8 posts tagged Node.js
A deep dive into why upgrading from Node 20 to 24 resulted in lower CPU usage, fewer GC pauses, and healthier event loop metrics. Covers V8 13.6, Maglev JIT, smarter GC heuristics, and more.
What broke when upgrading Node.js from 20 to 24 in a production Next.js app running in Docker, and how I fixed each issue: npm@11 breaking changes, ignore-scripts, git auth in multi-stage builds.
How I migrated from Google Sheets to BigQuery for analytics data in a Node.js application, including authentication, querying, and build-time data generation.
How I eliminated Google Sheets API timeout errors by generating static JSON files at build time instead of fetching data at runtime.
Lessons learnt by managing Next.js apps on EKS, covering health checks, scaling, caching, and logging.
Scaling a Node.js app across multiple CPU cores using the cluster module and Kubernetes.
How I automated CDN cache purging through a Slack bot, eliminating late-night manual operations while maintaining security with Slack signature verification and channel restrictions.
A workaround for preserving cookies when using Fastify as a custom server for Next.js, ensuring cookies are not lost during SSR.
