Valeri Karpov

Maintainer of @mongoosejs and Founder of MeanIT Software, a boutique dev shop

Building @mongoosestudio_, the MongoDB GUI for Node.js devs

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

My new eBook, "Mastering Mongoose", is up!

https://t.co/2C0hAT62Gx

#nodejs #mongodb #javascript #codenewbie @mongoosejs

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

Moved one client off of Vercel environment variables. Going back to my roots of storing encrypted secrets in MongoDB directly.

Vercel just stores one encrypted env var: config URI to load from, and that URI has a strict IP whitelist

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

It has been a day.

I think I'm finally done with allowing my team to use environment variables for credentials.

[Michelle Bakels @MichelleBakels]

our next dev meetup will be nov 19!

register to attend or submit a 5 minute talk about anything you're stoked about in the dev world right now!

luma link hereee: https://t.co/BBtH9wXhI6

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@ssalbdivad @archetype_js lol yeah when I first saw @arktypeio I wondered if I was squatting on your first choice name 😅

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@ssalbdivad Yeah that's where json schema always hit its limit for me. Also why I've been using @archetype_js since 2016

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

The big difference is that if you have an edge case or UI tweak for airtable and you're paying them only $500/mo, airtable will ignore you. At best you'll get some offshore support tell you they'll get to it Q2 2028

Remember the 2nd S in SaaS is for "service"

[Fred @hustle_fred]

4 months ago I cloned Airtable for a client in 5 days because they refused to pay Airtable $500/mo

months later, I’m still maintaining it

every two weeks it’s another edge case, a UI tweak, or a "quick 10-minute request." They’ve easily spent 10x more in headaches than the $2,000 they would’ve paid Airtable

just proving that SaaS isn't dead. Cloning isn't enough, if you want it to be same quality as original it becomes a full time job

and at this point isn't it easier to just pay?

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@chrissev @Muse @bot What's your use case for AI bots shopping on Amazon? Are you using them to comparison shop or make purchases?

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@DanielDruger San Mateo Central Park also heavily underrated

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@DanielDruger When I lived in JC I'd head to liberty state park - easy trip on light rail, huge park with amazing views.

SFBA just drive on 1, 280, or 92 and stop wherever looks interesting. Surfers beach in HMB was my go-to

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@TetraChad I stayed at an Airbnb where the host asked me to take out the previous guests trash lol. And me being me I didn't think twice of it and just took it out

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@ElwinRobinson Depends on lifestyle - mostly sedentary people, office employees types, benefit from low carb. These days I'm much more active - 10k steps, work out 2-3x / week, regular running. Wasn't viable when I was a butt in seat 5 days a week office employee

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

Ka-chow thanks @a_hafez12

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@This_Liss @lessin Forgot Cryptonomicon

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

I'm upgrading all my apps now 👇

[mongoosejs @mongoosejs]

Mongoose 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4 released: includes security fixes for multiple soon-to-be-disclosed CVEs.

Please upgrade ASAP 🙏

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@joe_zappa @davegerhardt Home gym undefeated, best investment I ever made. Home gym is always open, equipment is always available and never broken, no rules about "proper footwear" and other such nonsense. Save $200/mo for a better experience

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@robbyrussell One client I worked with for about a year just randomly removed me from their GitHub org one day with no warning or explanation. When I reached out they said it was "oh just a mistake" but then they also stopped giving me work 😔

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@cooperx86 @StatisticUrban lol I see what you did there

My choice would be Wyoming because WY not

Also skiing, no state income tax, anonymous LLCs

[Temporal @temporalio]

Speaker submissions are officially open for Replay 2027!

Replay, our annual conference, is coming back to San Francisco May 17-19, 2027. We'd love to invite you to share hard-earned wisdom from putting the next generation of software into production.

Submit a session: https://t.co/YFcEM3CHEE

[Valeri Karpov @code_barbarian]

@a_hafez12 I'm very optimistic. But, for better or for worse, the software industry needs to level up hard for a post-LLM world. For one thing, security was largely an afterthought in the 2010s; today it needs to be front and center.