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typescript
import {
  CallHandler,
  ExecutionContext,
  Injectable,

Wrapping responses in a NestJS interceptor

interceptors rxjs response-shaping
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
type RetryOptions = {
  retries?: number;
  timeoutMs?: number;
  baseDelayMs?: number;

Retry with timeout and backoff in TypeScript

promises retry exponential-backoff
Intermediate 10 steps
typescript
import { Pipe, PipeTransform, ChangeDetectorRef, NgZone, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 
@Pipe({
  name: 'timeAgo',

A self-refreshing timeAgo pipe in Angular

impure-pipe change-detection timers
Advanced 10 steps
typescript
const DIVISIONS: { amount: number; unit: Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit }[] = [
  { amount: 60, unit: "seconds" },
  { amount: 60, unit: "minutes" },
  { amount: 24, unit: "hours" },

Human-readable relative times with Intl

internationalization date-formatting lookup-table
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FormControl, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';

Reactive type-ahead search in Angular

rxjs reactive-forms debounce
Intermediate 9 steps
typescript
function throttle<T extends (...args: any[]) => void>(
  fn: T,
  limit: number
): (...args: Parameters<T>) => void {

Building a trailing-edge throttle in TypeScript

throttling closures generics
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
interface TokenBucketOptions {
  capacity: number;
  refillPerSecond: number;
}

How a token bucket rate limiter works

rate-limiting token-bucket lazy-evaluation
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
export function chunk<T>(items: readonly T[], size: number): T[][] {
  if (size <= 0 || !Number.isInteger(size)) {
    throw new RangeError(`chunk size must be a positive integer, got ${size}`);
  }

Splitting work into sequential batches in TypeScript

generics async-await batching
Intermediate 5 steps
typescript
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable, throwError, timer } from 'rxjs';
import { mergeMap, retryWhen } from 'rxjs/operators';

Exponential backoff retries in Angular

retry exponential-backoff rxjs
Advanced 7 steps
typescript
import { z } from "zod";
 
const ProductQuerySchema = z.object({
  page: z.coerce.number().int().positive().default(1),

Validating URL query params with Zod

validation schema type-inference
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type SearchResult = {
  id: string;
  title: string;
};

Cancelling stale searches with AbortController

abortcontroller cancellation async
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
type CloneInput = Record<string, unknown> | unknown[] | Map<unknown, unknown> | Set<unknown>;
 
export function deepClone<T>(value: T): T {
  if (typeof structuredClone === "function") {

Building a deepClone with cycle safety

recursion deep-copy cycle-detection
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable, shareReplay } from 'rxjs';
 

Caching HTTP config in an Angular service

caching observables dependency-injection
Intermediate 6 steps
typescript
import {
  CACHE_MANAGER,
  CacheInterceptor,
} from '@nestjs/cache-manager';

A tenant-aware HTTP cache in NestJS

caching interceptors multi-tenancy
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from "react";
 
interface SearchResult {
  id: string;

A debounced search hook in React

debounce custom-hooks abortcontroller
Intermediate 7 steps
typescript
type SignupInput = {
  email: string;
  password: string;
  confirmPassword: string;

How a typed signup validator collects errors

form-validation type-safety regex
Intermediate 9 steps
typescript
import { IsEmail, IsEnum, IsInt, IsOptional, IsString, Length, Max, Min } from 'class-validator';
import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
import { Body, Controller, Post } from '@nestjs/common';
 

How DTO validation works in NestJS

validation data-transfer-objects decorators
Intermediate 8 steps
typescript
type CheckoutState = "cart" | "shipping" | "payment" | "review" | "confirmed";
 
type CheckoutEvent =
  | { type: "PROCEED" }

A typed checkout state machine in TypeScript

state-machine union-types type-safety
Intermediate 7 steps