Helpful MEAN Stack Tutorials
September 14, 2026 · StackPilots
The runbook we give clients whose Express 5 API needs a nightly restart: prove whether it is a heap leak, an off-heap leak, a blocked event loop or leaked handles, then capture and read the evidence from a live Node 24 process.
Read moreSeptember 11, 2026 · StackPilots
Backend tuning only gets you halfway. This tutorial profiles an Angular 22 client, cuts the initial bundle with lazy routes and @defer blocks, fixes LCP and INP, and locks the wins in with CI budgets and Lighthouse checks.
Read moreSeptember 10, 2026 · StackPilots
A practical hardening pass for MEAN projects after the 2025 npm worm attacks: pinned lockfiles, ignored install scripts, provenance and trusted publishing checks, a CI audit gate, and running your Express 5 API under the Node 24 permission model.
Read moreSeptember 9, 2026 · StackPilots
Node 24 runs .ts files directly and ships a stable test runner. Here is how we convert an Express 5 + Mongoose 8 API to a build-free TypeScript setup, replace Jest with node:test, keep type checking honest in CI, and share DTO types with Angular 22.
Read moreSeptember 9, 2026 · StackPilots
Build a live dashboard with parts you already have: a MongoDB 8 change stream, a Server-Sent Events endpoint on Express 5, and Angular 22 signals — plus the reconnection, resume-token and fan-out details that break in production.
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