Just wrapped up the core setup for my e-commerce API (Impextech): Auth, Products, and Users. Everything is running on Node.js, Express, and TypeScript. Instead of just getting it to work, I spent this week focusing on security, keeping the code clean, and fixing some annoyances in my dev environment. Here’s a breakdown of what I built and a few "gotchas" I learned along the way. I split everythin
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MongoDB is a document database that stores data as flexible JSON-like documents instead of fixed rows and columns. It is commonly used for web applications, REST APIs, content management systems, and real-time analytics where the data model changes frequently. This tutorial walks through installing MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04, enabling authentication, creating an admin user, creating
Ages ago when CSS grids came with a repeat() function to simplify defining repetitive columns and rows, I was not alone in wishing for this function to be made generic and work in any context. After seeing Wes Bos on BlueSky wishing for this exact concept, specifically for repeating segments in a shape() definition, I chimed in with my +1's on making repeat() generic across CSS Without delay, @no