[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":19626},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/post/top-50-reactjs-interview-questions":3,"related-/frontend/top-50-reactjs-interview-questions":5326},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":5308,"description":5309,"draft":5310,"extension":5311,"guide":5312,"image":5313,"meta":5314,"navigation":155,"path":5315,"seo":5316,"stem":5317,"tags":5318,"updated":5312,"__hash__":5325},"blog/Frontend/4.top-50-reactjs-interview-questions.md","50 Most Asked React JS Interview Questions and Answers (2026)","Kashyap Kumar",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":5224},"minimark",[10,14,17,26,31,36,44,47,54,58,64,67,74,80,84,90,217,220,250,254,261,264,267,271,282,378,385,389,399,470,477,485,490,493,588,591,595,617,620,623,627,638,816,834,838,849,919,930,934,938,945,1054,1072,1076,1091,1094,1216,1227,1231,1237,1243,1246,1270,1274,1285,1408,1411,1428,1432,1446,1453,1456,1474,1478,1481,1501,1508,1514,1622,1631,1635,1642,1802,1805,1810,1813,1827,1841,1845,1849,1855,1858,1861,1865,1868,1876,1879,2003,2009,2016,2021,2024,2126,2133,2140,2145,2159,2162,2246,2249,2253,2259,2266,2391,2397,2401,2407,2410,2417,2425,2434,2443,2516,2522,2530,2542,2545,2559,2651,2658,2666,2671,2691,2862,2868,2872,2882,2901,2952,2955,2959,2969,3119,3129,3137,3141,3145,3151,3162,3165,3171,3174,3181,3186,3189,3330,3335,3342,3347,3415,3420,3429,3441,3507,3517,3521,3534,3537,3540,3551,3561,3570,3666,3672,3675,3679,3686,3693,3696,3706,3713,3729,3810,3815,3819,3826,3829,3832,3843,3847,3851,3854,3877,3880,3884,3890,3893,3936,3940,3950,3956,3967,3975,3982,3988,4190,4193,4200,4206,4334,4343,4347,4351,4357,4469,4483,4487,4497,4564,4574,4578,4581,4703,4706,4720,4727,4731,4735,4741,4747,4750,4756,4760,4766,4769,4775,4781,4790,4797,4802,4811,4817,4821,4825,4831,4837,4845,4852,4859,4870,4882,5143,5146,5172,5182,5186,5194,5197,5217,5220],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Almost every React interview spends its first few minutes on the same ground: what React actually is, what JSX compiles down to, why the virtual DOM exists at all. Get that part fluent and the conversation moves to hooks, because that is where most React interviews actually live.",[11,15,16],{},"This guide covers 50 of the most asked React JS interview questions and answers, from React fundamentals and JSX through React Hooks, state management, performance optimization, Redux, React Router, reconciliation and the Fiber architecture, all the way to the React 19 features like Server Components and Actions.",[11,18,19,20,25],{},"The same interview round usually tests plain JavaScript and the browser too, and the ",[21,22,24],"a",{"href":23},"/post/top-100-frontend-interview-questions","Top 100 Frontend Interview Questions"," article covers that half.",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"react-basics-interview-questions","React Basics Interview Questions",[32,33,35],"h3",{"id":34},"_1-what-is-react-and-what-problem-does-it-solve","1. What is React, and what problem does it solve?",[11,37,38,39,43],{},"React is a ",[40,41,42],"strong",{},"JavaScript library"," for building user interfaces out of components. You describe what the screen should look like for a given set of data, and React works out which parts of the real DOM need to change when that data changes.",[11,45,46],{},"Without React, you write code that finds elements, reads their current contents, and patches them by hand after every event. That works for a small page. On a large one it falls apart, because every new feature adds another path through which the DOM can drift out of sync with the data behind it.",[11,48,49,50,53],{},"React removes that whole class of bug by making rendering a function of state. The second thing it gives you is a ",[40,51,52],{},"component model",": a component is a function that takes data and returns markup, so a complicated screen becomes a tree of small, reusable pieces.",[32,55,57],{"id":56},"_2-is-react-a-library-or-a-framework","2. Is React a library or a framework?",[11,59,38,60,63],{},[40,61,62],{},"library",", not a framework. It handles the view layer, rendering components and updating the DOM, and leaves routing, data fetching, form handling, and global state to other packages you choose yourself.",[11,65,66],{},"A Vue or Angular project gets an official router and an official store. A React project picks React Router or TanStack Router, Redux Toolkit or Zustand, TanStack Query or SWR. The flexibility is real, and so is the cost: two React codebases can look nothing alike.",[11,68,69,70,73],{},"Next.js and Remix sit on top of React and make those decisions for you. That is why people call them full-stack ",[40,71,72],{},"React frameworks"," rather than calling React itself a framework.",[75,76,77],"blockquote",{},[11,78,79],{},"Vue and Angular make that choice for you instead, bundling an official router and store by default.",[32,81,83],{"id":82},"_3-what-is-jsx-and-what-does-the-browser-actually-run","3. What is JSX, and what does the browser actually run?",[11,85,86,89],{},[40,87,88],{},"JSX"," is a syntax extension that lets you write markup inside JavaScript. Browsers cannot read it, so a compiler such as Babel or SWC converts every JSX tag into a plain function call before the code ships.",[91,92,97],"pre",{"className":93,"code":94,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-jsx shiki shiki-themes github-dark","// What you write\nconst greeting = \u003Ch1 className=\"title\">Hello, {name}\u003C/h1>\n\n// What the compiler produces (modern JSX transform)\nimport { jsxs as _jsxs } from 'react/jsx-runtime'\nconst greeting = _jsxs('h1', { className: 'title', children: ['Hello, ', name] })\n","jsx","",[98,99,100,109,150,157,163,184],"code",{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,102,105],"span",{"class":103,"line":104},"line",1,[101,106,108],{"class":107},"sAwPA","// What you write\n",[101,110,112,116,120,123,127,131,135,138,142,145,147],{"class":103,"line":111},2,[101,113,115],{"class":114},"snl16","const",[101,117,119],{"class":118},"sDLfK"," greeting",[101,121,122],{"class":114}," =",[101,124,126],{"class":125},"s95oV"," \u003C",[101,128,130],{"class":129},"s4JwU","h1",[101,132,134],{"class":133},"svObZ"," className",[101,136,137],{"class":114},"=",[101,139,141],{"class":140},"sU2Wk","\"title\"",[101,143,144],{"class":125},">Hello, {name}\u003C/",[101,146,130],{"class":129},[101,148,149],{"class":125},">\n",[101,151,153],{"class":103,"line":152},3,[101,154,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},true,"\n",[101,158,160],{"class":103,"line":159},4,[101,161,162],{"class":107},"// What the compiler produces (modern JSX transform)\n",[101,164,166,169,172,175,178,181],{"class":103,"line":165},5,[101,167,168],{"class":114},"import",[101,170,171],{"class":125}," { jsxs ",[101,173,174],{"class":114},"as",[101,176,177],{"class":125}," _jsxs } ",[101,179,180],{"class":114},"from",[101,182,183],{"class":140}," 'react/jsx-runtime'\n",[101,185,187,189,191,193,196,199,202,205,208,211,214],{"class":103,"line":186},6,[101,188,115],{"class":114},[101,190,119],{"class":118},[101,192,122],{"class":114},[101,194,195],{"class":133}," _jsxs",[101,197,198],{"class":125},"(",[101,200,201],{"class":140},"'h1'",[101,203,204],{"class":125},", { className: ",[101,206,207],{"class":140},"'title'",[101,209,210],{"class":125},", children: [",[101,212,213],{"class":140},"'Hello, '",[101,215,216],{"class":125},", name] })\n",[11,218,219],{},"Seeing the output explains rules that otherwise look arbitrary:",[221,222,223,241,244],"ul",{},[224,225,226,229,230,233,234,229,237,240],"li",{},[98,227,228],{},"className"," instead of ",[98,231,232],{},"class",", ",[98,235,236],{},"htmlFor",[98,238,239],{},"for",", because the second argument is a JavaScript object and those words are reserved.",[224,242,243],{},"Curly braces hold an expression, not a statement, because the value has to fit inside a function call.",[224,245,246,247,249],{},"A component name must start with a capital letter, since lowercase names compile to the string ",[98,248,201],{}," while capitalised ones compile to a reference to your function.",[32,251,253],{"id":252},"_4-what-is-the-virtual-dom-and-why-is-it-faster-than-updating-the-dom-directly","4. What is the virtual DOM, and why is it faster than updating the DOM directly?",[11,255,256,257,260],{},"The ",[40,258,259],{},"virtual DOM"," is a lightweight JavaScript object tree that describes what the UI should look like. When state changes, React builds a fresh tree, compares it with the previous one, and applies only the differences to the real DOM.",[11,262,263],{},"Hand-written DOM code that touches exactly the one node that changed will always beat React, because React does extra work to find out what changed first. The virtual DOM wins against the realistic alternative: re-rendering a large chunk of HTML on every update, or maintaining manual update paths nobody keeps correct.",[11,265,266],{},"The real benefit is DOM updates that are nearly as fast as hand-written ones, while you write code as if redrawing everything from scratch. Performance is the side effect. The declarative model is the point.",[32,268,270],{"id":269},"_5-what-is-the-difference-between-a-react-element-and-a-react-component","5. What is the difference between a React element and a React component?",[11,272,273,274,277,278,281],{},"A ",[40,275,276],{},"component"," is a function that returns markup. An ",[40,279,280],{},"element"," is the plain object a component call produces, describing one node in the tree.",[91,283,285],{"className":93,"code":284,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"function Avatar({ src }) {           // component: a function\n    return \u003Cimg src={src} alt=\"\" />\n}\n\nconst element = \u003CAvatar src=\"/me.png\" />  // element: an object React will render\n// roughly: { type: Avatar, props: { src: '/me.png' }, key: null }\n",[98,286,287,308,337,342,346,373],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,288,289,292,295,298,302,305],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,290,291],{"class":114},"function",[101,293,294],{"class":133}," Avatar",[101,296,297],{"class":125},"({ ",[101,299,301],{"class":300},"s9osk","src",[101,303,304],{"class":125}," }) {           ",[101,306,307],{"class":107},"// component: a function\n",[101,309,310,313,315,318,321,323,326,329,331,334],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,311,312],{"class":114},"    return",[101,314,126],{"class":125},[101,316,317],{"class":129},"img",[101,319,320],{"class":133}," src",[101,322,137],{"class":114},[101,324,325],{"class":125},"{src} ",[101,327,328],{"class":133},"alt",[101,330,137],{"class":114},[101,332,333],{"class":140},"\"\"",[101,335,336],{"class":125}," />\n",[101,338,339],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,340,341],{"class":125},"}\n",[101,343,344],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,345,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,347,348,350,353,355,357,360,362,364,367,370],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,349,115],{"class":114},[101,351,352],{"class":118}," element",[101,354,122],{"class":114},[101,356,126],{"class":125},[101,358,359],{"class":118},"Avatar",[101,361,320],{"class":133},[101,363,137],{"class":114},[101,365,366],{"class":140},"\"/me.png\"",[101,368,369],{"class":125}," />  ",[101,371,372],{"class":107},"// element: an object React will render\n",[101,374,375],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,376,377],{"class":107},"// roughly: { type: Avatar, props: { src: '/me.png' }, key: null }\n",[11,379,380,381,384],{},"Elements are immutable and cheap. Creating one does not render anything, it only records what should appear, which is why thousands of them in a render pass cost almost nothing. React reads the description, compares it with the previous one, and decides what the DOM needs. The distinction comes back in reconciliation, where React compares elements by their ",[98,382,383],{},"type"," field to decide whether to update a DOM node or throw it away.",[32,386,388],{"id":387},"_6-what-is-the-difference-between-props-and-state","6. What is the difference between props and state?",[11,390,391,394,395,398],{},[40,392,393],{},"Props"," are the data a component receives from its parent. ",[40,396,397],{},"State"," is the data a component owns and can change. Props stay read-only inside the component that receives them; state updates through a setter that tells React to re-render.",[400,401,402,415],"table",{},[403,404,405],"thead",{},[406,407,408,411,413],"tr",{},[409,410],"th",{},[409,412,393],{},[409,414,397],{},[416,417,418,430,448,459],"tbody",{},[406,419,420,424,427],{},[421,422,423],"td",{},"Who owns it",[421,425,426],{},"The parent component",[421,428,429],{},"The component itself",[406,431,432,435,438],{},[421,433,434],{},"Can it be changed",[421,436,437],{},"No, read-only inside the child",[421,439,440,441,444,445],{},"Yes, through ",[98,442,443],{},"useState"," or ",[98,446,447],{},"useReducer",[406,449,450,453,456],{},[421,451,452],{},"Triggers a re-render",[421,454,455],{},"When the parent re-renders with a new value",[421,457,458],{},"When you call the setter",[406,460,461,464,467],{},[421,462,463],{},"Typical use",[421,465,466],{},"Configuration passed down a tree",[421,468,469],{},"Values that change over time in one place",[11,471,472,473,476],{},"A useful