ymc9 articles - 59 total
When Embedded AuthN Meets Embedded AuthZ - Building Multi-Tenant Apps With Better-Auth and ZenStack
Building a full-fledged multi-tenant application can be very challenging. Besides having a flexible...
Building Multi-Tenant Apps Using StackAuth's "Teams" and Next.js
Building a full-fledged multi-tenant application can be very challenging. Besides having a flexible...
Building Multi-Tenant Apps Using Clerk's "Organization" and Next.js
Building a full-fledged multi-tenant application can be very challenging. Besides having a flexible...
Typing Prisma Json Fields? Yes, You Can!
SQL databases provide us with many benefits, the most important of which is strong schema...
Programmers, Will AI Work For You, With You, or Without You?
"Programming is dead." A friend said so when he heard I was working on dev tools. It was right...
Rendering Prisma Queries With React Table: The Low-Code Way
React Table, or more precisely, TanStack Table is a headless table UI library. If you're new to this...
Low-Code Backend Solution for Refine.dev Using Prisma and ZenStack
Refine.dev is a very powerful and popular React-based framework for building web apps with less code....
Adapting ZenStack to the Edge: Our Struggles and Learnings
Edge has been a buzzword for web development for a while, but the reality is the ecosystem support is...
The Many Ways Not to Build an API
Building an API is one of the most important things one learns when getting into backend development....
Building an Admin Console With Minimum Code Using React-Admin, Prisma, and Zenstack
Building a customer-facing application is exciting. But it's not much fun when it comes to the admin...
How to Do Authorization - A Decision Framework: Part 2
In the previous post, we discussed two different approaches to implementing authorization: coupled...
Why Do Rubber Ducks Work?
Programming is often perceived by outsiders as a mysterious errand that is mechanical, highly...
How Much Work Does It Take to Build a Programming Language?
"This book is a classic. Treat it with respect". The architect of my team said it when handing me...
Modeling Authorization in Prisma - No Theory, Just Code
Authorization is a special topic for software development. You'll get many theories about different...
The Secrets to Having a Long and Fulfilling Career as a Programmer
This post is not about getting financially successful as a programmer or climbing career ladders to...
How Modern SQL Databases Are Changing Web Development - #4 Into the AI Era
SQL databases have been powering the web since their inception. The combination of strict schema,...
Tackling Polymorphism in Prisma
EDIT 4/25/2024: the feature has been released in ZenStack V2. Prisma is a beloved ORM for NodeJS...
How to Do Authorization - A Decision Framework: Part 1
The security of most applications depends on two pillars: authentication (AuthN) and authorization...
How Modern SQL Databases Are Changing Web Development - #3 Better Developer Experience
SQL databases have been powering the web since their inception. The combination of strict schema,...
From Prisma to TanStack Query: Fast Lane to Full-Stack Type Safety
Prisma is one of the most popular ORMs in the NodeJS world - loved by many for its intuitive data...
Using AI to Generate Database Query Is Cool. But What About Access Control?
Large Language Models have shown the world its incredible versatility. One of its most remarkable...
Is Next.js 13 + RSC a Good Choice? I Built an App Without Client-Side Javascript to Find Out
Next.js 13 ignited the first wave of attention to React Server Components (RSC) around the end of...
Drizzle or Prisma? I Built an App Twice to Find Out Which Is Better
For TypeScript lovers, Prisma has been the perfect solution for building database-centric...
How Modern SQL Databases Are Changing Web Development - #2 New Ways to Program
SQL databases have been powering the web since their inception. The combination of strict schema,...
Building a Secure RESTful API Using NestJS and Prisma With Minimum Code
NestJS is a great framework. It's versatile, rock solid, and thoroughly documented. You can build...
ZenStack: The Complete Authorization Solution for Prisma Projects
Yes, authorization. It's like the "salad part" of your diet - you know it's vital and indispensable...
How Modern SQL Databases Are Changing Web Development - #1 Serverless & Edge
SQL databases have been powering the web since its inception. The combination of strict schema, ACID...
Replacing Google Firebase - An Open-Source Alternative Stack
In the past month or so, Google managed to piss off two distinct groups of people. The first group...
Limitation of TRPC's Type Inference and How We Improved It
TRPC, despite its short history, has gained much popularity in the Node.js/TypeScript community. One...
Streamlining Form Validation in Your Javascript Stack
Modern web applications often intensively deal with accepting and storing user-generated data. The...