Just found something suuuper helpful for practicing backend stuff without actually building one  it’s called json-server

You basically create a simple JSON file and it becomes a full REST API. Super useful for testing things like GET, POST, DELETE, filtering, pagination, and all that.

Perfect if you’re learning how to fetch and display data on the frontend or testing things like forms, filters, search, etc.

Here’s how to get it running real quick:

npm install -g json-server

Then make a file called db.json and add something like:

{
  "posts": [
    { "id": 1, "title": "Hello world" }
  ]
}

Run it with:

json-server --watch db.json --port 3001

Now open 👉 http://localhost:3001/posts
And yup — your API is live.

You can now use fetch, Axios, or anything else to interact with it.

@sifendev

As a self-taught dev, I can confirm DSA is your final boss

@sifendev

I'm happy to announce Better Auth has raised a $5M seed led by PeakXV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), with participation from Y Combinator, Chapter One, P1 Ventures, and a group of incredible investors and angels

Thanks everyone for your support and for being a part of this journey!

https://www.better-auth.com/blog/seed-round

Hey guys, how are you doing?
It’s been a while since I last posted. I got caught up with other stuff and couldn’t code or learn new things consistently, so I kinda went cold for a bit.

But lately, I’ve been finding some time to get back into learning, and I thought sharing what I learn might help some people too. So I’m gonna start posting again.

Also, a lot of you reached out and DM’d me asking why I was offline sorry I couldn’t reply... and sorry to the community as well. Appreciate you all 🙏

@sifendev

Really love this community ❤️
@sifendev

Just wrapped up a little practice project

Built a backend service with Express, TypeScript, and MongoDB where users can register, login, upload files, grab metadata, download, and delete their files.

Mostly did this to learn how file upload/download works with Multer and also added some input validation with Zod.
Was a fun way to sharpen my TypeScript backend skills.

👉 Check it out here: GitHub Link

@sifendev

One skill everyone should have is touch typing. Your productivity will be boosted like 10x!

@sifendev

I’m planning to build my first full-stack project.. a cool blogging/social media website!

Right now, I’m figuring out the features and sketching how the UI will look.

I’ll update ya all soon!

@sifendev

I keep hearing about databases getting breached and tons of passwords being leaked…

Hah... aren’t our passwords supposed to be hashed?

@sifendev

I was looking for design inspiration for my blog website and stumbled across Figma Make it’s like an AI design/coding tool

The design it generated is crazy! Can’t wait to finish building it and show you guys you’ll be surprised 👀

@sifendev

I’ve finally decided on the tech stack for my project!

Frontend → React + Redux (state), TanStack Query (data fetching), Tailwind (styling), Motion (animations)

Backend → Node + Express
DB → MongoDB

And yep… everything in TypeScript

@sifendev

Can you use BetterAuth with React? 🤔

@sifendev

Oohhh my internet speed is killing me 🥲 Can’t even reply to messages right now…

@sifendev

I can see comments in my notifications but not inside the app 😭😭 what’s going on…

@sifendev

I feel threatened

@sifendev

BetterAuth has one of the best docs I’ve ever seen... Super clear and easy to follow!

@sifendev

Now this is some cool shit

Talk about solving a real problem... a website that verifies when someone pays digitally

veripay.anexon.tech

@sifendev

Now this is some cool shit

Talk about solving a real problem... a website that verifies when someone pays digitally

veripay.anexon.tech

@sifendev

Imagine if Ethiopia had an open-source payment system where any developer could plug in a bank, wallet, or even Telebirr with just a few lines of code.

No more closed APIs, no more vendor lock-in just a clean interface, a core ledger, and pluggable adapters for every bank.

Merchants, startups, and fintech builders could integrate payments faster, test locally, and focus on creating value instead of fighting integration headaches.

@sifendev

What is this MongoDB client here…? 🤔

Also, is there anyone here who’s tried BetterAuth with Express before? Would love some guidance!

@sifendev