test in an interview: does the value need to survive on its own? If two components need the same value, it belongs in state in their closest shared parent and reaches them as props. That pattern has a name, ",[40,474,475],{},"lifting state up",", and it comes back below.",[32,478,480,481,484],{"id":479},"_7-why-do-list-items-need-a-key-and-why-is-the-array-index-usually-a-bad-key","7. Why do list items need a ",[98,482,483],{},"key",", and why is the array index usually a bad key?",[11,486,273,487,489],{},[40,488,483],{}," tells React which item in a list is which across renders. Without one, React falls back to comparing items by position, so it cannot tell a reordered list from a list whose contents all changed.",[11,491,492],{},"The array index fails exactly when the list is not static. Insert an item at the top and every index shifts by one, so React believes the first item changed, the second changed too, and so on down the list. State that lives on those DOM nodes, text typed into an input, for example, stays with the position rather than with the data.",[91,494,496],{"className":93,"code":495,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Breaks on reorder, insert, or delete\n{todos.map((todo, i) => \u003CTodoItem key={i} todo={todo} />)}\n\n// Correct: a stable id that belongs to the data\n{todos.map((todo) => \u003CTodoItem key={todo.id} todo={todo} />)}\n",[98,497,498,503,548,552,557],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,499,500],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,501,502],{"class":107},"// Breaks on reorder, insert, or delete\n",[101,504,505,508,511,514,517,519,522,525,528,530,533,536,538,541,543,545],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,506,507],{"class":125},"{todos.",[101,509,510],{"class":133},"map",[101,512,513],{"class":125},"((",[101,515,516],{"class":300},"todo",[101,518,233],{"class":125},[101,520,521],{"class":300},"i",[101,523,524],{"class":125},") ",[101,526,527],{"class":114},"=>",[101,529,126],{"class":125},[101,531,532],{"class":118},"TodoItem",[101,534,535],{"class":133}," key",[101,537,137],{"class":114},[101,539,540],{"class":125},"{i} ",[101,542,516],{"class":133},[101,544,137],{"class":114},[101,546,547],{"class":125},"{todo} />)}\n",[101,549,550],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,551,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,553,554],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,555,556],{"class":107},"// Correct: a stable id that belongs to the data\n",[101,558,559,561,563,565,567,569,571,573,575,577,579,582,584,586],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,560,507],{"class":125},[101,562,510],{"class":133},[101,564,513],{"class":125},[101,566,516],{"class":300},[101,568,524],{"class":125},[101,570,527],{"class":114},[101,572,126],{"class":125},[101,574,532],{"class":118},[101,576,535],{"class":133},[101,578,137],{"class":114},[101,580,581],{"class":125},"{todo.id} ",[101,583,516],{"class":133},[101,585,137],{"class":114},[101,587,547],{"class":125},[11,589,590],{},"An index is acceptable only when the list never reorders, never gets items inserted or removed, and holds no state of its own. Reach for a stable id from your data instead. Keys only need to be unique among siblings, never across the whole application.",[32,592,594],{"id":593},"_8-what-is-the-difference-between-class-components-and-function-components","8. What is the difference between class components and function components?",[11,596,273,597,600,601,604,605,608,609,612,613,616],{},[40,598,599],{},"class component"," extends ",[98,602,603],{},"React.Component",", stores state in ",[98,606,607],{},"this.state",", and runs side effects in lifecycle methods such as ",[98,610,611],{},"componentDidMount",". A ",[40,614,615],{},"function component"," is a plain function that takes props and returns markup, using hooks for state and side effects.",[11,618,619],{},"Function components are the default for new React code, and not for reasons of syntax length. In a class, one piece of related logic gets split across three lifecycle methods, while unrelated logic sits together inside each of them. Extracting that logic for reuse used to mean higher-order components or render props.",[11,621,622],{},"Hooks group code by what it does instead, and let you move it into a custom hook with no change to the component tree. Classes still appear for one thing in React 19: error boundaries have no hook equivalent.",[32,624,626],{"id":625},"_9-how-do-you-render-content-conditionally-in-react","9. How do you render content conditionally in React?",[11,628,629,630,633,634,637],{},"JSX has no ",[98,631,632],{},"if"," statement inside the markup, because the braces hold expressions, not statements. You either branch before the ",[98,635,636],{},"return"," or use an expression that evaluates to the element you want.",[91,639,641],{"className":93,"code":640,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"function Status({ user, messages }) {\n    if (!user) return \u003CLoginPrompt />          // early return for a whole-component branch\n\n    return (\n        \u003Cdiv>\n            {/* renders the badge, or nothing at all */}\n            {messages.length > 0 && \u003CBadge count={messages.length} />}\n            {/* one branch or the other */}\n            {user.isAdmin ? \u003CAdminPanel /> : \u003CUserPanel />}\n        \u003C/div>\n    )\n}\n",[98,642,643,663,690,694,701,711,721,757,767,795,805,811],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,644,645,647,650,652,655,657,660],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,646,291],{"class":114},[101,648,649],{"class":133}," Status",[101,651,297],{"class":125},[101,653,654],{"class":300},"user",[101,656,233],{"class":125},[101,658,659],{"class":300},"messages",[101,661,662],{"class":125}," }) {\n",[101,664,665,668,671,674,677,679,681,684,687],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,666,667],{"class":114},"    if",[101,669,670],{"class":125}," (",[101,672,673],{"class":114},"!",[101,675,676],{"class":125},"user) ",[101,678,636],{"class":114},[101,680,126],{"class":125},[101,682,683],{"class":118},"LoginPrompt",[101,685,686],{"class":125}," />          ",[101,688,689],{"class":107},"// early return for a whole-component branch\n",[101,691,692],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,693,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,695,696,698],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,697,312],{"class":114},[101,699,700],{"class":125}," (\n",[101,702,703,706,709],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,704,705],{"class":125},"        \u003C",[101,707,708],{"class":129},"div",[101,710,149],{"class":125},[101,712,713,716,719],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,714,715],{"class":125},"            {",[101,717,718],{"class":107},"/* renders the badge, or nothing at all */",[101,720,341],{"class":125},[101,722,724,727,730,733,736,739,741,744,747,749,752,754],{"class":103,"line":723},7,[101,725,726],{"class":125},"            {messages.",[101,728,729],{"class":118},"length",[101,731,732],{"class":114}," >",[101,734,735],{"class":118}," 0",[101,737,738],{"class":114}," &&",[101,740,126],{"class":125},[101,742,743],{"class":118},"Badge",[101,745,746],{"class":133}," count",[101,748,137],{"class":114},[101,750,751],{"class":125},"{messages.",[101,753,729],{"class":118},[101,755,756],{"class":125},"} />}\n",[101,758,760,762,765],{"class":103,"line":759},8,[101,761,715],{"class":125},[101,763,764],{"class":107},"/* one branch or the other */",[101,766,341],{"class":125},[101,768,770,773,776,778,781,784,787,789,792],{"class":103,"line":769},9,[101,771,772],{"class":125},"            {user.isAdmin ",[101,774,775],{"class":114},"?",[101,777,126],{"class":125},[101,779,780],{"class":118},"AdminPanel",[101,782,783],{"class":125}," /> ",[101,785,786],{"class":114},":",[101,788,126],{"class":125},[101,790,791],{"class":118},"UserPanel",[101,793,794],{"class":125}," />}\n",[101,796,798,801,803],{"class":103,"line":797},10,[101,799,800],{"class":125},"        \u003C/",[101,802,708],{"class":129},[101,804,149],{"class":125},[101,806,808],{"class":103,"line":807},11,[101,809,810],{"class":125},"    )\n",[101,812,814],{"class":103,"line":813},12,[101,815,341],{"class":125},[11,817,256,818,821,822,825,826,829,830,833],{},[98,819,820],{},"&&"," operator returns its left side when that side is falsy, and React renders the number ",[98,823,824],{},"0"," rather than skipping it, so ",[98,827,828],{},"{messages.length && \u003CBadge />}"," prints a bare zero on an empty list. Write a real boolean test such as ",[98,831,832],{},"messages.length > 0"," instead.",[32,835,837],{"id":836},"_10-what-is-a-fragment-and-why-can-a-component-return-only-one-element","10. What is a Fragment, and why can a component return only one element?",[11,839,840,841,844,845,848],{},"A component compiles down to a function, and a function returns one value, so a component returns one element. A ",[40,842,843],{},"Fragment"," lets you satisfy that rule without adding a wrapper ",[98,846,847],{},"\u003Cdiv>"," to the DOM.",[91,850,852],{"className":93,"code":851,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"function Row({ item }) {\n    return (\n        \u003C>\n            \u003Ctd>{item.name}\u003C/td>\n            \u003Ctd>{item.price}\u003C/td>\n        \u003C/>\n    )\n}\n",[98,853,854,868,874,879,893,906,911,915],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,855,856,858,861,863,866],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,857,291],{"class":114},[101,859,860],{"class":133}," Row",[101,862,297],{"class":125},[101,864,865],{"class":300},"item",[101,867,662],{"class":125},[101,869,870,872],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,871,312],{"class":114},[101,873,700],{"class":125},[101,875,876],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,877,878],{"class":125},"        \u003C>\n",[101,880,881,884,886,889,891],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,882,883],{"class":125},"            \u003C",[101,885,421],{"class":129},[101,887,888],{"class":125},">{item.name}\u003C/",[101,890,421],{"class":129},[101,892,149],{"class":125},[101,894,895,897,899,902,904],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,896,883],{"class":125},[101,898,421],{"class":129},[101,900,901],{"class":125},">{item.price}\u003C/",[101,903,421],{"class":129},[101,905,149],{"class":125},[101,907,908],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,909,910],{"class":125},"        \u003C/>\n",[101,912,913],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,914,810],{"class":125},[101,916,917],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,918,341],{"class":125},[11,920,921,922,925,926,929],{},"The shorthand ",[98,923,924],{},"\u003C>...\u003C/>"," is what you see most often. The long form, ",[98,927,928],{},"\u003CReact.Fragment key={id}>",", is needed when you render a list of fragments, because the shorthand accepts no props and a list needs a key. An extra wrapper element can also break a CSS layout that depends on a direct parent-child relationship, a grid or a flex row.",[27,931,933],{"id":932},"props-state-and-component-communication","Props, State, and Component Communication",[32,935,937],{"id":936},"_11-why-must-you-update-state-immutably-instead-of-mutating-it","11. Why must you update state immutably instead of mutating it?",[11,939,940,941,944],{},"React decides whether to re-render by comparing the new state value with the previous one using ",[98,942,943],{},"Object.is",". Push into the same array, or assign to a property of the same object, and the reference never changes. The comparison says nothing happened, and the screen stays stale.",[91,946,948],{"className":93,"code":947,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Wrong: same array, same reference, no re-render\nconst addTodo = (text) => {\n    todos.push({ id: nextId(), text })\n    setTodos(todos)\n}\n\n// Right: a new array, a new reference\nconst addTodo = (text) => {\n    setTodos([...todos, { id: nextId(), text }])\n}\n",[98,949,950,955,976,993,1001,1005,1009,1014,1032,1050],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,951,952],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,953,954],{"class":107},"// Wrong: same array, same reference, no re-render\n",[101,956,957,959,962,964,966,969,971,973],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,958,115],{"class":114},[101,960,961],{"class":133}," addTodo",[101,963,122],{"class":114},[101,965,670],{"class":125},[101,967,968],{"class":300},"text",[101,970,524],{"class":125},[101,972,527],{"class":114},[101,974,975],{"class":125}," {\n",[101,977,978,981,984,987,990],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,979,980],{"class":125},"    todos.",[101,982,983],{"class":133},"push",[101,985,986],{"class":125},"({ id: ",[101,988,989],{"class":133},"nextId",[101,991,992],{"class":125},"(), text })\n",[101,994,995,998],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,996,997],{"class":133},"    setTodos",[101,999,1000],{"class":125},"(todos)\n",[101,1002,1003],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,1004,341],{"class":125},[101,1006,1007],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,1008,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1010,1011],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,1012,1013],{"class":107},"// Right: