November 2022 Summaries

Facing challenges with managing over 10 npm packages in individual repositories, a team transitioned to a monorepo setup to streamline development, improve dependency management, and enhance collaboration. They adopted pnpm as their package manager due to its speed and efficiency in handling workspaces, and Turborepo as their build system for its ease of configuration and strong community support. This move addressed issues such as inconsistent CI/CD processes, manual refactoring difficulties, and code duplication, while promoting reusability and visibility for both developers and the community. The integration of pnpm and Turborepo allowed for efficient package building, caching, and simplified configuration management, ultimately improving the development process and fostering a more collaborative environment.

After a successful September launch, Nhost has introduced several updates including the ability to install Postgres extensions like PostGIS and upgraded Serverless Functions to Node v16, offering improved memory and timeout capabilities. The Database UI now restricts schema changes for production databases linked to GitHub repositories to prevent accidental modifications. Enhanced Auth logs provide more concise and useful information. The HACK-R-PLAY hackathon, organized with ReactPlay, showcased innovative projects, while educational resources like a video introduction to Nhost and a Next.js and Nhost starter template have been made available. Additionally, community projects such as Onsplash, an open-source alternative to Unsplash, have been developed using Nhost, and a blog post guides developers on writing better GraphQL where-queries with Hasura.