Nx Caching Explained: Local and Remote Computation Caching
Learn how Nx caching hashes task inputs, restores outputs, and when local or remote caching saves CI time, and how to audit inputs and outputs so it stays correct.
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Nx Affected: Build and Test Only What Changed in Your Monorepo
Learn how nx affected uses the project graph and base commit to scope CI runs, how to fix graph gaps, pick base SHAs, and when to run everything.
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Service Dependency Management for Dozens of Microservices
Build a trustworthy dependency graph from runtime traces and declared data, use it to gate risky changes, spot unhealthy coupling, and retire endpoints safely.
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How to Reduce Build Time: A Measurement-First Approach
Learn to reduce build time by profiling the critical path first, then applying caching, parallelism and affected-only builds in order of measured payoff.
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The Nx Project Graph Explained: Detection, Inference and Debugging
Learn how the Nx project graph is built, cached and inspected, how it drives affected commands and caching, and how to debug missing or extra edges.
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Modular Monolith vs Microservices: Decision Criteria That Hold Up
Learn when a modular monolith beats microservices, how to enforce module boundaries, and which team size, deployment, and scaling needs justify a split.
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API Gateway Pattern: What It Does and When You Need One
Learn what the API gateway pattern handles at the edge, how it differs from proxies and service meshes, when to adopt or skip it, and how to operate it.
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Nx CI Optimization: Affected Builds and Remote Caching Explained
Learn how nx affected and the Nx cache cut CI time, how to configure inputs, outputs and diff bases correctly, and when remote caching is worth it.
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The Cost of Microservices: A Worked Model for Platform Teams
Model the cost of microservices as fixed platform cost plus per-service overhead plus infrastructure, then use it to decide if your next service is worth it.
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Nx Workspace Setup: From Empty Folder to a Cached First Build
Choose between create-nx-workspace and nx init, read the workspace layout, inspect the project graph, and confirm caching works on your first Nx build.
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Database per Service: Data Ownership, Trade-offs and Pitfalls
Learn what database per service means, why shared databases break microservices, and how sagas, outboxes and read models handle the costs it brings.
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Monolith to Microservices Migration with the Strangler Fig Pattern
Run a monolith to microservices migration as small, reversible extractions behind a routing layer, with data ownership, parity checks and clear exit points.
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