REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL in NestJS: What the Numbers Actually Show
Every REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL post repeats the same line: gRPC is 5-10x faster. I built the same NestJS endpoint on all three transports and...
Aug 30, 2026
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Implementing Full-Text Search in NestJS with TypeORM and PostgreSQL
Learn how to build production-ready full-text search in NestJS with TypeORM and PostgreSQL, covering generated tsvector columns, GIN indexin...
Implementing Passkey Authentication in NestJS and PostgreSQL
A code-first guide to adding WebAuthn passkey registration and login to a NestJS and PostgreSQL API: the schema, the service, the controller...
Why I Built a Developer Platform Instead of Just Using Dev.to
I used to publish everything on Dev.to. It worked, but I eventually realized I was building my content on someone else's platform. So I buil...
How We Built Dynamic AI Blog Covers using NestJS and Hugging Face FLUX
Developers want to write code, not spend 30 minutes looking for stock photos. Here is how we integrated Hugging Face FLUX and Sharp into our...
How to Hide Your Backend VPS IP Behind Vercel Using Next.js Rewrites
Learn how to leverage Vercel's Edge network and Next.js Rewrites to route traffic securely to your VPS, effectively hiding its IP address fr...
Four Ways a Refresh Token Request Fails — Only One Means Trouble
A refresh token system where every token is single-use and belongs to a token family. Invalid, expired, and revoked are routine. Reuse means...
Rate Limiting Alone Won't Stop a Patient Attacker
IP-based throttling and account-based lockout solve different problems and neither substitutes for the other. Built and tested in NestJS: th...
Background Jobs in NestJS with BullMQ: A Complete Walkthrough
A from-scratch background job pipeline in NestJS using BullMQ and Redis, demonstrated on an async LLM draft-generation endpoint — covering r...
