Chandraprakash DarjiFull-stack developer. I build things and write about them.https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/en-usStop running a Jenkins server for one apphttps://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/stop-running-jenkins-for-one-app/https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/stop-running-jenkins-for-one-app/A client was paying $60/month for a t3.large EC2 instance running Jenkins that sat idle 95% of the time. We replaced it with SST + GitHub Actions. Now deploys are faster, reproducible, and cost nothing when idle.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKafka is not a job queuehttps://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/stop-reaching-for-kafka/https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/stop-reaching-for-kafka/A client was paying $1000/month for AWS MSK to process under 4000 messages a day. We replaced it with BullMQ in a week. Bill dropped to $180.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTYour TS Server Is Fine. Give the Heavy Work to Go.https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/your-ts-server-is-fine-give-heavy-work-to-go/https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/your-ts-server-is-fine-give-heavy-work-to-go/One year. Same stack. Every project. API, workers, file processing, all TypeScript. I wasn't stuck because TypeScript is bad. I was stuck because I forgot what other options even feel like.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to Use Server Actions in Your Applicationhttps://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/how-to-use-server-actions/https://chandraprakash.vercel.app/writing/how-to-use-server-actions/Learn how server actions can simplify and secure your application's interaction with the server using createSafeAction and useAction.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT