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Express.js

Express is the backbone of the Node ecosystem for a reason: it's small, unopinionated and utterly predictable. When a service needs custom middleware chains, unusual auth flows or fine-grained control over the request lifecycle, Express stays out of the way and lets us engineer exactly what the product needs.

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Why we reach for it

  • Minimal core with total control over the request pipeline
  • The largest middleware ecosystem in Node — auth, logging and security all solved
  • Easy to reason about, easy to onboard onto, easy to run for years
  • Stability measured in decades — a safe choice in the best sense

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High-throughput REST and GraphQL services, microservices and real-time systems designed for reliability under load.

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Express.js, from the trenches

Node.js

Node.js Security Checklist: OWASP for API Developers

A working security checklist for Node.js APIs, mapped to the OWASP API Top 10 — authorisation, injection, dependencies, secrets and the headers in between.

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Dockerizing Node.js Applications Properly

Multi-stage builds, layer caching, non-root users and signal handling — the difference between a Dockerfile that works and one that belongs in production.

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Testing Node.js APIs with Vitest and Supertest

Fast unit tests, honest integration tests and a database strategy that does not lie to you. How we test Node APIs with Vitest and Supertest.

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