Custom Domain Name in Netlify
I recently wanted to move my website from the netlify.app domain to a domain I got from...
Fix Ngrok tunnel not working with error: This site can’t be reached
Ngrok is a powerful tool that allows you to expose local servers to the internet, making it an...
Supercharge Your Node.js App: Seamlessly Set Up Sequelize with TypeScript and sequelize-auto-migrations-v2 for auto migrations
When I initially started using Typescript, I wanted to automatically generate migrations as it was...
What do you do when you are burnt out but can't take a leave?
This is my desperate call for help, I've been working at this company non-stop for 11 months now,...
How to Create a Simple REST API with Laravel Lumen
I recently had my first experience with Laravel Lumen and I decided to share my knowledge. I created...
Scroll to top on page change React
If you are using React Router Dom for navigation and routing in your React app then you will notice...
How to fix "The link you followed has expired" when uploading wordpress theme
I was recently working on a wordpress website and I was having issues uploading a new theme because I...
Brief introduction to the Laravel framework
In recent years, web development has gradually shifted from writing plain languages to frameworks and...
Happy New Month developers
It's the beginning of a new month, and in this new month I have decided to help people starting out...
Create simple Laravel Chat application using Chatify and Laravel Livewire
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It is currently the most used...
How to setup Jetstream/Livewire in Laravel application
Laravel Jetstream is a beautifully designed application starter kit for Laravel and provides the...
Fix Laravel app not reading values from .env file
I have been working on an application for a while now, and somehow one morning I noticed the...
How to fix "fatal: .git/index: index file smaller than expected" git error
I was recently working on a project and as I was trying to commit my changes, I saw this error...
Showcase Wakatime Statistics on Github Profile
If you’ve ever checked users' profiles on GitHub you may have noticed some user profiles have been...
Making Laravel Livewire Authentication pages responsive
I recently started using Laravel livewire, and I must confess it has made things easy. However, I...