Hating "callback hell" is a favorite pastime for many JavaScript bloggers and open source devs.

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One of my favorite underused mongoose features is

Every so often I run into an npm module that uses preferGlobal: true

People have often asked me about my biggest pain points with AngularJS.

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Last December, I switched my blog over to a static page generated by a vanilla NodeJS script. So far, its been a dream come true. Thanks to Cesar Devers' design skills, the blog is far more readable than the old standard WordPress template. Also, I can write my posts in Markdown, which has done wonders for my workflow. I also have more direct control over my layout and analytics, so I can use KeenIO to track some basic metrics. Getting to this new blog infrastructure was an adventure. I had brief flings with many static site generators before settling on my current setup. In this article, I'll explain why I decided to skip out on all the established tools and just write my own solution.

HTTP interceptors are an impressive AngularJS feature that doesn't get nearly enough press. Interceptors define custom transformations for HTTP requests and responses at the application level.