Redis is an open-source in-memory datastore used as a database, cache, and even a message broker. Redis can be used easily with docker and docker-compose for local development as a cache to a web application. In this post, we will set up Redis with docker and docker-compose, where Redis will be used as a cache for a Node.js/Express.js REST API with PostgreSQL as the main database, let’s get started!

Like 2020, the year 2021 was also eclipsed by COVID-19. Still there are some things I have achieved and smashed through a couple of goals. This will be the third installemnt of me writing a recap of the year that was, after 2019 and 2020. In this post, I am going to detail some professional and technical things I have done this year, let’s get rolling!

Docker has shot up in popularity over the years. Postgres (a.k.a PostgreSQL) is an open-source, standards-compliant, and object-relational database been developed for more than 30 years now. This official feature matrix shows the wealth of features Postgres has.

Running Postgres with Docker and docker-compose makes it very easy to run and maintain especially in a development environment. In this post, we will look into how to run and use Postgres with Docker and Docker compose step-by-step keeping things simple and easy. Let’s get started!

JavaScript Sets are a new type of object (with ES6) that allows creating a collection of unique values. The values stored in a set can either be primitives like strings or integers or more complex types like arrays or objects. In this post, we will look into how to use Sets from a beginner’s point of view, let’s get started!

Comma-separated values more commonly known as CSV has been used for a long time as a standard text-based way to represent and transfer data. There are many ways to read and write CSV files in Node.js. In this post, we will learn how to read a CSV and write a CSV file using Node.js in an efficient way. Let’s get rolling.

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