a new array, a new reference\n",[101,1015,1016,1018,1020,1022,1024,1026,1028,1030],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,1017,115],{"class":114},[101,1019,961],{"class":133},[101,1021,122],{"class":114},[101,1023,670],{"class":125},[101,1025,968],{"class":300},[101,1027,524],{"class":125},[101,1029,527],{"class":114},[101,1031,975],{"class":125},[101,1033,1034,1036,1039,1042,1045,1047],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,1035,997],{"class":133},[101,1037,1038],{"class":125},"([",[101,1040,1041],{"class":114},"...",[101,1043,1044],{"class":125},"todos, { id: ",[101,1046,989],{"class":133},[101,1048,1049],{"class":125},"(), text }])\n",[101,1051,1052],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,1053,341],{"class":125},[11,1055,1056,1057,1060,1061,233,1064,1067,1068,1071],{},"React treats props and state as ",[40,1058,1059],{},"immutable"," snapshots of a moment in time, and memoisation with ",[98,1062,1063],{},"React.memo",[98,1065,1066],{},"useMemo",", and ",[98,1069,1070],{},"useCallback"," all rest on that same comparison. For nested state, spread each level you change, or reach for Immer, which Redux Toolkit bundles, to write mutating-looking syntax that produces a new object underneath.",[32,1073,1075],{"id":1074},"_12-why-are-state-updates-batched-and-when-do-you-need-the-updater-function","12. Why are state updates batched, and when do you need the updater function?",[11,1077,1078,1079,1082,1083,1086,1087,1090],{},"React ",[40,1080,1081],{},"batches"," several state updates that happen in the same tick into one re-render. Three ",[98,1084,1085],{},"setState"," calls inside one click handler produce a single render, not three. Since React 18 this is automatic everywhere, including promises, ",[98,1088,1089],{},"setTimeout",", and native event handlers; React 17 only batched inside its own event handlers.",[11,1092,1093],{},"Batching is why reading state right after setting it gives you the old value. The variable is a constant captured by that render.",[91,1095,1097],{"className":93,"code":1096,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"const [count, setCount] = useState(0)\n\n// Both calls read the same snapshot: count is 0, so this ends at 1\nsetCount(count + 1)\nsetCount(count + 1)\n\n// The updater form queues functions, so this ends at 2\nsetCount((c) => c + 1)\nsetCount((c) => c + 1)\n",[98,1098,1099,1129,1133,1138,1153,1165,1169,1174,1196],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,1100,1101,1103,1106,1109,1111,1114,1117,1119,1122,1124,1126],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,1102,115],{"class":114},[101,1104,1105],{"class":125}," [",[101,1107,1108],{"class":118},"count",[101,1110,233],{"class":125},[101,1112,1113],{"class":118},"setCount",[101,1115,1116],{"class":125},"] ",[101,1118,137],{"class":114},[101,1120,1121],{"class":133}," useState",[101,1123,198],{"class":125},[101,1125,824],{"class":118},[101,1127,1128],{"class":125},")\n",[101,1130,1131],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,1132,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1134,1135],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,1136,1137],{"class":107},"// Both calls read the same snapshot: count is 0, so this ends at 1\n",[101,1139,1140,1142,1145,1148,1151],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,1141,1113],{"class":133},[101,1143,1144],{"class":125},"(count ",[101,1146,1147],{"class":114},"+",[101,1149,1150],{"class":118}," 1",[101,1152,1128],{"class":125},[101,1154,1155,1157,1159,1161,1163],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,1156,1113],{"class":133},[101,1158,1144],{"class":125},[101,1160,1147],{"class":114},[101,1162,1150],{"class":118},[101,1164,1128],{"class":125},[101,1166,1167],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,1168,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1170,1171],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,1172,1173],{"class":107},"// The updater form queues functions, so this ends at 2\n",[101,1175,1176,1178,1180,1183,1185,1187,1190,1192,1194],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,1177,1113],{"class":133},[101,1179,513],{"class":125},[101,1181,1182],{"class":300},"c",[101,1184,524],{"class":125},[101,1186,527],{"class":114},[101,1188,1189],{"class":125}," c ",[101,1191,1147],{"class":114},[101,1193,1150],{"class":118},[101,1195,1128],{"class":125},[101,1197,1198,1200,1202,1204,1206,1208,1210,1212,1214],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,1199,1113],{"class":133},[101,1201,513],{"class":125},[101,1203,1182],{"class":300},[101,1205,524],{"class":125},[101,1207,527],{"class":114},[101,1209,1189],{"class":125},[101,1211,1147],{"class":114},[101,1213,1150],{"class":118},[101,1215,1128],{"class":125},[11,1217,1218,1219,1222,1223,1226],{},"Use the ",[40,1220,1221],{},"updater function"," whenever the next value depends on the previous one, and inside ",[98,1224,1225],{},"setInterval",", event listeners, or async callbacks, anywhere the captured value may be several renders out of date.",[32,1228,1230],{"id":1229},"_13-what-is-lifting-state-up-and-what-is-prop-drilling","13. What is lifting state up, and what is prop drilling?",[11,1232,1233,1236],{},[40,1234,1235],{},"Lifting state up"," means moving a piece of state out of a component and into the closest common ancestor of every component that needs it. Two siblings cannot see each other's state, so the shared value lives in the parent and travels down as props.",[11,1238,1239,1242],{},[40,1240,1241],{},"Prop drilling"," is what happens when that goes too far: a value defined at the top of the tree passed through five components that never touch it, just to reach the one that does.",[11,1244,1245],{},"Three fixes handle this, the most common one first:",[221,1247,1248,1258,1264],{},[224,1249,1250,1253,1254,1257],{},[40,1251,1252],{},"Component composition."," Pass the rendered element down as ",[98,1255,1256],{},"children"," instead of passing the raw data, so the middle layers no longer need to know about it.",[224,1259,1260,1263],{},[40,1261,1262],{},"The Context API."," Good for values that genuinely belong to the whole tree, such as the theme, the locale, or the signed-in user.",[224,1265,1266,1269],{},[40,1267,1268],{},"A store"," such as Redux Toolkit or Zustand, for state that is large, updated from many places, or needs middleware and time-travel debugging.",[32,1271,1273],{"id":1272},"_14-what-is-the-difference-between-controlled-and-uncontrolled-components","14. What is the difference between controlled and uncontrolled components?",[11,1275,1276,1277,1280,1281,1284],{},"In a ",[40,1278,1279],{},"controlled component",", React state holds the current value of an input, and the input shows that state. In an ",[40,1282,1283],{},"uncontrolled component",", the DOM node keeps the value itself, and you read it when you need it, usually through a ref.",[91,1286,1288],{"className":93,"code":1287,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Controlled: state is the single source of truth\nconst [email, setEmail] = useState('')\n\u003Cinput value={email} onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)} />\n\n// Uncontrolled: the DOM holds the value, React reads it on submit\nconst emailRef = useRef(null)\n\u003Cinput defaultValue=\"\" ref={emailRef} />\n",[98,1289,1290,1295,1322,1359,1363,1368,1387],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,1291,1292],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,1293,1294],{"class":107},"// Controlled: state is the single source of truth\n",[101,1296,1297,1299,1301,1304,1306,1309,1311,1313,1315,1317,1320],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,1298,115],{"class":114},[101,1300,1105],{"class":125},[101,1302,1303],{"class":118},"email",[101,1305,233],{"class":125},[101,1307,1308],{"class":118},"setEmail",[101,1310,1116],{"class":125},[101,1312,137],{"class":114},[101,1314,1121],{"class":133},[101,1316,198],{"class":125},[101,1318,1319],{"class":140},"''",[101,1321,1128],{"class":125},[101,1323,1324,1327,1330,1333,1335,1338,1341,1343,1346,1349,1351,1353,1356],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,1325,1326],{"class":125},"\u003C",[101,1328,1329],{"class":129},"input",[101,1331,1332],{"class":133}," value",[101,1334,137],{"class":114},[101,1336,1337],{"class":125},"{email} ",[101,1339,1340],{"class":133},"onChange",[101,1342,137],{"class":114},[101,1344,1345],{"class":125},"{(",[101,1347,1348],{"class":300},"e",[101,1350,524],{"class":125},[101,1352,527],{"class":114},[101,1354,1355],{"class":133}," setEmail",[101,1357,1358],{"class":125},"(e.target.value)} />\n",[101,1360,1361],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,1362,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1364,1365],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,1366,1367],{"class":107},"// Uncontrolled: the DOM holds the value, React reads it on submit\n",[101,1369,1370,1372,1375,1377,1380,1382,1385],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,1371,115],{"class":114},[101,1373,1374],{"class":118}," emailRef",[101,1376,122],{"class":114},[101,1378,1379],{"class":133}," useRef",[101,1381,198],{"class":125},[101,1383,1384],{"class":118},"null",[101,1386,1128],{"class":125},[101,1388,1389,1391,1393,1396,1398,1400,1403,1405],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,1390,1326],{"class":125},[101,1392,1329],{"class":129},[101,1394,1395],{"class":133}," defaultValue",[101,1397,137],{"class":114},[101,1399,333],{"class":140},[101,1401,1402],{"class":133}," ref",[101,1404,137],{"class":114},[101,1406,1407],{"class":125},"{emailRef} />\n",[11,1409,1410],{},"Controlled inputs are the default choice. Validating on every keystroke, disabling the submit button, or syncing two fields all need the value in React. Uncontrolled inputs cost less per keystroke and fit file inputs, which are always uncontrolled, and large forms handed to React Hook Form.",[11,1412,1413,1414,1417,1418,1420,1421,1424,1425,1427],{},"Passing ",[98,1415,1416],{},"value"," without ",[98,1419,1340],{}," gives a read-only field and a console warning. Use ",[98,1422,1423],{},"defaultValue"," when the DOM should own the value, ",[98,1426,1416],{}," only when state does.",[32,1429,1431],{"id":1430},"_15-what-are-synthetic-events-and-how-is-reacts-event-system-different-from-the-doms","15. What are synthetic events, and how is React's event system different from the DOM's?",[11,1433,273,1434,1437,1438,1441,1442,1445],{},[40,1435,1436],{},"synthetic event"," is React's wrapper around the native browser event. It exposes the same interface, including ",[98,1439,1440],{},"preventDefault"," and ",[98,1443,1444],{},"stopPropagation",", but normalises the differences between browsers.",[11,1447,1448,1449,1452],{},"React does not attach a listener to each DOM node. It attaches one listener per event type at the root container of your app, which keeps memory use flat whether the page has ten buttons or ten thousand. React 16 attached those listeners to ",[98,1450,1451],{},"document","; React 17 moved them to the root container so two React versions can run on one page without fighting.",[11,1454,1455],{},"Two consequences follow:",[221,1457,1458,1463],{},[224,1459,1460,1462],{},[98,1461,1444],{}," in a React handler stops propagation inside React's tree, but a native listener attached yourself on an outer element may still fire.",[224,1464,1465,1466,1469,1470,1473],{},"Returning ",[98,1467,1468],{},"false"," from a handler does nothing, unlike inline HTML handlers, so call ",[98,1471,1472],{},"event.preventDefault()"," explicitly.",[32,1475,1477],{"id":1476},"_16-what-are-the-component-lifecycle-phases-and-how-do-class-lifecycle-methods-map-to-hooks","16. What are the component lifecycle phases, and how do class lifecycle methods map to hooks?",[11,1479,1480],{},"Every component goes through three phases:",[221,1482,1483,1489,1495],{},[224,1484,1485,1488],{},[40,1486,1487],{},"Mounting."," Added to the DOM for the first time.",[224,1490,1491,1494],{},[40,1492,1493],{},"Updating."," New props or state cause a re-render.",[224,1496,1497,1500],{},[40,1498,1499],{},"Unmounting."," Removed from the DOM.",[11,1502,1503,1504,1507],{},"Class components exposed each phase as a named method. Hooks express the same moments through ",[98,1505,1506],{},"useEffect"," and its cleanup function.",[11,1509,1510],{},[317,1511],{"alt":1512,"src":1513},"React lifecycle methods mapped to hooks for the mounting, updating, and unmounting phases","/post-images/top-50-reactjs-interview-questions/react-lifecycle-to-hooks.png",[400,1515,1516,1526],{},[403,1517,1518],{},[406,1519,1520,1523],{},[409,1521,1522],{},"Class lifecycle method",[409,1524,1525],{},"Hook equivalent",[416,1527,1528,1543,1554,1566,1578,1588,1600,1612],{},[406,1529,1530,1535],{},[421,1531,1532],{},[98,1533,1534],{},"constructor",[421,1536,1537,1539,1540],{},[98,1538,443],{}," initial value, or lazy init ",[98,1541,1542],{},"useState(() => ...)",[406,1544,1545,1549],{},[421,1546,1547],{},[98,1548,611],{},[421,1550,1551],{},[98,1552,1553],{},"useEffect(() => { ... }, [])",[406,1555,1556,1561],{},[421,1557,1558],{},[98,1559,1560],{},"componentDidUpdate",[421,1562,1563],{},[98,1564,1565],{},"useEffect(() => { ... }, [dep])",[406,1567,1568,1573],{},[421,1569,1570],{},[98,1571,1572],{},"componentWillUnmount",[421,1574,1575,1576],{},"the cleanup function returned from ",[98,1577,1506],{},[406,1579,1580,1585],{},[421,1581,1582],{},[98,1583,1584],{},"getDerivedStateFromProps",[421,1586,1587],{},"calculate the value during render instead",[406,1589,1590,1595],{},[421,1591,1592],{},[98,1593,1594],{},"shouldComponentUpdate",[421,1596,1597,1599],{},[98,1598,1063],{}," around the component",[406,1601,1602,1607],{},[421,1603,1604],{},[98,1605,1606],{},"getSnapshotBeforeUpdate",[421,1608,1609],{},[98,1610,1611],{},"useLayoutEffect",[406,1613,1614,1619],{},[421,1615,1616],{},[98,1617,1618],{},"componentDidCatch",[421,1620,1621],{},"no hook equivalent, still needs a class",[11,1623,1624,1625,1627,1628,1630],{},"The mapping is close but not exact. A class lifecycle method is tied to a moment in the component's life. An effect is tied to a dependency, running after render whenever something it depends on changed. ",[98,1626,1560],{}," runs before the browser paints; ",[98,1629,1506],{}," runs after.",[32,1632,1634],{"id":1633},"_17-what-is-an-error-boundary-and-what-does-it-not-catch","17. What is an error boundary, and what does it not catch?",[11,1636,1637,1638,1641],{},"An ",[40,1639,1640],{},"error boundary"," is a component that catches JavaScript errors thrown while rendering anywhere below it, and shows a fallback UI instead of letting the whole app unmount.",[91,1643,1645],{"className":93,"code":1644,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component {\n    state = { hasError: false }\n\n    static getDerivedStateFromError() {\n        return { hasError: true }      // render the fallback on the next render\n    }\n\n    componentDidCatch(error, info) {\n        logToService(error, info.componentStack)   // report it\n    }\n\n    render() {\n        return this.state.hasError ? this.props.fallback : this.props.children\n    }\n}\n",[98,1646,1647,1668,1683,1687,1698,1714,1719,1723,1741,1752,1756,1760,1767,1792,1797],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,1648,1649,1651,1654,1657,1660,1663,1666],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,1650,232],{"class":114},[101,1652,1653],{"class":133}," ErrorBoundary",[101,1655,1656],{"class":114}," extends",[101,1658,1659],{"class":133}," React",[101,1661,1662],{"class":125},".",[101,1664,1665],{"class":133},"Component",[101,1667,975],{"class":125},[101,1669,1670,1673,1675,1678,1680],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,1671,1672],{"class":300},"    state",[101,1674,122],{"class":114},[101,1676,1677],{"class":125}," { hasError: ",[101,1679,1468],{"class":118},[101,1681,1682],{"class":125}," }\n",[101,1684,1685],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,1686,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1688,1689,1692,1695],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,1690,1691],{"class":114},"    static",[101,1693,1694],{"class":133}," getDerivedStateFromError",[101,1696,1697],{"class":125},"() {\n",[101,1699,1700,1703,1705,1708,1711],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,1701,1702],{"class":114},"        return",[101,1704,1677],{"class":125},[101,1706,1707],{"class":118},"true",[101,1709,1710],{"class":125}," }      ",[101,1712,1713],{"class":107},"// render the fallback on the next render\n",[101,1715,1716],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,1717,1718],{"class":125},"    }\n",[101,1720,1721],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,1722,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1724,1725,1728,1730,1733,1735,1738],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,1726,1727],{"class":133},"    componentDidCatch",[101,1729,198],{"class":125},[101,1731,1732],{"class":300},"error",[101,1734,233],{"class":125},[101,1736,1737],{"class":300},"info",[101,1739,1740],{"class":125},") {\n",[101,1742,1743,1746,1749],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,1744,1745],{"class":133},"        logToService",[101,1747,1748],{"class":125},"(error, info.componentStack)   ",[101,1750,1751],{"class":107},"// report it\n",[101,1753,1754],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,1755,1718],{"class":125},[101,1757,1758],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,1759,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1761,1762,1765],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,1763,1764],{"class":133},"    render",[101,1766,1697],{"class":125},[101,1768,1770,1772,1775,1778,1780,1782,1785,1787,1789],{"class":103,"line":1769},13,[101,1771,1702],{"class":114},[101,1773,1774],{"class":118}," this",[101,1776,1777],{"class":125},".state.hasError ",[101,1779,775],{"class":114},[101,1781,1774],{"class":118},[101,1783,1784],{"class":125},".props.fallback ",[101,1786,786],{"class":114},[101,1788,1774],{"class":118},[101,1790,1791],{"class":125},".props.children\n",[101,1793,1795],{"class":103,"line":1794},14,[101,1796,1718],{"class":125},[101,1798,1800],{"class":103,"line":1799},15,[101,1801,341],{"class":125},[11,1803,1804],{},"It catches errors in:",[221,1806,1807],{},[224,1808,1809],{},"Rendering, lifecycle methods, and constructors of the tree below it.",[11,1811,1812],{},"It does not catch errors in:",[221,1814,1815,1818,1824],{},[224,1816,1817],{},"Event handlers.",[224,1819,1820,1821,1823],{},"Asynchronous code, such as a ",[98,1822,1089],{}," callback or a rejected promise.",[224,1825,1826],{},"The boundary component itself, since none of that happens during that subtree's render.",[11,1828,1829,1830,1833,1834,1441,1837,1840],{},"Handle those with a normal ",[98,1831,1832],{},"try/catch"," and your own error state. React 19 added ",[98,1835,1836],{},"onCaughtError",[98,1838,1839],{},"onUncaughtError"," options on the root, but the boundary itself is still a class.",[27,1842,1844],{"id":1843},"react-hooks-interview-questions","React Hooks Interview Questions",[32,1846,1848],{"id":1847},"_18-what-are-react-hooks-and-why-were-they-introduced","18. What are React hooks, and why were they introduced?",[11,1850,1851,1854],{},[40,1852,1853],{},"Hooks"," are functions that let a function component use React features such as state, side effects, and context. They arrived in React 16.8 and are now the standard way to write every component.",[11,1856,1857],{},"Before hooks, only classes could hold state, so a simple function had to be rewritten the moment it needed to remember anything. Sharing stateful logic was worse: wiring it up between components meant higher-order components or render props, both wrapping the component in extra layers.",[11,1859,1860],{},"Hooks fix both problems at once. Related logic sits together, and any group of hook calls can be moved into a custom hook and shared without touching the component tree at all.",[32,1862,1864],{"id":1863},"_19-what-are-the-rules-of-hooks-and-why-do-they-exist","19. What are the rules of hooks, and why do they exist?",[11,1866,1867],{},"There are two rules:",[221,1869,1870,1873],{},[224,1871,1872],{},"Call hooks only at the top level of a component or another hook, never inside a condition, a loop, or a nested function.",[224,1874,1875],{},"Call them only from React function components or custom hooks, never from a plain function or a class.",[11,1877,1878],{},"React stores hook state as an ordered list per component, matching each call to a slot by the order it runs in, not by name. Skip a hook on some render because of a condition, and every later hook shifts up a slot and starts reading another hook's data.",[91,1880,1882],{"className":93,"code":1881,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Breaks: on renders where isOpen is false, the hooks below shift by one slot\nif (isOpen) {\n    const [height, setHeight] = useState(0)\n}\n\n// Correct: the hook always runs, the condition moves inside it\nconst [height, setHeight] = useState(0)\nuseEffect(() => {\n    if (!isOpen) return\n    setHeight(measure())\n}, [isOpen])\n",[98,1883,1884,1889,1896,1923,1927,1931,1936,1960,1971,1985,1998],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,1885,1886],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,1887,1888],{"class":107},"// Breaks: on renders where isOpen is false, the hooks below shift by one slot\n",[101,1890,1891,1893],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,1892,632],{"class":114},[101,1894,1895],{"class":125}," (isOpen) {\n",[101,1897,1898,1901,1903,1906,1908,1911,1913,1915,1917,1919,1921],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,1899,1900],{"class":114},"    const",[101,1902,1105],{"class":125},[101,1904,1905],{"class":118},"height",[101,1907,233],{"class":125},[101,1909,1910],{"class":118},"setHeight",[101,1912,1116],{"class":125},[101,1914,137],{"class":114},[101,1916,1121],{"class":133},[101,1918,198],{"class":125},[101,1920,824],{"class":118},[101,1922,1128],{"class":125},[101,1924,1925],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,1926,341],{"class":125},[101,1928,1929],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,1930,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,1932,1933],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,1934,1935],{"class":107},"// Correct: the hook always runs, the condition moves inside it\n",[101,1937,1938,1940,1942,1944,1946,1948,1950,1952,1954,1956,1958],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,1939,115],{"class":114},[101,1941,1105],{"class":125},[101,1943,1905],{"class":118},[101,1945,233],{"class":125},[101,1947,1910],{"class":118},[101,1949,1116],{"class":125},[101,1951,137],{"class":114},[101,1953,1121],{"class":133},[101,1955,198],{"class":125},[101,1957,824],{"class":118},[101,1959,1128],{"class":125},[101,1961,1962,1964,1967,1969],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,1963,1506],{"class":133},[101,1965,1966],{"class":125},"(() ",[101,1968,527],{"class":114},[101,1970,975],{"class":125},[101,1972,1973,1975,1977,1979,1982],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,1974,667],{"class":114},[101,1976,670],{"class":125},[101,1978,673],{"class":114},[101,1980,1981],{"class":125},"isOpen) ",[101,1983,1984],{"class":114},"return\n",[101,1986,1987,1990,1992,1995],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,1988,1989],{"class":133},"    setHeight",[101,1991,198],{"class":125},[101,1993,1994],{"class":133},"measure",[101,1996,1997],{"class":125},"())\n",[101,1999,2000],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,2001,2002],{"class":125},"}, [isOpen])\n",[11,2004,2005,2008],{},[98,2006,2007],{},"eslint-plugin-react-hooks"," enforces both rules while you type, which is why they rarely bite in practice.",[32,2010,2012,2013,2015],{"id":2011},"_20-how-does-usestate-work-and-what-is-lazy-initial-state","20. How does ",[98,2014,443],{}," work, and what is lazy initial state?",[11,2017,2018,2020],{},[98,2019,443],{}," returns a pair: the current value for this render, and a setter that schedules a re-render with a new value. React uses the argument you pass only on the first render of that component instance.",[11,2022,2023],{},"React still evaluates the expression you pass on every render, even though it only uses the result once, on the first render. An expensive call then runs again and again for nothing.",[91,2025,2027],{"className":93,"code":2026,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Reads localStorage on every single render\nconst [draft, setDraft] = useState(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('draft')))\n\n// Lazy initial state: the function runs once, on mount\nconst [draft, setDraft] = useState(() => JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('draft')))\n",[98,2028,2029,2034,2078,2082,2087],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,2030,2031],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,2032,2033],{"class":107},"// Reads localStorage on every single render\n",[101,2035,2036,2038,2040,2043,2045,2048,2050,2052,2054,2056,2059,2061,2064,2067,2070,2072,2075],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,2037,115],{"class":114},[101,2039,1105],{"class":125},[101,2041,2042],{"class":118},"draft",[101,2044,233],{"class":125},[101,2046,2047],{"class":118},"setDraft",[101,2049,1116],{"class":125},[101,2051,137],{"class":114},[101,2053,1121],{"class":133},[101,2055,198],{"class":125},[101,2057,2058],{"class":118},"JSON",[101,2060,1662],{"class":125},[101,2062,2063],{"class":133},"parse",[101,2065,2066],{"class":125},"(localStorage.",[101,2068,2069],{"class":133},"getItem",[101,2071,198],{"class":125},[101,2073,2074],{"class":140},"'draft'",[101,2076,2077],{"class":125},")))\n",[101,2079,2080],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,2081,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,2083,2084],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,2085,2086],{"class":107},"// Lazy initial state: the function runs once, on mount\n",[101,2088,2089,2091,2093,2095,2097,2099,2101,2103,2105,2107,2109,2112,2114,2116,2118,2120,2122,2124],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,2090,115],{"class":114},[101,2092,1105],{"class":125},[101,2094,2042],{"class":118},[101,2096,233],{"class":125},[101,2098,2047],{"class":118},[101,2100,1116],{"class":125},[101,2102,137],{"class":114},[101,2104,1121],{"class":133},[101,2106,1966],{"class":125},[101,2108,527],{"class":114},[101,2110,2111],{"class":118}," JSON",[101,2113,1662],{"class":125},[101,2115,2063],{"class":133},[101,2117,2066],{"class":125},[101,2119,2069],{"class":133},[101,2121,198],{"class":125},[101,2123,2074],{"class":140},[101,2125,2077],{"class":125},[11,2127,2128,2129,2132],{},"This is ",[40,2130,2131],{},"lazy initial state",": pass a function instead of a value, and React only ever calls it once. The state value is also a constant within one render, which is why a setter call followed immediately by a read gives you the old value.",[32,2134,2136,2137,2139],{"id":2135},"_21-what-is-useeffect-and-when-does-it-run","21. What is ",[98,2138,1506],{},", and when does it run?",[11,2141,2142,2144],{},[98,2143,1506],{}," runs code that reaches outside React after the component has rendered and the browser has painted. That covers:",[221,2146,2147,2150,2153,2156],{},[224,2148,2149],{},"Subscribing to an event.",[224,2151,2152],{},"Starting a timer.",[224,2154,2155],{},"Syncing with a non-React widget.",[224,2157,2158],{},"Firing analytics.",[11,2160,2161],{},"React renders the component, commits the changes to the DOM, lets the browser paint, and only then runs your effect. That ordering keeps the screen responsive.",[91,2163,2165],{"className":93,"code":2164,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"useEffect(() => {\n    const id = setInterval(() => setSeconds((s) => s + 1), 1000)\n    return () => clearInterval(id)        // cleanup runs before the next effect and on unmount\n}, [])                                    // empty array: set up once, tear down on unmount\n",[98,2166,2167,2177,2220,2238],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,2168,2169,2171,2173,2175],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,2170,1506],{"class":133},[101,2172,1966],{"class":125},[101,2174,527],{"class":114},[101,2176,975],{"class":125},[101,2178,2179,2181,2184,2186,2189,2191,2193,2196,2198,2201,2203,2205,2208,2210,2212,2215,2218],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,2180,1900],{"class":114},[101,2182,2183],{"class":118}," id",[101,2185,122],{"class":114},[101,2187,2188],{"class":133}," setInterval",[101,2190,1966],{"class":125},[101,2192,527],{"class":114},[101,2194,2195],{"class":133}," setSeconds",[101,2197,513],{"class":125},[101,2199,2200],{"class":300},"s",[101,2202,524],{"class":125},[101,2204,527],{"class":114},[101,2206,2207],{"class":125}," s ",[101,2209,1147],{"class":114},[101,2211,1150],{"class":118},[101,2213,2214],{"class":125},"), ",[101,2216,2217],{"class":118},"1000",[101,2219,1128],{"class":125},[101,2221,2222,2224,2227,2229,2232,2235],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,2223,312],{"class":114},[101,2225,2226],{"class":125}," () ",[101,2228,527],{"class":114},[101,2230,2231],{"class":133}," clearInterval",[101,2233,2234],{"class":125},"(id)        ",[101,2236,2237],{"class":107},"// cleanup runs before the next effect and on unmount\n",[101,2239,2240,2243],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,2241,2242],{"class":125},"}, [])                                    ",[101,2244,2245],{"class":107},"// empty array: set up once, tear down on unmount\n",[11,2247,2248],{},"React 19 pushes a narrower view of what effects are for: synchronising a component with an external system. Transforming data for rendering belongs in the render body, not in an effect.",[32,2250,2252],{"id":2251},"_22-what-does-the-dependency-array-do-and-what-is-a-stale-closure","22. What does the dependency array do, and what is a stale closure?",[11,2254,256,2255,2258],{},[40,2256,2257],{},"dependency array"," tells React which values an effect reads. After each render, React compares every entry with its value from the previous render, and runs the effect again only if something changed.",[11,2260,2261,2262,2265],{},"Leave a value out, and the effect keeps the version of that value from the render where it last ran. 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Move the function inside the effect, wrap it in ",[98,2395,1070],{},", or switch to the updater form of a setter.",[32,2398,2400],{"id":2399},"_23-how-do-you-clean-up-an-effect-and-why-do-effects-run-twice-in-development","23. How do you clean up an effect, and why do effects run twice in development?",[11,2402,2403,2404,1662],{},"An effect can return a function, and React calls it before running the effect again, and once more when the component unmounts. Timers cleared, listeners removed, sockets closed, in-flight requests aborted, all of it belongs in that ",[40,2405,2406],{},"cleanup function",[11,2408,2409],{},"Skip it, and you get the two bugs every React codebase meets eventually. Listeners pile up because each render adds another one. A response that arrives after the component is gone tries to set state on something that no longer exists.",[11,2411,2412,2413,2416],{},"In development, ",[98,2414,2415],{},"StrictMode"," mounts each component, unmounts it, and mounts it again, so every effect runs, cleans up, and runs a second time. This is not a bug, and it does not happen in production. It surfaces effects that cannot survive being run twice, exactly the set that breaks under a feature that remounts a component.",[32,2418,2420,2421,1441,2423,775],{"id":2419},"_24-what-is-the-difference-between-useeffect-and-uselayouteffect","24. What is the difference between ",[98,2422,1506],{},[98,2424,1611],{},[11,2426,2427,2428,2430,2431,2433],{},"Both run after React has updated the DOM. ",[98,2429,1506],{}," runs asynchronously, after the browser has painted. ",[98,2432,1611],{}," runs synchronously, before the paint, so the browser never shows the frame in between.",[11,2435,2436,2437,2439,2440,2442],{},"Measure a DOM node and move something based on it, and ",[98,2438,1506],{}," lets the user see the first position for one frame before the correction, a flicker. ",[98,2441,1611],{}," blocks painting until your code finishes, so the user only ever sees the corrected layout.",[91,2444,2446],{"className":93,"code":2445,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"useLayoutEffect(() => {\n    const { height } = tooltipRef.current.getBoundingClientRect()\n    setPosition(height > spaceBelow ? 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Anything only your code reads belongs in a ref. React 19 also made refs easier to pass around, letting ",[98,2655,2656],{},"ref"," be an ordinary prop on function components.",[32,2659,2661,2662,229,2664,775],{"id":2660},"_26-when-should-you-use-usereducer-instead-of-usestate","26. When should you use ",[98,2663,447],{},[98,2665,443],{},[11,2667,2668,2670],{},[98,2669,447],{}," holds state in one object and updates it by dispatching actions to a reducer function that returns the next state. Reach for it when the updates get complicated, not when the state gets large. 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",[98,2866,2836],{}," also has a stable identity, so passing it through context causes no extra renders.",[32,2869,2871],{"id":2870},"_27-what-is-the-context-api-and-when-does-it-cause-extra-re-renders","27. What is the Context API, and when does it cause extra re-renders?",[11,2873,2874,2877,2878,2881],{},[40,2875,2876],{},"Context"," lets a provider publish a value to every component below it, and any descendant reads that value with ",[98,2879,2880],{},"useContext"," without it being passed through the components in between.",[11,2883,2884,2885,2887,2888,2890,2891,2893,2894,2897,2898,2900],{},"Every component that calls ",[98,2886,2880],{}," re-renders whenever the provider's ",[98,2889,1416],{}," changes by reference, and ",[98,2892,1063],{}," cannot stop it. Write ",[98,2895,2896],{},"value={{ user, setUser }}"," inline, and that creates a new object on every render of the provider, so every consumer re-renders even when ",[98,2899,654],{}," is identical.",[91,2902,2904],{"className":93,"code":2903,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// New object identity on every render: every consumer re-renders\n\u003CAuthContext.Provider value={{ user, setUser }}>\n\n// Stable until user actually changes\nconst value = useMemo(() => ({ user, setUser }), [user])\n\u003CAuthContext.Provider value={value}>\n",[98,2905,2906,2911,2925,2929,2934,2939],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,2907,2908],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,2909,2910],{"class":107},"// New object identity on every render: every consumer re-renders\n",[101,2912,2913,2915,2918,2920,2922],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,2914,1326],{"class":125},[101,2916,2917],{"class":118},"AuthContext.Provider",[101,2919,1332],{"class":133},[101,2921,137],{"class":114},[101,2923,2924],{"class":125},"{{ user, setUser }}>\n",[101,2926,2927],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,2928,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,2930,2931],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,2932,2933],{"class":125},"// Stable until user actually changes\n",[101,2935,2936],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,2937,2938],{"class":125},"const value = useMemo(() => ({ user, setUser }), [user])\n",[101,2940,2941,2943,2945,2947,2949],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,2942,1326],{"class":125},[101,2944,2917],{"class":118},[101,2946,1332],{"class":133},[101,2948,137],{"class":114},[101,2950,2951],{"class":125},"{value}>\n",[11,2953,2954],{},"The other fix is splitting one context into several. 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Two components calling ",[98,3123,3124],{},"useLocalStorage('draft', '')"," each get their own independent state, exactly as two components calling ",[98,3127,443],{}," do.",[11,3130,3131,3132,3136],{},"Write one when the same sequence of hooks appears in more than one component. The browser storage options behind a hook like this one are compared in the ",[21,3133,3135],{"href":3134},"/post/local-storage-vs-session-storage-vs-cookies","localStorage, sessionStorage, and cookies"," article.",[27,3138,3140],{"id":3139},"react-performance-optimization-questions","React Performance Optimization Questions",[32,3142,3144],{"id":3143},"_29-what-actually-makes-a-react-component-re-render","29. What actually makes a React component re-render?",[11,3146,3147,3148,786],{},"Three things cause a ",[40,3149,3150],{},"re-render",[221,3152,3153,3156,3159],{},[224,3154,3155],{},"Its own state changed.",[224,3157,3158],{},"Its parent rendered.",[224,3160,3161],{},"A context it consumes published a new value.",[11,3163,3164],{},"When a parent re-renders, React re-renders its entire subtree by default, whether or not the props those children receive have changed.",[11,3166,3167],{},[317,3168],{"alt":3169,"src":3170},"The three causes of a React re-render and what reaches the DOM afterwards","/post-images/top-50-reactjs-interview-questions/react-rerender-triggers.png",[11,3172,3173],{},"\"My props did not change but the component rendered\" is normal, then, not a bug. Moving state down into the small component that owns it removes the work instead of caching it.",[32,3175,3177,3178,3180],{"id":3176},"_30-what-does-reactmemo-do-and-when-does-it-not-help","30. What does ",[98,3179,1063],{}," do, and when does it not help?",[11,3182,3183,3185],{},[98,3184,1063],{}," wraps a component and skips its re-render when the new props are shallowly equal to the previous ones. Primitives match by value; objects, arrays, and functions match only when they are the same reference.",[11,3187,3188],{},"That comparison is where most attempts fail. A parent that builds a prop inline creates a new reference on every render, so the memoised child renders anyway.",[91,3190,3192],{"className":93,"code":3191,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"const Row = React.memo(function Row({ item, onSelect }) { /* ... */ })\n\n// memo never helps here: both props are new objects on every parent render\n\u003CRow item={{ ...item }} onSelect={() => select(item.id)} />\n\n// memo works here: both references are stable across renders\nconst handleSelect = useCallback((id) => select(id), [])\n\u003CRow item={item} onSelect={handleSelect} />\n",[98,3193,3194,3231,3235,3240,3275,3279,3284,3310],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3195,3196,3198,3200,3202,3205,3208,3210,3212,3214,3216,3218,3220,3223,3226,3229],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3197,115],{"class":114},[101,3199,860],{"class":118},[101,3201,122],{"class":114},[101,3203,3204],{"class":125}," React.",[101,3206,3207],{"class":133},"memo",[101,3209,198],{"class":125},[101,3211,291],{"class":114},[101,3213,860],{"class":133},[101,3215,297],{"class":125},[101,3217,865],{"class":300},[101,3219,233],{"class":125},[101,3221,3222],{"class":300},"onSelect",[101,3224,3225],{"class":125}," }) { ",[101,3227,3228],{"class":107},"/* ... */",[101,3230,2861],{"class":125},[101,3232,3233],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,3234,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3236,3237],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,3238,3239],{"class":107},"// memo never helps here: both props are new objects on every parent render\n",[101,3241,3242,3244,3247,3250,3252,3255,3257,3260,3262,3264,3267,3269,3272],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,3243,1326],{"class":125},[101,3245,3246],{"class":118},"Row",[101,3248,3249],{"class":133}," item",[101,3251,137],{"class":114},[101,3253,3254],{"class":125},"{{ ",[101,3256,1041],{"class":114},[101,3258,3259],{"class":125},"item }} ",[101,3261,3222],{"class":133},[101,3263,137],{"class":114},[101,3265,3266],{"class":125},"{() ",[101,3268,527],{"class":114},[101,3270,3271],{"class":133}," select",[101,3273,3274],{"class":125},"(item.id)} />\n",[101,3276,3277],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,3278,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3280,3281],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,3282,3283],{"class":107},"// memo works here: both references are stable across renders\n",[101,3285,3286,3288,3291,3293,3296,3298,3301,3303,3305,3307],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,3287,115],{"class":114},[101,3289,3290],{"class":118}," handleSelect",[101,3292,122],{"class":114},[101,3294,3295],{"class":133}," useCallback",[101,3297,513],{"class":125},[101,3299,3300],{"class":300},"id",[101,3302,524],{"class":125},[101,3304,527],{"class":114},[101,3306,3271],{"class":133},[101,3308,3309],{"class":125},"(id), [])\n",[101,3311,3312,3314,3316,3318,3320,3323,3325,3327],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,3313,1326],{"class":125},[101,3315,3246],{"class":118},[101,3317,3249],{"class":133},[101,3319,137],{"class":114},[101,3321,3322],{"class":125},"{item} ",[101,3324,3222],{"class":133},[101,3326,137],{"class":114},[101,3328,3329],{"class":125},"{handleSelect} />\n",[11,3331,3332,3334],{},[98,3333,1063],{}," earns its place on a component that renders often with the same props and is genuinely expensive, a row in a long list, a chart. It does nothing against a context update.",[32,3336,3338,3339,3341],{"id":3337},"_31-what-is-usememo-and-when-is-it-worth-using","31. What is ",[98,3340,1066],{},", and when is it worth using?",[11,3343,3344,3346],{},[98,3345,1066],{}," caches the result of a calculation between renders and recomputes it only when a dependency changes. It exists for two situations: a genuinely expensive computation, and a value whose reference identity must stay stable.",[91,3348,3350],{"className":93,"code":3349,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Expensive work, skipped when the inputs are unchanged\nconst sorted = useMemo(() => rows.slice().sort(compare), [rows, compare])\n\n// Stable identity, so a memoised child or an effect does not re-run\nconst config = useMemo(() => ({ locale, currency }), [locale, currency])\n",[98,3351,3352,3357,3388,3392,3397],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3353,3354],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3355,3356],{"class":107},"// Expensive work, skipped when the inputs are unchanged\n",[101,3358,3359,3361,3364,3366,3369,3371,3373,3376,3379,3382,3385],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,3360,115],{"class":114},[101,3362,3363],{"class":118}," sorted",[101,3365,122],{"class":114},[101,3367,3368],{"class":133}," useMemo",[101,3370,1966],{"class":125},[101,3372,527],{"class":114},[101,3374,3375],{"class":125}," rows.",[101,3377,3378],{"class":133},"slice",[101,3380,3381],{"class":125},"().",[101,3383,3384],{"class":133},"sort",[101,3386,3387],{"class":125},"(compare), [rows, compare])\n",[101,3389,3390],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,3391,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3393,3394],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,3395,3396],{"class":107},"// Stable identity, so a memoised child or an effect does not re-run\n",[101,3398,3399,3401,3404,3406,3408,3410,3412],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,3400,115],{"class":114},[101,3402,3403],{"class":118}," config",[101,3405,122],{"class":114},[101,3407,3368],{"class":133},[101,3409,1966],{"class":125},[101,3411,527],{"class":114},[101,3413,3414],{"class":125}," ({ locale, currency }), [locale, currency])\n",[11,3416,3417,3419],{},[98,3418,1066],{}," is not free. It stores the value, keeps the dependency array, and runs a comparison on every render, so wrapping a simple multiplication costs more than it saves. Measure in the React Profiler before adding it.",[32,3421,3423,3424,3426,3427,775],{"id":3422},"_32-what-is-usecallback-and-how-is-it-different-from-usememo","32. What is ",[98,3425,1070],{},", and how is it different from ",[98,3428,1066],{},[11,3430,3431,3433,3434,3437,3438,3440],{},[98,3432,1070],{}," returns the same ",[40,3435,3436],{},"function instance"," across renders until its dependencies change. ",[98,3439,1066],{}," returns the same value. Same mechanism, different payload.",[91,3442,3444],{"className":93,"code":3443,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// New function identity on every render\nconst handleSearch = (term) => fetchResults(term, filters)\n\n// Stable until filters change\nconst handleSearch = useCallback((term) => fetchResults(term, filters), [filters])\n",[98,3445,3446,3451,3475,3479,3484],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3447,3448],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3449,3450],{"class":107},"// New function identity on every render\n",[101,3452,3453,3455,3458,3460,3462,3465,3467,3469,3472],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,3454,115],{"class":114},[101,3456,3457],{"class":133}," handleSearch",[101,3459,122],{"class":114},[101,3461,670],{"class":125},[101,3463,3464],{"class":300},"term",[101,3466,524],{"class":125},[101,3468,527],{"class":114},[101,3470,3471],{"class":133}," fetchResults",[101,3473,3474],{"class":125},"(term, filters)\n",[101,3476,3477],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,3478,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3480,3481],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,3482,3483],{"class":107},"// Stable until filters change\n",[101,3485,3486,3488,3490,3492,3494,3496,3498,3500,3502,3504],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,3487,115],{"class":114},[101,3489,3457],{"class":118},[101,3491,122],{"class":114},[101,3493,3295],{"class":133},[101,3495,513],{"class":125},[101,3497,3464],{"class":300},[101,3499,524],{"class":125},[101,3501,527],{"class":114},[101,3503,3471],{"class":133},[101,3505,3506],{"class":125},"(term, filters), [filters])\n",[11,3508,3509,3510,3512,3513,3516],{},"Wrapping every handler in ",[98,3511,1070],{}," is a common habit that does not hold up. It only pays off when the consumer actually compares identities, so a plain ",[98,3514,3515],{},"\u003Cbutton onClick={...}>"," gains nothing from it.",[32,3518,3520],{"id":3519},"_33-what-does-the-react-compiler-change-about-memoisation","33. What does the React Compiler change about memoisation?",[11,3522,256,3523,3526,3527,233,3529,1067,3531,3533],{},[40,3524,3525],{},"React Compiler"," is a build-time tool that adds memoisation for you. It analyses each component and emits the caching you would otherwise write by hand with ",[98,3528,1066],{},[98,3530,1070],{},[98,3532,1063],{},". It reached version 1.0 in October 2025.",[11,3535,3536],{},"Manual memoisation becomes the exception rather than the habit. You write the straightforward version of a component, and the compiler decides what is worth caching.",[11,3538,3539],{},"It is not magic. The compiler only optimises code that follows the Rules of React: pure components and hooks, no mutated props or state, hooks called unconditionally. Where it cannot prove that, it skips the component.",[75,3541,3542],{},[11,3543,3544,3545,1662],{},"Setup and the full list of what it handles are in the ",[21,3546,3550],{"href":3547,"rel":3548},"https://react.dev/learn/react-compiler",[3549],"nofollow","React Compiler documentation",[32,3552,3554,3555,1441,3558,775],{"id":3553},"_34-how-do-you-code-split-a-react-app-with-lazy-and-suspense","34. How do you code split a React app with ",[98,3556,3557],{},"lazy",[98,3559,3560],{},"Suspense",[11,3562,3563,3566,3567,3569],{},[98,3564,3565],{},"React.lazy"," takes a function that dynamically imports a component, and the bundler turns that import into a separate chunk fetched only when the component first renders. ",[98,3568,3560],{}," supplies the fallback to show while that chunk is loading.",[91,3571,3573],{"className":93,"code":3572,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"const Dashboard = lazy(() => import('./Dashboard'))\n\nfunction App() {\n    return (\n        \u003CSuspense fallback={\u003CSpinner />}>\n            \u003CDashboard />\n        \u003C/Suspense>\n    )\n}\n",[98,3574,3575,3602,3606,3615,3621,3641,3650,3658,3662],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3576,3577,3579,3582,3584,3587,3589,3591,3594,3596,3599],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3578,115],{"class":114},[101,3580,3581],{"class":118}," Dashboard",[101,3583,122],{"class":114},[101,3585,3586],{"class":133}," lazy",[101,3588,1966],{"class":125},[101,3590,527],{"class":114},[101,3592,3593],{"class":114}," import",[101,3595,198],{"class":125},[101,3597,3598],{"class":140},"'./Dashboard'",[101,3600,3601],{"class":125},"))\n",[101,3603,3604],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,3605,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3607,3608,3610,3613],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,3609,291],{"class":114},[101,3611,3612],{"class":133}," App",[101,3614,1697],{"class":125},[101,3616,3617,3619],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,3618,312],{"class":114},[101,3620,700],{"class":125},[101,3622,3623,3625,3627,3630,3632,3635,3638],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,3624,705],{"class":125},[101,3626,3560],{"class":118},[101,3628,3629],{"class":133}," fallback",[101,3631,137],{"class":114},[101,3633,3634],{"class":125},"{\u003C",[101,3636,3637],{"class":118},"Spinner",[101,3639,3640],{"class":125}," />}>\n",[101,3642,3643,3645,3648],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,3644,883],{"class":125},[101,3646,3647],{"class":118},"Dashboard",[101,3649,336],{"class":125},[101,3651,3652,3654,3656],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,3653,800],{"class":125},[101,3655,3560],{"class":118},[101,3657,149],{"class":125},[101,3659,3660],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,3661,810],{"class":125},[101,3663,3664],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,3665,341],{"class":125},[11,3667,3668,3671],{},[40,3669,3670],{},"Route boundaries"," are the natural place to split, since a user who lands on the login page should not download the admin dashboard. 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",[40,3683,3684],{},"List virtualisation",", also called windowing, renders only the handful of items inside the viewport plus a small buffer, so the DOM holds twenty nodes instead of ten thousand.",[11,3687,3688,3689,3692],{},"Libraries such as TanStack Virtual and ",[98,3690,3691],{},"react-window"," measure the container, calculate which indexes fall inside it from the scroll offset, and position the rendered rows inside a spacer element that keeps the scrollbar the right size.",[11,3694,3695],{},"Pagination or infinite scroll solve the same problem from the data side, and are often the simpler answer. Where the list must stay whole, a spreadsheet, a log viewer, virtualisation is the standard fix.",[32,3697,3699,3700,1441,3703,775],{"id":3698},"_36-what-are-usetransition-and-usedeferredvalue","36. What are ",[98,3701,3702],{},"useTransition",[98,3704,3705],{},"useDeferredValue",[11,3707,3708,3709,3712],{},"Both mark rendering work as low priority so urgent updates, above all typing, stay responsive. They are the everyday face of ",[40,3710,3711],{},"concurrent rendering"," in React 18 and 19.",[11,3714,3715,3717,3718,3721,3722,3725,3726,3728],{},[98,3716,3702],{}," gives you a ",[98,3719,3720],{},"startTransition"," function and an ",[98,3723,3724],{},"isPending"," flag. State updates made inside ",[98,3727,3720],{}," are interruptible.",[91,3730,3732],{"className":93,"code":3731,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition()\n\nfunction onChange(e) {\n    setQuery(e.target.value)                        // urgent: the input updates now\n    startTransition(() => setResults(search(e.target.value)))   // can be interrupted\n}\n",[98,3733,3734,3755,3759,3772,3783,3806],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3735,3736,3738,3740,3742,3744,3746,3748,3750,3753],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3737,115],{"class":114},[101,3739,1105],{"class":125},[101,3741,3724],{"class":118},[101,3743,233],{"class":125},[101,3745,3720],{"class":118},[101,3747,1116],{"class":125},[101,3749,137],{"class":114},[101,3751,3752],{"class":133}," useTransition",[101,3754,2311],{"class":125},[101,3756,3757],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,3758,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,3760,3761,3763,3766,3768,3770],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,3762,291],{"class":114},[101,3764,3765],{"class":133}," onChange",[101,3767,198],{"class":125},[101,3769,1348],{"class":300},[101,3771,1740],{"class":125},[101,3773,3774,3777,3780],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,3775,3776],{"class":133},"    setQuery",[101,3778,3779],{"class":125},"(e.target.value)                        ",[101,3781,3782],{"class":107},"// urgent: the input updates now\n",[101,3784,3785,3788,3790,3792,3795,3797,3800,3803],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,3786,3787],{"class":133},"    startTransition",[101,3789,1966],{"class":125},[101,3791,527],{"class":114},[101,3793,3794],{"class":133}," setResults",[101,3796,198],{"class":125},[101,3798,3799],{"class":133},"search",[101,3801,3802],{"class":125},"(e.target.value)))   ",[101,3804,3805],{"class":107},"// can be interrupted\n",[101,3807,3808],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,3809,341],{"class":125},[11,3811,3812,3814],{},[98,3813,3705],{}," does