Starting From Scratch
summary
Shows how to build a production-ready API from zero in eight weeks using Node.js, OpenAPI and Postgres. Covers implementing token authentication and idempotent endpoints, wiring CircleCI for CI/CD, achieving ~80% automated test coverage, migrating three client apps without breaking changes, and reducing median latency from ~400ms to ~70ms while keeping error rate under 0.5%; includes demos, failure modes, and the exact repo and scripts to reuse.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:07Starting from zero
- 10:47First product build
- 17:12Human-centered approach
- 24:00Lessons learned
- 27:30Final thoughts
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