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Big Ball of Mud: What You Need to Know About the Antipattern, How to Avoid It, a...

The Big Ball of Mud is a common result of high pressure to deliver fast without due attention to architecture. Developers are ofte...

How to Implement Lazy Loading Images and Videos in JavaScript

Lazy loading is a web optimization technique that delays the loading of non-critical resources until they are actually needed. Ins...

How to Handle Migrations in Express Using Sequelize

This tutorial explains how to implement database migration in your Express and Postgres application. You will learn how to create...

I Built a WordPress-like Hook System for Node.js to Decouple My Code

Node-hooker is a zero-dependency, open-source library that faithfully implements the WordPress Hooks API. Hooks is a pattern of **...

How to Build a File Uploader Tool with Drag-and-Drop and Cloud Storage

Users today expect more from file uploader tools. They want drag-and-drop uploads, real-time progress tracking, and cloud storage...

Everything You Need to Know About Dead Code

"Dead code" refers to parts of a codebase that are written but never executed, called, imported, or otherwise needed during the no...

What Building a Simple Age Calculator Taught Me About Time, Technology, and Smal...

A friend once asked me how old he was in days. That random question led me to build a free age calculator — and I quickly discover...

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Wikipedia Rules Everything Around Me (8/28/2025)

Building an Accessible Web Tool for the Deaf and Blind Using AI

I built this tool as a simple way for anyone wanting to help in accessibility for people who can't express or communicate. Helping...

How to Capture OAuth Callbacks in CLI and Desktop Apps with Localhost Servers

This tutorial walks through building a production-ready OAuth callback server that works across Node.js, Deno, and Bun. We'll cove...

How I Built Local-First Apps with React Native + RxDB (and Why Your App Probably...

Local-first apps process data locally, sync it when you can. This means users stay happy, and you don’t get midnight “the app’s br...

How I Made Next.js and PWA Finally Get Along — With next-pwa-pack

Next.js has added PWA support to its Next.js app. The PWA package is a drop-in package that works with any Next.JS app.