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Why I chose TypeORM over Prisma

A pragmatic look at why I picked TypeORM for a solo-maintained Node.js backend at scale, and when Prisma is the better call.

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Spec-Driven Development: what it is and why I rolled it out across my team

How writing the spec before the code cut rework, sharpened reviews, and made shipping predictable for my team.

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How I scaled a fitness platform to 60,000 users — solo

The database indexes, Redis caching, and N+1 fixes that took Buffdudes from slow to stable at 60K users.

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Deploying Node.js to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with CI/CD

How I wired GitHub Actions to AWS Elastic Beanstalk and RDS, fronted by Nginx and Redis, for zero-downtime Node.js deploys.

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