The latest articles on DEV Community by Vacho Aivazov (@watscho). https://dev.to/watscho https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F283975%2F8296b8b8-91aa-4831-a2fd-eda7373f8c4d.jpg https://dev.to/watscho en Vacho Aivazov Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:04:51 +0000 https://dev.to/watscho/show-hn-express-5-typescript-rest-api-starter-with-mongodb-redis-and-jwt-auth-4pij https://dev.to/watscho/show-hn-express-5-typescript-rest-api-starter-with-mongodb-redis-and-jwt-auth-4pij <p><a href="https://github.com/watscho/express-mongodb-rest-api-boilerplate" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/watscho/express-mongodb-rest-api-boilerplate</a></p> <p>I recently released v2.0 of an open-source REST API boilerplate I've been maintaining.</p> <p>It includes JWT authentication, email verification, password recovery, Zod validation, OpenAPI 3.1 documentation, and a background email worker.</p> <p>The architecture uses domain-owned modules to keep controllers, services, repositories, and schemas together.</p> <p>I'd be interested in feedback on the architecture and what developers consider essential in a modern Node.js backend starter.</p> api node showdev typescript Vacho Aivazov Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:56:41 +0000 https://dev.to/watscho/node-js-boilerplate-authentication-from-scratch-express-mongodb-rest-api-32g1 https://dev.to/watscho/node-js-boilerplate-authentication-from-scratch-express-mongodb-rest-api-32g1 <p>A boilerplate for Node.js apps / REST API / Authentication from scratch - express, mongodb - (mongoose). </p> <p><a href="https://github.com/watscho/express-mongodb-rest-api-boilerplate" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/watscho/express-mongodb-rest-api-boilerplate</a></p> Vacho Aivazov Sun, 15 Dec 2019 22:18:25 +0000 https://dev.to/watscho/node-js-boilerplate-authentication-from-scratch-express-graphql-mongodb-26gc https://dev.to/watscho/node-js-boilerplate-authentication-from-scratch-express-graphql-mongodb-26gc <p>A boilerplate for Node.js apps / API server / Authentication from scratch - express, graphql - (graphql compose), mongodb - (mongoose).</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/watscho/express-graphql-mongodb-boilerplate" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/watscho/express-graphql-mongodb-boilerplate</a></p>