Alex Merced I am a developer, educator, and founder of devNursery.com.

Stories by Alex Merced

Heroku Alternatives For Deploying Node Js Apps

Exploring Heroku alternatives for deploying Node.js apps

Dev

Build a simple, framework-free Node.js app, and then deploy it to three different services that offer a free tier, Render, Railway, and Fly.io.

Alex Merced
Apr 18, 2024 ⋅ 9 min read
Getting Started Solid Start

Getting started with SolidStart: A SolidJS framework

Dev

SolidStart comes equipped with some amazing features, like the ability to use forms to trigger server actions and the ability to easily define RPC functions using the $server function.

Alex Merced
Jan 6, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
React Svelte Next JS

Remix vs. Next.js vs. SvelteKit

Dev

Compare a few features of popular meta-frameworks Remix, Next.js, and SvelteKit, ranging from initiating a project to adding styling.

Alex Merced
Dec 15, 2022 ⋅ 8 min read
SolidJS Batch Function

Understanding SolidJS’ updated batch function

Dev

If you are updating several unique signals in Solid, but you don’t want to run effects till they are all done updating, use batch.

Alex Merced
Nov 24, 2022 ⋅ 3 min read
Using Generic Impl Blocks In Rust

Using generic impl blocks in Rust

Dev

Use Rust generic implementation blocks to simplify implementation methods for generic types and for several different types at once.

Alex Merced
Sep 15, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
Building A Full-Stack App With Bud And Go

Building a full-stack app with Bud and Go

Dev

Build a full-stack app using the new Go framework, Bud, and compare its features to frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Next.js, and Nuxt.js.

Alex Merced
Aug 31, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
Build App MillionJS

Million: Build apps with JSX faster than React and Preact

Dev

Million, like Preact, solves the problem of large React bundles and a heavyweight virtual DOM but adds compilation for further speed enhancements and bundle reductions.

Alex Merced
Jul 27, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
JavaScript-Bun-JS

Bun: The JavaScript runtime taking on Node.js and Deno

Dev

Bun is a runtime developed in the Zig programming language, which also embraces web standards but aims for compatibility with Node.js APIs.

Alex Merced
Jul 22, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
Rust Solid Tauri Build App

Rust, SolidJS, and Tauri: Create a cross-platform desktop app

Dev

Explore Tauri, a new framework that offers what people liked most about Electron but fixes many of the security and performance concerns.

Alex Merced
Jul 12, 2022 ⋅ 7 min read
Voby Vs Solid JS

Comparing SolidJS and Voby

Dev

Voby works well to create a performant and reactive application, so it’s definitely something to keep an eye on in the frontend framework space.

Alex Merced
Jun 30, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
Rust Concurrency Deep Dive Guide

Understanding concurrency and the Rust programming language

Dev

With concurrency in Rust, you can spawn child threads, pass data between threads using channels, or share state between threads using Arc and mutex.

Alex Merced
Mar 14, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
Nextjs Serverless

Deploying Next.js to AWS using Serverless Next.js

Dev

With Serverless Next.js, we can easily deploy our application to a Serverless Architecture to maximize speed and scalability.

Alex Merced
Feb 24, 2022 ⋅ 2 min read