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When I was first getting started in web development, I remember seeing someone's website and was immediately impressed by one thing: a guestbook. You could sign in with Github and leave a message, similar to someone's Facebook wall back in the day. I thought that was
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There are many Javascript/Typescript web frameworks out there, but Astro is special. If you’re not familiar with Astro, it’s a unique take on how to approach building web apps. It’s designed to be content driven with built-in features to handle markdown content, but also has an
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Like kids playing with matches, we just lit it all on fire. We were burning money as we built and as we scaled, never considering whether we could be doing it better or cheaper or more efficiently. And, like every irresponsible young child learns when it comes to fire, what
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Databases are a crucial piece of the web as we know it today, and some might say that’s all the internet is! With that high demand comes new database models and implementations, and one that has struck a lot of interest is PGlite. This new implementation uses WASM to
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You have likely heard of Svelte if you’ve spent time on the web for the last few years, and there’s a good reason for that. Svelte is a JavaScript framework that is compiled, lightweight, and fairly simple to use. It simplifies things that usually require a lot of
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File storage is one of the core components to most applications. It is often the second or third thing developers find themselves needing to write code for. What many forget about, until they are hit with the complexity of setting it up, is that file storage is just half the
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If you read some of Pinata’s blogs and tutorials, you’ve probably noticed we use Next.js a fair bit. While it is an easy framework to build an MVP with, its not always the best choice for every job. OpenAI seemed to think the same thing when they
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Next.js is, without a doubt, one of the most popular web frameworks used to build apps, with over 125K Github stars and used in over 3 millions projects worldwide. There’s good reasons for this too, as Next makes it pretty easy to launch a simple app and iterate
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The idea of JSON as a database isn’t new. NoSQL databases are effectively just this. However, JSON in its simplest form is a lightweight file that can be hosted anywhere. It doesn’t need a database service provider. Any storage provider will work. The idea of JSON as your
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