Antonello Zanini I'm a software engineer, but I prefer to call myself a technology bishop. Spreading knowledge through writing is my mission.

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Using curl-impersonate in Node.js to avoid blocks

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Bypass anti-bot measures in Node.js with curl-impersonate. Learn how it mimics browsers to overcome bot detection for web scraping.

Antonello Zanini
Nov 20, 2024 ⋅ 13 min read
Comedy and tragedy masks symbolizing Playwright Extra's ability to extend Playwright with customizable plugins for both stealth and interactive browser automation tasks.

Playwright Extra: Extending Playwright with plugins

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Use Playwright Extra, which provides plugins for CAPTCHA solving, proxy management, and stealth browser features.

Antonello Zanini
Oct 8, 2024 ⋅ 9 min read
Playwright Adoption Guide: Overview, Examples, And Alternatives

Playwright adoption guide: Overview, examples, and alternatives

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Playwright has become one of the leading technologies for writing end-to-end tests for modern web apps thanks to its rich and intuitive API.

Antonello Zanini
Jul 22, 2024 ⋅ 15 min read
How To Extend The Express Request Object In TypeScript

How to extend the Express Request object in TypeScript

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Let’s learn how to extend the Request type in TypeScript to make its instances store custom data you can use at the controller level.

Antonello Zanini
Jul 8, 2024 ⋅ 14 min read
Using CORS In Next.js To Handle Cross-Origin Requests

Using CORS in Next.js to handle cross-origin requests

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There are several ways to configure CORS in Next.js. Let’s look at how to use the most critical headers to make your site more secure.

Antonello Zanini
Jun 19, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Comparing Hattip Vs Express Js For Modern Application Development

Comparing Hattip vs. Express.js for modern app development

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Explore what Hattip is, how it works, its benefits and key features, and the differences between Hattip and Express.js.

Antonello Zanini
May 2, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Using Signaldb With React

Using SignalDB with React: A complete guide

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SignalDB enables automatic data synchronization between your components and a local in-memory or persistent database.

Antonello Zanini
Feb 20, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Express Js Adoption Guide Overview Examples Alternatives

Express.js adoption guide: Overview, examples, and alternatives

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Express.js is a Node.js framework for creating maintainable and fast backend web applications in JavaScript. In the fast-paced world of […]

Antonello Zanini
Dec 6, 2023 ⋅ 17 min read
7 Common Next Js Hmr Issues And How To Address Them

7 common Next.js HMR issues and how to address them

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Efficiency and productivity are critical in modern web development. That’s why Next.js introduced the Hot Module Replacement (HMR) mechanism, more […]

Antonello Zanini
Sep 26, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
Guide To Using Ultrafetch To Boost Node Fetch Behavior

Using ultrafetch to boost node-fetch behavior

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ultrafetch adds caching capabilities to fetch and node-fetch to address one of the major drawbacks of both implementations of the Fetch API.

Antonello Zanini
Aug 15, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
Building Type Safe Forms In React With React Ts Form

Building type-safe forms in React with react-ts-form

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react-ts-form is a complete and customizable library for creating more maintainable type-safe forms in React while avoiding boilerplate code.

Antonello Zanini
May 29, 2023 ⋅ 8 min read
Using Helmet With Node Js To Secure Your Application

Using Helmet in Node.js to secure your application

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Learn how to integrate Node.js with Helmet to improve security by safeguarding HTTP headers returned by a Node.js app.

Antonello Zanini
Mar 8, 2023 ⋅ 9 min read