the same job from the other end. Hand it a value, and it returns a copy that lags behind during heavy renders.",[32,3816,3818],{"id":3817},"_37-how-do-you-find-out-why-a-component-re-renders","37. How do you find out why a component re-renders?",[11,3820,3821,3822,3825],{},"You profile it rather than guess. The ",[40,3823,3824],{},"React DevTools Profiler"," records a session, shows every commit, and lists the components that rendered with the time they took and the reason, once \"Record why each component rendered\" is turned on.",[11,3827,3828],{},"\"Highlight updates when components render\" draws a border around every component as it re-renders. Typing in a search box and watching half the page flash is usually enough to find the problem.",[11,3830,3831],{},"From there the fix follows the cause:",[221,3833,3834,3837,3840],{},[224,3835,3836],{},"A component rendering because of its parent points at state that should move down the tree.",[224,3838,3839],{},"A memoised component rendering anyway points at an unstable prop reference.",[224,3841,3842],{},"A whole screen rendering on every keystroke usually points at a context value rebuilt on every render.",[27,3844,3846],{"id":3845},"state-management-and-data-fetching-questions","State Management and Data Fetching Questions",[32,3848,3850],{"id":3849},"_38-when-do-you-actually-need-a-state-management-library","38. When do you actually need a state management library?",[11,3852,3853],{},"You need one when state is shared widely, changes from many places, and has to stay consistent across the app. A good answer climbs the ladder in order:",[221,3855,3856,3862,3867,3872],{},[224,3857,3858,3861],{},[40,3859,3860],{},"Local state"," covers anything one component owns.",[224,3863,3864,3866],{},[40,3865,1235],{}," covers two or three siblings.",[224,3868,3869,3871],{},[40,3870,2876],{}," covers values the whole tree reads but that rarely change, theme, session.",[224,3873,3874,3876],{},[40,3875,1268],{}," such as Redux Toolkit or Zustand covers state with many writers or complex update logic.",[11,3878,3879],{},"The trap is reaching for a store first. Most of what teams historically put in Redux was server data, and once that moves to a data fetching library, the remaining global client state is often small.",[32,3881,3883],{"id":3882},"_39-what-is-redux-and-what-are-the-pieces-of-redux-toolkit","39. What is Redux, and what are the pieces of Redux Toolkit?",[11,3885,3886,3889],{},[40,3887,3888],{},"Redux"," keeps application state in a single immutable store. Components read from it with selectors and change it by dispatching actions, which a reducer turns into the next state.",[11,3891,3892],{},"Redux Toolkit is the official way to write Redux today, and it exists because classic Redux required a lot of boilerplate. The pieces that come up in interviews:",[221,3894,3895,3901,3907,3917,3927,3933],{},[224,3896,3897,3900],{},[98,3898,3899],{},"configureStore"," sets up the store with sensible defaults, including the thunk middleware and the DevTools connection.",[224,3902,3903,3906],{},[98,3904,3905],{},"createSlice"," generates the action types, the action creators, and the reducer from one object of reducer functions.",[224,3908,3909,3910,3912,3913,3916],{},"Immer runs inside ",[98,3911,3905],{},", so you write ",[98,3914,3915],{},"state.items.push(item)"," and it produces a new immutable state behind the scenes.",[224,3918,3919,3922,3923,3926],{},[98,3920,3921],{},"useSelector"," subscribes a component to one slice of the store, and ",[98,3924,3925],{},"useDispatch"," returns the dispatch function.",[224,3928,3929,3932],{},[98,3930,3931],{},"createAsyncThunk"," handles async work by dispatching pending, fulfilled, and rejected actions around a promise.",[224,3934,3935],{},"RTK Query sits on top and handles server data with caching, deduplication, and invalidation built in.",[32,3937,3939],{"id":3938},"_40-what-is-the-difference-between-server-state-and-client-state","40. What is the difference between server state and client state?",[11,3941,3942,3945,3946,3949],{},[40,3943,3944],{},"Client state"," is data your app owns: which tab is open, what the user typed. ",[40,3947,3948],{},"Server state"," is a copy of data that lives in a database somewhere else, and your copy can go out of date without anything in your app touching it.",[11,3951,3952,3953,3955],{},"That property drags in a set of problems ",[98,3954,443],{}," has no answer for:",[221,3957,3958,3961,3964],{},[224,3959,3960],{},"Caching, so two components do not fetch the same thing twice.",[224,3962,3963],{},"Revalidation, so it refreshes after going stale.",[224,3965,3966],{},"Deduplication of simultaneous requests, and retries on failure.",[11,3968,3969,3970,3974],{},"Libraries such as TanStack Query and SWR exist because every team was re-implementing that list badly. Think of server data as a cache, and the question becomes \"when does this copy stop being true\", the same problem the ",[21,3971,3973],{"href":3972},"/post/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained","cache invalidation strategies"," article works through.",[32,3976,3978,3979,3981],{"id":3977},"_41-how-do-you-fetch-data-in-react-without-the-usual-useeffect-bugs","41. How do you fetch data in React without the usual ",[98,3980,1506],{}," bugs?",[11,3983,3984,3985,3987],{},"Fetching inside ",[98,3986,1506],{}," works, but doing it correctly takes more care than the three-line version people write first. The naive version has a race condition: the slower of two responses can arrive last and overwrite the correct one.",[91,3989,3991],{"className":93,"code":3990,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"useEffect(() => {\n    const controller = new AbortController()\n    let ignore = false\n\n    fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`, { signal: controller.signal })\n        .then((res) => res.json())\n        .then((data) => { if (!ignore) setUser(data) })      // drop a stale response\n        .catch((err) => { if (err.name !== 'AbortError') setError(err) })\n\n    return () => { ignore = true; controller.abort() }       // cleanup on change and unmount\n}, [userId])\n",[98,3992,3993,4003,4020,4033,4037,4056,4081,4116,4153,4157,4185],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,3994,3995,3997,3999,4001],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,3996,1506],{"class":133},[101,3998,1966],{"class":125},[101,4000,527],{"class":114},[101,4002,975],{"class":125},[101,4004,4005,4007,4010,4012,4015,4018],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,4006,1900],{"class":114},[101,4008,4009],{"class":118}," controller",[101,4011,122],{"class":114},[101,4013,4014],{"class":114}," new",[101,4016,4017],{"class":133}," AbortController",[101,4019,2311],{"class":125},[101,4021,4022,4025,4028,4030],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,4023,4024],{"class":114},"    let",[101,4026,4027],{"class":125}," ignore ",[101,4029,137],{"class":114},[101,4031,4032],{"class":118}," false\n",[101,4034,4035],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,4036,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,4038,4039,4042,4044,4047,4050,4053],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,4040,4041],{"class":133},"    fetch",[101,4043,198],{"class":125},[101,4045,4046],{"class":140},"`/api/users/${",[101,4048,4049],{"class":125},"userId",[101,4051,4052],{"class":140},"}`",[101,4054,4055],{"class":125},", { signal: controller.signal })\n",[101,4057,4058,4061,4064,4066,4069,4071,4073,4076,4079],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,4059,4060],{"class":125},"        .",[101,4062,4063],{"class":133},"then",[101,4065,513],{"class":125},[101,4067,4068],{"class":300},"res",[101,4070,524],{"class":125},[101,4072,527],{"class":114},[101,4074,4075],{"class":125}," res.",[101,4077,4078],{"class":133},"json",[101,4080,1997],{"class":125},[101,4082,4083,4085,4087,4089,4092,4094,4096,4098,4100,4102,4104,4107,4110,4113],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,4084,4060],{"class":125},[101,4086,4063],{"class":133},[101,4088,513],{"class":125},[101,4090,4091],{"class":300},"data",[101,4093,524],{"class":125},[101,4095,527],{"class":114},[101,4097,2464],{"class":125},[101,4099,632],{"class":114},[101,4101,670],{"class":125},[101,4103,673],{"class":114},[101,4105,4106],{"class":125},"ignore) ",[101,4108,4109],{"class":133},"setUser",[101,4111,4112],{"class":125},"(data) })      ",[101,4114,4115],{"class":107},"// drop a stale response\n",[101,4117,4118,4120,4123,4125,4128,4130,4132,4134,4136,4139,4142,4145,4147,4150],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,4119,4060],{"class":125},[101,4121,4122],{"class":133},"catch",[101,4124,513],{"class":125},[101,4126,4127],{"class":300},"err",[101,4129,524],{"class":125},[101,4131,527],{"class":114},[101,4133,2464],{"class":125},[101,4135,632],{"class":114},[101,4137,4138],{"class":125}," (err.name ",[101,4140,4141],{"class":114},"!==",[101,4143,4144],{"class":140}," 'AbortError'",[101,4146,524],{"class":125},[101,4148,4149],{"class":133},"setError",[101,4151,4152],{"class":125},"(err) })\n",[101,4154,4155],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,4156,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,4158,4159,4161,4163,4165,4168,4170,4173,4176,4179,4182],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,4160,312],{"class":114},[101,4162,2226],{"class":125},[101,4164,527],{"class":114},[101,4166,4167],{"class":125}," { ignore ",[101,4169,137],{"class":114},[101,4171,4172],{"class":118}," true",[101,4174,4175],{"class":125},"; controller.",[101,4177,4178],{"class":133},"abort",[101,4180,4181],{"class":125},"() }       ",[101,4183,4184],{"class":107},"// cleanup on change and unmount\n",[101,4186,4187],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,4188,4189],{"class":125},"}, [userId])\n",[11,4191,4192],{},"Even fixed, you still have no cache, no retry, and a request waterfall whenever a child fetches only after its parent has rendered. The current recommendation is to let a framework or a data library own fetching: a route loader, TanStack Query, or a Server Component that awaits the data before any of it reaches the browser.",[32,4194,4196,4197,4199],{"id":4195},"_42-why-is-derived-state-in-usestate-usually-a-bug","42. Why is derived state in ",[98,4198,443],{}," usually a bug?",[11,4201,4202,4205],{},[40,4203,4204],{},"Derived state"," is a value you store in state even though it can be calculated from other state or props. It is a bug because two sources of truth can disagree.",[91,4207,4209],{"className":93,"code":4208,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"// Two states that must be kept in sync by hand\nconst [items, setItems] = useState([])\nconst [total, setTotal] = useState(0)\n\n// One source of truth, calculated during render\nconst [items, setItems] = useState([])\nconst total = items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price, 0)\n",[98,4210,4211,4216,4239,4265,4269,4274,4294],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,4212,4213],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,4214,4215],{"class":107},"// Two states that must be kept in sync by hand\n",[101,4217,4218,4220,4222,4225,4227,4230,4232,4234,4236],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,4219,115],{"class":114},[101,4221,1105],{"class":125},[101,4223,4224],{"class":118},"items",[101,4226,233],{"class":125},[101,4228,4229],{"class":118},"setItems",[101,4231,1116],{"class":125},[101,4233,137],{"class":114},[101,4235,1121],{"class":133},[101,4237,4238],{"class":125},"([])\n",[101,4240,4241,4243,4245,4248,4250,4253,4255,4257,4259,4261,4263],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,4242,115],{"class":114},[101,4244,1105],{"class":125},[101,4246,4247],{"class":118},"total",[101,4249,233],{"class":125},[101,4251,4252],{"class":118},"setTotal",[101,4254,1116],{"class":125},[101,4256,137],{"class":114},[101,4258,1121],{"class":133},[101,4260,198],{"class":125},[101,4262,824],{"class":118},[101,4264,1128],{"class":125},[101,4266,4267],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,4268,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,4270,4271],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,4272,4273],{"class":107},"// One source of truth, calculated during render\n",[101,4275,4276,4278,4280,4282,4284,4286,4288,4290,4292],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,4277,115],{"class":114},[101,4279,1105],{"class":125},[101,4281,4224],{"class":118},[101,4283,233],{"class":125},[101,4285,4229],{"class":118},[101,4287,1116],{"class":125},[101,4289,137],{"class":114},[101,4291,1121],{"class":133},[101,4293,4238],{"class":125},[101,4295,4296,4298,4301,4303,4306,4309,4311,4314,4316,4318,4320,4322,4325,4327,4330,4332],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,4297,115],{"class":114},[101,4299,4300],{"class":118}," total",[101,4302,122],{"class":114},[101,4304,4305],{"class":125}," items.",[101,4307,4308],{"class":133},"reduce",[101,4310,513],{"class":125},[101,4312,4313],{"class":300},"sum",[101,4315,233],{"class":125},[101,4317,865],{"class":300},[101,4319,524],{"class":125},[101,4321,527],{"class":114},[101,4323,4324],{"class":125}," sum ",[101,4326,1147],{"class":114},[101,4328,4329],{"class":125}," item.price, ",[101,4331,824],{"class":118},[101,4333,1128],{"class":125},[11,4335,4336,4337,4339,4340,4342],{},"Calculate