Surfing Controllers: Crafting a Robust Rest API in NestJS
The sun was barely up over Playa Venao, Panama, when my phone buzzed.Luis—one of the junior devs I’d mentored back in Medellín—was frantic: “James, our Rest API is returning 500s. The NestJS controller looks fine, but something’s off. Can you jump on a call?” I was still dripping seawater after an early surf session, board […]
Coconut-WiFi Coding: Building a Rest API Controller in Laravel
Thunder cracked over the bay in Santo Domingo while my rented apartment’s ceiling fan spun like a propeller trying to lift off. I’d just finished a morning run along the Malecón, salt still drying on my skin, when a junior dev from Bogotá pinged me: “James, our /reservations endpoint is timing out again—how do I […]
Rest API Craftsmanship: Building RESTful C# Controllers with ASP.NET Core
“Code is travel: every endpoint is a checkpoint passport-stamped by someone else’s request.” Two summers ago I found myself perched on a breezy balcony in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, tapping away on my ThinkPad while a thunderstorm rolled in from the Pacific. I was consulting for a fintech startup in London that needed a brand-new Rest […]