Tag: REST

  • Simple SQLite in Express

    I don’t have experience with SQLite and want to shift one of my apps over from Mongoose since apparently SQLite is much more capable than I imagined. My usual tactic when trying something new is to try and get a minimal project working on it, so what follows is the simplest possible node/express REST API…

  • We need to talk about Bruno

    I’ve mentioned before that I was using Insomnia as a tool to check my REST APIs as I was developing them, and that I was avoiding Postman (which I guess is more widely used since it’s worth USD5.6 billion) because The only reason I’m using Insomnia instead of Postman is that when I tried Postman,…

  • Simple API endpoint in Go

    I’d like a small, quick, low load endpoint on all my nodes and VM’s that exposes a text keyword indicating if that machine is okay for RAM and disk space. I’m currently using Uptime Kuma to monitor if these machines are pingable, but I’d love a tiny bit more information from them so I’d get…

  • How to deploy a Node.js app

    This is one of those things that is simple once you know it. I had my tiny Node service working on my MacBook, but how do I run it on the server? Native or Container Obviously I need Node.js installed on the server, should I have it in a Docker container, or native on the…

  • Complicating the Temperature API

    I’ve been slammed with other work, so my web dev learning has fallen well behind. Luckily, the YouTube procrastination algorithm noticed this and suggested I watch a video from CodeWithCon titled Learn Backend in 10 MINUTES. Since I was watching a video of a guy learning to land a C152 at St Baths (a skill…