build-tools
13 posts
A measured benchmark of 9 bundlers and 3 cdk synth runners for CDK TypeScript Lambdas, with a per-layer default and the rule that picks each one.
aws-cdk · lambda · typescript +3
Nub and Vite+ are both 2026 oxc-powered Rust toolchains that look like rivals but are not. A clear rule for which binary belongs in which repo.
javascript · typescript · vite +3
How high-performing teams keep security review from becoming a lead-time bottleneck: shift-left automation, risk-based gates, a paved road, dependency cadence.
ci-cd · devops · security +3
How a frontend platform team makes the right way the easy way: golden-path scaffolding, versioned shared packages, and a task CLI that removes per-team drift.
platform-engineering · developer-experience · build-tools +1
Server-side micro-frontend composition lets independent teams own fragments of one page. The hard part is the ownership boundary and the versioned consistency contract.
build-tools · architecture · nextjs +2
DI containers, monolithic SDKs, god-handlers, top-level secret fetches, and heavy ORMs: what they cost on cold start, and the functional shape that replaces them.
lambda · typescript · serverless +2
How pnpm catalogs stop dependency drift in JavaScript monorepos: one place to declare shared versions, named catalogs for legacy packages, and CI enforcement.
build-tools · nodejs · performance
Before webpack, we concatenated files with Grunt and wrestled with jQuery spaghetti. How frontend tooling grew from manual file management to real build systems.
javascript · build-tools · technical-debt +2
How Grunt reshaped build automation and webpack changed how we think about dependencies: the hard shift from manual processes to modern bundling.
build-tools · webpack · javascript +1
How native tools like esbuild, SWC, and Vite solved webpack's speed problems, taking builds from tens of seconds down to milliseconds.
esbuild · build-tools · vite +4
How Google's 2009 Closure Compiler shaped modern web tooling, from dead code elimination to type checking, and its lasting mark on today's build tools.
javascript · build-tools · best-practices +6
Production-ready Module Federation setups, cross-app communication, routing strategies, and the race conditions that break split routing under load.
build-tools · react · tutorial +2
WebView-to-native communication patterns: message passing, service integration, and a type-safe request-response bridge with working code.
expo · mobile · build-tools +4