Pradyum Singh

In love with stitch.withgoogle.com , make amaaaazingg designs . Must try

Building a web-based multi-terminal manager for @BuildOnNodeOps , xterm.js over WebSocket, sortable grid , adaptive layouts (auto-scales 1→9+ panes), live resource telemetry in the status bar. Full VPS lifecycle management without ever leaving the browser.

In my opinion heavy ternary usage in React/Next.js tsx is a code smell. A dedicated render function with if blocks is almost always more readable, debuggable, and maintainable.

A queue gives you: ✅ Persistence ✅ Auto-retry — failed jobs retry automatically ✅ Backpressure — control how many jobs run at once ✅ Decoupling — main server doesn't care if email service is slow Async functions forget. Queues remember. Tools to try: BullMQ + Redis 🔧

Here's how a queue changes the flow: User places order → Save to DB ✅ (fast, must happen) → Respond "Order placed!" instantly ✅ → Push jobs to queue (microseconds) → Worker sends email (background) → Worker updates stock (background) User is never waiting for bg

Why do backend engineers use queues instead of just calling async functions after an order is placed? Short answer: async ≠ reliable. Let me explain 🧵

One day everything will be fine , but with new problems :))))))))))

Neon DB's Postgres free tier used to be great for side projects, but I've been hitting the suspension limits way too often lately. Thinking of spinning up a self-hosted Postgres instance on an EC2 machine instead.

If you want more breakdowns like this — Do hit follow. And drop a reply if you've used tRPC — curious what you think of it

Quick start: npm install @trpc/server @trpc/client @trpc/react-query zod Define router → export its type → import in client → call like a function. Works great with Next.js. Pairs perfectly with Zod for input validation.

A few weeks ago I had no idea what tRPC was. Now I can't imagine building a fullstack app without it. Here's everything I learned — explained simply 🧵

Your "Sign in with Google" button might be leaking tokens. Here's exactly how — and the fix 👇