Building a Lightweight Node.js Background Job Scheduler: A Practical Solution for Simple Web Applications

Alessandro Bolletta

2024-10-10 12:00

Building a Lightweight Node.js Background Job Scheduler

As developers, we often come across situations where a fully-fledged background job system, with all its bells and whistles, might be overkill for our project needs. This was the case for me when I built a custom background job scheduler in TypeScript and Node.js, designed to handle essential tasks without the overhead of larger, more complex solutions.

Full-fledged API + e2e tests + benchmark + IaC + Helm charts + more as an (interesting) exercise!

Alessandro Bolletta

2024-09-22 14:19

Last week, I was contacted for a coding challenge. The project seemed interesting, so I decided to take it on. At the very least, I would learn something new, which I was eager to explore: Pulumi, k6, FastAPI and some fancy modern things that make you look like a cool dev!

The project involved creating a simple REST API in Python, which needed to be packaged with Helm, ready for deployment in a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster, and including all the essential tools required.

Hello world!

Alessandro Bolletta

2024-09-21 16:41

This is my first post! I'm excited to start sharing tips on backend development, cloud computing, and more.