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Database Connection Pooling in NestJS: PgBouncer and Why You Need It

How connection pooling works, why your NestJS app will eventually exhaust PostgreSQL connections, and the PgBouncer config I run in production.

How tsvector and GIN indexes make PostgreSQL a capable search engine for small-to-medium datasets — and when you actually need Elasticsearch.

Why offset pagination falls apart on large datasets and how to implement cursor pagination in a NestJS API that stays fast at any page depth.

How to implement URI-based API versioning in NestJS without breaking existing clients — with the controller patterns and migration strategy I use.

An honest comparison of GraphQL and REST — adoption data, performance benchmarks, and the framework I use to choose between them.

How to set up @nestjs/swagger so your API documentation is generated from code and never goes stale — with the decorator patterns I use.

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