You Don't Need dotenv Anymore
Node.js now has built-in support for loading environment variables from .env files. Learn how to use the native loadEnvFile function and ditch the dotenv dependency for good.
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Why TypeScript Enums Are Dead
Node.js v22.6.0 introduced type-stripping support that lets you run TypeScript files directly, but it breaks traditional enums. Learn why as const objects are the modern, future-proof alternative that works seamlessly with Node's new capabilities.
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Resilient API Calls with ts-retry-promise
External APIs are often unreliable. Between rate limits, network issues, and service outages, failures are bound to happen. In this post, you'll learn how to build more resilient TypeScript API clients using "ts-retry-promise". We cover defensive error handling, smart retry conditions, and how to integrate retries cleanly into your service logic.
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Why Write Validation Logic When Zod Can Do It Better?
Learn how to strengthen your TypeScript applications with Zod, a powerful schema validation library. Discover how Zod enables type-safe, runtime validation with minimal boilerplate, so you can save time and effort when developing API services and data-driven applications.
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Error Handling with Result Types
Learn how to replace traditional try & catch error handling in TypeScript with the safer and more explicit Result Type pattern. This post walks through building a minimal custom Result implementation, explains the benefits of structured error handling, and shows how to adopt the neverthrow library and ESLint configuration.