No AI – My Express.js codebase handled over $50M in prod
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No AI – My Express.js codebase handled over $50M in prod launched on April 24, 2026 with 9 votes, #1,315 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
A minimal REST API template using Express.ts, Sequelize and MySQL. 🔑 Auth using JWT's with Passport.js. Optional 2FA. ✅ Full Test Coverage with Mocha.js 🔐 Local SSL Termination with NGINX. Optional. 👥 Simple DB Structure: Users -⚟ GroupsUsers ⚞- Groups 🖥️ ShadCN x Vue3 UI: AnthonyBudd/Shadcn-Vue-SaaS-Template 🥇 Real-world tested, handled over $50M of live transactions
Production-ready minimal REST API boilerplate using Express.js, Sequelize and MySQL. - anthonybudd/Express-ts-API-Template
A minimal REST API template using Express.ts, Sequelize and MySQL. git clone [email protected]:anthonybudd/express-ts-api-template.git cd express-ts-api-template # [Optional] Find & Replace: "express-api" => "your-api-name" LC_ALL=C find . -type f -name ' *.* ' -exec sed -i ' ' s/express-api/your-api-name/g {} + # Local SSL Cert for HTTPS and RSA key for JWT signing openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ssl.key -out ssl.cert -subj " /O=express-api " openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048 openssl rsa -in private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out public.pem # Run cp .env.example .env npm install docker compose up npm run exec:db:refresh npm run exec:test curl -k -X POST…from github.com
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