Building a scalable backend service with Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Docker

Introduction I built a Nodejs project over the weekend. Just thought I’d share and guide others with the design and build process of a scalable backend service with Node.js, TypeScript, Nginx and Docker without using any existing Nodejs frameworks. I used the find-my-way router to implement a REST API. And for the database, I’m using PostgreSQL because it’s reliable and scalable relational database. The aim was to build a backend service that can handle thousands of requests per second without any performance degradation....

April 20, 2022 · 6 min · Hemant Kumar

Running a Forever Free Wordpress Blog with Your Own Domain on Google Cloud

Running a WordPress blog on a VPS (Virtual Private Server) can be expensive, especially when you have just begun writing or in case it’s just a personal travel blog which gets a few hundred visitors per week. The minimum for which you can get a dedicated server hosting is for at least 5$ a month, which might not be a lot for you, but might be worth a lot to someone else....

June 15, 2020 · 9 min · Hemant Kumar