Back End

Collections

• Solving the double (quintuple) declaration Problem in GraphQL Applications: How to not repeat yourself!
• Why we ditched GraphQL for tRPC
• API Lifecycle Management
• Conditional API Responses For JavaScript vs. HTML Forms
• Dealing with cold starts
• An Internet of PHP
• System Design Interview Question: Design URL Shortener
• I Reviewed 1,000s of GraphQL vs. REST perspectives
• Access control
• Rate limiting
• Caching
• DOS protection
• Using Maps/Tables/Dictionaries
• N + 1 Problem
• Your API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
  • Redirection can lead to sensitive data being transmitted in plaintext before the encrypted connection is established.
• gRPC: The Bad Parts

Auth

The complete guide to protecting your APIs with OAuth2

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31004928
• https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-1-05
• https://fusionauth.io/blog/2020/04/15/whats-new-in-oauth-2-1

Why I Love Basic Auth

Stop Using JSON Web Tokens For Authentication. Use Stateful Sessions Instead.

Tutorial

• An Animated Introduction to Elixir

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Children

1. API Bites — Payload Conventions
2. Ask HN: Easiest way to build a CRUD app?
3. Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?
4. Everything You Need to Know About HTTP Response Status Codes
5. My favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central Bank's website
6. REST, GraphQL or RPC — A Decision Paralysis
7. Richardson Maturity Model
8. Tools
9. When to use gRPC vs GraphQL
10. Why, after 6 years, I’m over GraphQL
11. Writing API Design Standards