Archive - Daniel’s Substack

From Messy Emails to Clean Structured Data Using CrewAI

How to leverage Python's CrewAI to parse data from an email to a clear and structured object with a simple script. And how you can too.

Oct 1 •

May 2025

Dockerize Your Node.js App: MongoDB, Docker Compose, and Mongo Express

A simple guide to using Docker and Docker Compose to containerize a Node.js, Express, MongoDB API, including Mongo Express for DB Management

May 26 •

Enhancing Your Node.js RESTful API Security with JWT Refresh Tokens

How to securely implement refresh tokens to provide seamless authentication in your Node.js, Express, and MongoDB application

May 2 •

April 2025

Securing Your Node.js API with JWT: Authentication and Authorization Made Simple

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing JWT-based Authentication in Your RESTful API using Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and TypeScript

Apr 24 •

How to Test Your Node.js RESTful API with Vitest: Unit & Integration Testing

Learn step-by-step how to add unit and integration tests to your Node.js and Express API using Vitest. Includes clear examples and GitHub repository.

Apr 17 •

Build Your First RESTful API with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and TypeScript

A step-by-step tutorial to create a Todo Task Manager API—complete with detailed examples and GitHub repository

Apr 11 •

How Our React App Got Better by Using Redux for State Management

A Step-by-Step Guide to State Management with Redux in React

Apr 4 •

March 2025

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