The C̶a̶k̶e̶ User Location is a Lie!!!
A post discussing the nuances around location-based programming. Various ways to access user location, how they can fail, and what to do about it.
Category Back End
AI for Web Devs: Faster Responses with HTTP Streaming
Adding HTTP streaming to AI applications can improve perceived performance. This post covers the server side and client side requirements.
AI for Web Devs: Your First API Request to OpenAI
Make API request to OpenAI with fetch and Qwik forms, protect API keys with Qwik actions, and hide secrets with environment variables.
AI for Web Devs: Project Introduction & Setup
In this blog post, we start bootstrapping a web development project using Qwik and get things ready to incorporate AI tooling from OpenAI.
File Upload Security and Malware Protection
In this article, we implement several of the OWASP recommendations for file upload security. We also dive into malware scanning solutions.
CDNs: Speed Up Performance by Reducing Latency
This post covers what CDNs are, how they work, and why you need one. I also show you how to connect Akamai CDN to Object Storage.
Stream File Uploads to S3 Object Storage and Reduce Costs
Learn how to upload files directly to S3-compatible Object Storage from your Node application to improve availability and reduce costs.
Handling File Uploads on the Backend in Node.js (& Nuxt)
Learn about the low-level concepts for dealing with multipart/form-data in Node.js and how to save file uploads to disk with a high-level solution.
Conditional API Responses For JavaScript vs. HTML Forms
Learn how to build backend APIs that support progressive enhancement by detecting if a request was submitted with HTML forms or JavaScript.
Under-Engineered Productivity > Over-Engineered Distractions
My tip for personal blogs is to avoid technical distractions. This article shows how to do so by setting up WordPress on Linode with just a few clicks.