Topic

#backend

3 essays on backend from the people writing in Remote Since Forever.

Essays
3
Contributors
2
First filed
Aug 2026
Latest
Aug 2026
Written by TF AP
  1. backend

    Upgrading TypeORM 0.3 to 1.0 in Production: A NestJS Case Study

    How we took TypeORM 0.3 → 1.0 to a live NestJS API without a headache.

    8 min
  2. email

    Implementing a Zero Auth Unsubscribe Link on Your Email

    Nobody logs in to unsubscribe. They mark you as spam instead. Here's the small trick we used — a signed token in the URL — so users can unsubscribe with one tap without ever seeing a login screen.

    6 min
  3. backend

    Splitting a Mega-Service Into Four: The Service-Facade Refactor (Plus a Reusable Skill)

    How we split a 1,307-line `user.service.ts` into four responsibility-tagged NestJS sub-services (query, mutation, membership, stats) behind a stable facade — no caller broke, no test changed, one PR, and a reusable Claude skill file at the end.

    8 min
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