How To Set-Up Express.js 5 for Production in 2025

A walkthrough of the basic dev process for the latest version of Express, complete with TypeScript, ESLint, Prettier, file structure, and logging. - https://www.reactsquad.io/blog/how-to-set-up-express-5-in-2025

#nodejs

Comparing Tauri and Electron for Building Desktop Apps

Electron is a natural choice for building JS and HTML-powered cross-platform desktop apps but numerous alternatives have appeared like Neutralinojs and the Rust-based Tauri. This post does a good job of quickly showing how Tauri differs and why you might choose it. - https://gethopp.app/blog/tauri-vs-electron

#electron

React Server Components Support Across Frameworks

A comparison of support for aspects of the main RSC related functionality in Next.js, Vite, Waku, Forket, Parcel, React Router, and RedwoodSDK, along with the code used to test each one - https://rsc.krasimirtsonev.com/

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Accelerating Large-Scale Test Migration with LLMs

How Airbnb completed its first large-scale, LLM-driven code migration in moving from Enzyme to React Testing Library. - https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/accelerating-large-scale-test-migration-with-llms-9565c208023b

#teact

Rolling the Dice with CSS random()

Jon Davis, Jen Simmons, and Tim Nguyen give an introduction to the random() function that’s coming to CSS, which will let you create a random animation delay, layout content at a random place on the screen, create a random color, or anything you want — all without any JavaScript. - https://webkit.org/blog/17285/rolling-the-dice-with-css-random

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Automating the Release Process for a Desktop App with GitHub Actions

Dolt Workbench is an SQL workbench packaged as an Electron app and distributed for several platforms. Eric explains how the Dolt team has automated the process and shares the code for their GitHub workflows. - https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2025-09-11-automating-desktop-release-process/

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Vue 3 Best Practices

This guide outlines practical patterns for building reliable Vue 3 apps, focusing on the Composition API, TypeScript-first code, and clear state management to improve maintainability. It emphasizes performance techniques like lazy loading, route-level code splitting, and fine-grained reactivity to keep bundles lean and interfaces responsive. The guide also covers testing and linting conventions, component naming, and prop/event typing to ensure consistency across teams. Security and DX tips, such as input sanitization and auto-import hygiene, round out a balanced, production-ready checklist. - https://medium.com/@ignatovich.dm/vue-3-best-practices-cb0a6e281ef4

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'React Won by Default – And It's Killing Frontend Innovation'

An opinionated React thought-piece that’s provoked much discussion this week by poking at the downsides and inertia caused by ‘the React-by-default mindset.’ And we thought people said React was moving too quickly..? - https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/react-won-by-default

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When to Use map() vs. forEach() - https://allthingssmitty.com/2025/04/21/when-to-use-map-vs-foreach/

#javascript

The `-path` of Least Resistance (Part 1)

Amit Sheen explores the clip-path property, starting with basics and moving through the functions and syntax to powerful shape logic that goes way beyond the basic polygons you might be used to. - https://frontendmasters.com/blog/the-path-of-least-resistance-part-1

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Vue Equipment

This resource curates ready-to-use plugins and composables for modern Vue and Nuxt projects, helping teams ship faster with proven building blocks. It includes utilities for data fetching, form handling, state, and router helpers, along with SSR-friendly patterns that work across server and edge deployments. Each item favors DX and type safety, offering sensible defaults and examples to integrate quickly. The collection is ideal for establishing a consistent app toolkit without reinventing common primitives. - https://www.vue.equipment/

The State of QUIC Support in Node.js

A look at the many year story of bringing native QUIC support to Node and how Node 25 should get the first implementation in place. - https://nodevibe.substack.com/p/state-of-quic-in-nodejs

#nodejs

TanStack Start v1 Release Candidate

First appearing on our radar a year ago, TanStack’s attempt at a full-stack TanStack Router-powered framework has reached a v1.0 release candidate that’s expected to be largely the same as its eventual 1.0 release. We’ll let it sell itself: “it’s the next chapter in building type-safe, high-performance React apps without the heavy abstractions.” - https://tanstack.com/blog/announcing-tanstack-start-v1

#react

You're Misunderstanding DDD in Angular  - https://www.angularspace.com/youre-misunderstanding-ddd-in-angular-and-frontend/

#angular

Obsessing Over Smooth radial-gradient() Disc Edges

Ana Tudor demonstrates how to use an underdog media query, resolution queries, to define radial gradients that don’t blur or become jagged. - https://frontendmasters.com/blog/obsessing-over-smooth-radial-gradient-disc-edges

#css

Nuxt useNuxtData, Shallow and getCachedData for performance

Some tips to consider when you're working with large lists of data in Nuxt from an API that you do not control and have to improve performance and user experience. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbYcoKfjbkY

#vue

Building an Offline-Friendly Image Upload System

How to leverage PWA tech such as IndexedDB, service workers, and the Background Sync API to help improve the reliability of web apps for users, particularly those with unreliable internet connectivity. - https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/building-offline-friendly-image-upload-system/

#javascript

Middleware Now Stable in React Router

The middleware feature is now stable in React Router 7.9.0 via the future.v8_middleware flag. Here’s a look at the problems it can solve, and the patterns it unlocks. - https://remix.run/blog/middleware

#react

Mastering npx: A Cheatsheet for npm and Node Power Users

You’ve almost certainly used the npx command to easily run a command from an npm package (either local or remote) – it’s easy to use, but npx has a couple of other features and options to keep in mind. https://www.nodejs-security.com/blog/mastering-npx-cheatsheet-npm-nodejs-power-users

#nodejs

What is useSlots in Vue?

In this article, you’ll explore what useSlots is, when and how to use it, and provide practical examples to clarify its purpose. - https://dev.to/jacobandrewsky/what-is-useslots-in-vue-2hd

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