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A comprehensive guide on integrating Slonik, a Postgres library for Node.js, with Express.js.

I'v successfully utilized a LLM to automate and streamline the refactoring process, enhancing its efficiency and reliability.

My learnings from tracking down dead code in a frontend application.

A journey of debugging mysterious traffic spikes coming from Boardman, OR.

Using jsonb to process and insert large and complex datasets into the database in a single query.

Load balancing application between read-write and read-only PostgreSQL instances using query routing.

How to create a GitHub/Sentry-like search with Slonik and Liqe.

A walkthrough of common patterns of writing SQL queries in JavaScript with the help of Slonik.

Thoughts about using fully qualified names for everything in the project vs having numerous, domain specific imports.

Using OpenAI's text-davinci-002 model to rewrite tests from one framework to another.

Using zod schema validation with static type inference to provide build time and runtime PostgreSQL safety checks.

Built the website and animations collaborating with Contra's talented design team.

Built a popular Slack bot that allowed people to have impromptu 1:1 video calls with ice-breakers.

Built a receipt aggregator that automatically pulled data from Google, Uber, GitHub, and dozens of other platforms.

Developed a Mac Authentication Management Application (MAMA), which was adopted by major hotels and airports across the UK to provide Wi-Fi access.

Developed an ad server, Data Management Platform (DMP) and integration with the Demand-Side Platform (DSP).

A step by step guide to mocking Postgres queries in Node.js using Slonik