My 2025 Tech Stack and more...

This is the tech stack I'm going to use to build awesome products this year and more from my blog.

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Rakesh Potnuru
January 30, 2025

  1. Happy New Year! In this article, I shared all the tech I used and going to use this year to build awesome products.

My 2025 Tech Stack: Tools & Tech I'm Using This Year | itsrakesh - Rakesh Potnuru

Level up your tech game in 2025! Discover my hand-picked tech stack – the essential tools and platforms powering my productivity and creativity.

itsrakesh.com/blog/my-2025-tech-stack

  1. Build a robust, scalable backend for your Next.js app with Drizzle and tRPC. This guide walks you through setting up PostgreSQL database integration. Learn how to connect a Postgres database to a tRPC express backend using Drizzle ORM.

Setting Up Drizzle & Postgres with tRPC and Next.js App | itsrakesh - Rakesh Potnuru

Build a robust, scalable backend for your Next.js app with Drizzle and tRPC. This guide walks you through setting up PostgreSQL database integration.

itsrakesh.com/blog/setting-up-drizzle-and-postgres-with-trpc-and-nextjs-app

  1. Authentication is an important part of a full-stack app. This is the only thing left before you can call yourself a full-stack developer or engineer or whatever. So, in this article, I will share how to add classic (email + password) authentication to a full-stack app using Next.js middleware for the front end and tRPC for the back end.

Implementing Cookie-Based JWT Authentication in a tRPC Backend | itsrakesh - Rakesh Potnuru

This guide provides a step-by-step tutorial on implementing cookie authentication in your tRPC application, enhancing security and user experience.

itsrakesh.com/blog/implementing-cookie-based-jwt-authentication-in-a-trpc-backend

  1. In the previous article "Implementing Cookie-Based JWT Authentication in a tRPC Backend", I shared how to secure the backend built with tRPC. Now it's time to secure the front end built with Next.js.

Cookie-Based Authentication in Nextjs App Router Application | itsrakesh - Rakesh Potnuru

This guide provides a step-by-step tutorial on implementing secure cookie authentication in your Next.js frontend and handling authentication logic.

itsrakesh.com/blog/cookie-based-authentication-in-a-nextjs-application

I hope you learn a lot from these guides!

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