during render instead, and wrap it in ",[98,4338,1066],{}," only if profiling shows it is expensive. For resetting state when a prop changes, give the component a ",[98,4341,483],{}," that changes with the prop, so React discards the old instance and mounts a fresh one.",[27,4344,4346],{"id":4345},"react-router-interview-questions","React Router Interview Questions",[32,4348,4350],{"id":4349},"_43-how-does-client-side-routing-work-in-react-router","43. How does client-side routing work in React Router?",[11,4352,4353,4356],{},[40,4354,4355],{},"Client-side routing"," swaps which components render based on the URL, without the browser making a full page request. React Router listens to the History API and matches the current path against your route definitions.",[91,4358,4360],{"className":93,"code":4359,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"const router = createBrowserRouter([\n    {\n        path: '/',\n        element: \u003CLayout />,\n        children: [\n            { index: true, element: \u003CHome /> },\n            { path: 'posts/:slug', element: \u003CPost /> },\n            { path: '*', element: \u003CNotFound /> },\n        ],\n    },\n])\n",[98,4361,4362,4377,4382,4393,4404,4409,4425,4440,4454,4459,4464],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,4363,4364,4366,4369,4371,4374],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,4365,115],{"class":114},[101,4367,4368],{"class":118}," router",[101,4370,122],{"class":114},[101,4372,4373],{"class":133}," createBrowserRouter",[101,4375,4376],{"class":125},"([\n",[101,4378,4379],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,4380,4381],{"class":125},"    {\n",[101,4383,4384,4387,4390],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,4385,4386],{"class":125},"        path: ",[101,4388,4389],{"class":140},"'/'",[101,4391,4392],{"class":125},",\n",[101,4394,4395,4398,4401],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,4396,4397],{"class":125},"        element: \u003C",[101,4399,4400],{"class":118},"Layout",[101,4402,4403],{"class":125}," />,\n",[101,4405,4406],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,4407,4408],{"class":125},"        children: [\n",[101,4410,4411,4414,4416,4419,4422],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,4412,4413],{"class":125},"            { index: ",[101,4415,1707],{"class":118},[101,4417,4418],{"class":125},", element: \u003C",[101,4420,4421],{"class":118},"Home",[101,4423,4424],{"class":125}," /> },\n",[101,4426,4427,4430,4433,4435,4438],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,4428,4429],{"class":125},"            { path: ",[101,4431,4432],{"class":140},"'posts/:slug'",[101,4434,4418],{"class":125},[101,4436,4437],{"class":118},"Post",[101,4439,4424],{"class":125},[101,4441,4442,4444,4447,4449,4452],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,4443,4429],{"class":125},[101,4445,4446],{"class":140},"'*'",[101,4448,4418],{"class":125},[101,4450,4451],{"class":118},"NotFound",[101,4453,4424],{"class":125},[101,4455,4456],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,4457,4458],{"class":125},"        ],\n",[101,4460,4461],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,4462,4463],{"class":125},"    },\n",[101,4465,4466],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,4467,4468],{"class":125},"])\n",[11,4470,4471,4472,229,4475,4478,4479,4482],{},"Why ",[98,4473,4474],{},"\u003CLink to=\"/posts\">",[98,4476,4477],{},"\u003Ca href=\"/posts\">","? The anchor triggers a full navigation, discarding the JavaScript context and losing all client state. ",[98,4480,4481],{},"Link"," intercepts the click and lets React Router render the next route in place instead.",[32,4484,4486],{"id":4485},"_44-how-do-you-read-route-params-and-build-nested-routes","44. How do you read route params and build nested routes?",[11,4488,4489,4490,4493,4494,1662],{},"A path segment that starts with a colon is a dynamic segment, and ",[98,4491,4492],{},"useParams"," returns an object of those values. Query strings are separate and come from ",[98,4495,4496],{},"useSearchParams",[91,4498,4500],{"className":93,"code":4499,"language":95,"meta":96,"style":96},"function Post() {\n    const { slug } = useParams()                    // /posts/react-hooks -> \"react-hooks\"\n    const [searchParams] = useSearchParams()        // ?page=2 -> searchParams.get('page')\n    // ...\n}\n",[98,4501,4502,4511,4533,4555,4560],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,4503,4504,4506,4509],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,4505,291],{"class":114},[101,4507,4508],{"class":133}," Post",[101,4510,1697],{"class":125},[101,4512,4513,4515,4517,4520,4522,4524,4527,4530],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,4514,1900],{"class":114},[101,4516,2464],{"class":125},[101,4518,4519],{"class":118},"slug",[101,4521,2469],{"class":125},[101,4523,137],{"class":114},[101,4525,4526],{"class":133}," useParams",[101,4528,4529],{"class":125},"()                    ",[101,4531,4532],{"class":107},"// /posts/react-hooks -> \"react-hooks\"\n",[101,4534,4535,4537,4539,4542,4544,4546,4549,4552],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,4536,1900],{"class":114},[101,4538,1105],{"class":125},[101,4540,4541],{"class":118},"searchParams",[101,4543,1116],{"class":125},[101,4545,137],{"class":114},[101,4547,4548],{"class":133}," useSearchParams",[101,4550,4551],{"class":125},"()        ",[101,4553,4554],{"class":107},"// ?page=2 -> searchParams.get('page')\n",[101,4556,4557],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,4558,4559],{"class":107},"    // ...\n",[101,4561,4562],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,4563,341],{"class":125},[11,4565,4566,4569,4570,4573],{},[40,4567,4568],{},"Nested routes"," let a parent route render shared chrome while its children render inside it. 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Every protected request still has to be authorised on the server, usually against a session cookie or a token like the ones described in the ",[21,4724,4726],{"href":4725},"/post/everything-about-json-web-tokens-explained","JSON Web Tokens",[27,4728,4730],{"id":4729},"reconciliation-fiber-and-rendering-internals","Reconciliation, Fiber, and Rendering Internals",[32,4732,4734],{"id":4733},"_46-what-is-reconciliation-and-how-does-reacts-diffing-algorithm-work","46. What is reconciliation, and how does React's diffing algorithm work?",[11,4736,4737,4740],{},[40,4738,4739],{},"Reconciliation"," is the process React runs to work out the smallest set of DOM operations that will turn the previous rendered tree into the new one. React uses two assumptions to turn an O(n³) problem into an O(n) one.",[11,4742,4743],{},[317,4744],{"alt":4745,"src":4746},"How React reconciliation handles the same element type, a new element type, and list keys","/post-images/top-50-reactjs-interview-questions/react-reconciliation-diff.png",[11,4748,4749],{},"The first assumption is about element type. A changed type means React unmounts the old node and everything under it, losing any state those components held. A matching type means React keeps the DOM node and updates only what differs.",[11,4751,4752,4753,4755],{},"The second assumption is about lists, and it is where ",[98,4754,483],{}," comes in. Without keys, React pairs children by index, so inserting at the front looks like every item changed. With stable keys, React matches children by key and reorders the existing nodes instead of rebuilding them.",[32,4757,4759],{"id":4758},"_47-what-is-fiber-and-what-happens-in-the-render-and-commit-phases","47. 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The frontend compiles into plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript files that a browser downloads. The backend is a process that listens on a port and answers API calls. On your laptop you start both with ",[98,5336,5337],{},"npm run dev",", each on its own port, and the browser talks to ",[98,5340,5341],{},"localhost",[11,5343,5344,5345,5348,5349,5352],{},"A VPS gives you an empty Linux machine and nothing else. Nobody builds your frontend, nobody restarts your backend when it crashes, nobody decides which of the two should answer a request, and nobody installs a certificate. You own all four jobs. This guide walks the whole path: how to deploy a full stack app on a VPS with the frontend and the backend kept separate, served by ",[40,5346,5347],{},"Nginx",", kept alive by ",[40,5350,5351],{},"PM2",", and protected by free SSL.",[11,5354,5355,5356,5358,5359,5361],{},"Two tools do most of the work here, so it helps to know what they are before you meet them. ",[40,5357,5347],{}," is a web server. It listens on the public ports, sends files back to the browser, and can also hand a request to another program on the same machine and return that program's answer, which is the part people call a reverse proxy. ",[40,5360,5351],{}," is a process manager for Node.js. It starts your backend, starts it again when it crashes or when the server reboots, and keeps the logs you read when something goes wrong.",[11,5363,5364,5365,5368,5369,5372,5373,5376,5377,5380,5381,5384,5385,1662],{},"Following names are used throughout the guide: app ",[98,5366,5367],{},"acme",", site ",[98,5370,5371],{},"example.com",", API ",[98,5374,5375],{},"api.example.com",", server IP ",[98,5378,5379],{},"203.0.113.10",", Linux user ",[98,5382,5383],{},"deploy",", backend port ",[98,5386,5387],{},"3000",[27,5389,5391],{"id":5390},"what-you-will-build","What you will build",[11,5393,5394],{},"One VPS running an Ubuntu LTS release, with both halves of the app on it:",[221,5396,5397,5403,5409,5415,5418,5421,5424],{},[224,5398,5399,5400,5402],{},"a React frontend, built once and served as static files from ",[98,5401,5371],{},",",[224,5404,5405,5406,5408],{},"a Node.js and Express API on ",[98,5407,5375],{},", proxied to port 3000,",[224,5410,5411,5412,5402],{},"PostgreSQL listening only on ",[98,5413,5414],{},"127.0.0.1",[224,5416,5417],{},"PM2 restarting the API after a crash and after a reboot,",[224,5419,5420],{},"Let's Encrypt certificates on both names, renewed automatically,",[224,5422,5423],{},"a firewall, a non-root user and key-only SSH,",[224,5425,5426],{},"a one-command redeploy, and the same thing again as a GitHub Actions workflow.",[11,5428,5429],{},"The stack is named so that you can copy the commands without editing them. The same steps work for other stacks. Swap React for Vue or Svelte, swap Express for FastAPI, Laravel or Go, and only the build command and the port number change.",[27,5431,5433],{"id":5432},"before-you-start","Before you start",[11,5435,5436],{},"You need:",[221,5438,5439,5447,5456,5459,5466],{},[224,5440,5441,5442,5446],{},"a VPS with at least 2 GB of RAM, running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or 26.04 LTS (consider ",[21,5443,5445],{"href":5444},"/picks/hostinger","Hostinger's KVM plans",", it gives you full root access and install Ubuntu for you; a 1 GB plan also works if you build the frontend elsewhere),",[224,5448,5449,5450,5455],{},"a domain name whose DNS you can edit (",[21,5451,5454],{"href":5452,"rel":5453},"https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/",[3549],"Cloudflare Registrar"," sells them at cost and gives you the DNS panel in the same place),",[224,5457,5458],{},"your code in a Git repository,",[224,5460,5461,5462,5465],{},"an SSH key pair on your machine (run ",[98,5463,5464],{},"ssh-keygen -t ed25519"," if you have never made one),",[224,5467,5468,5469,5472],{},"local tools: Node.js, ",[98,5470,5471],{},"git"," and an SSH client.",[27,5474,5476],{"id":5475},"what-a-vps-deployment-involves","What a VPS deployment involves",[11,5478,5479],{},"A hosting platform like Vercel or Render quietly does four jobs for you. On a VPS you do all four yourself:",[5481,5482,5483,5493,5503,5509],"ol",{},[224,5484,5485,5488,5489,5492],{},[40,5486,5487],{},"Build the frontend."," A browser cannot run your JSX or your TypeScript. Something must turn ",[98,5490,5491],{},"client/"," into a folder of static files.",[224,5494,5495,5498,5499,5502],{},[40,5496,5497],{},"Keep the backend running."," ",[98,5500,5501],{},"node index.js"," dies when you close the terminal, when the process throws, and when the machine reboots. A process manager fixes all three.",[224,5504,5505,5508],{},[40,5506,5507],{},"Route each request."," One IP address, two parts of the app, one port 443. A reverse proxy reads the hostname and decides who answers.",[224,5510,5511,5514,5515,5518],{},[40,5512,5513],{},"Add HTTPS."," The padlock in the address bar comes from a certificate. Browsers mark a plain ",[98,5516,5517],{},"http://"," site as not secure, so you need a certificate on the server and a renewal that runs on its own.",[11,5520,5521],{},"Two more jobs have no deadline, which is why people forget them. Nobody installs security updates on the machine, and nobody backs up the database. The checklist near the end covers both.",[32,5523,5525],{"id":5524},"should-the-api-use-a-subdomain-or-a-path","Should the API use a subdomain or a path?",[11,5527,5528],{},"Before any of that, decide how the two halves share the domain, because the Nginx config and the cookie settings follow from the answer.",[11,5530,273,5531,5534,5535,5537,5538,5540],{},[40,5532,5533],{},"subdomain"," puts the API on ",[98,5536,5375],{}," and the site on ",[98,5539,5371],{},". The two are separate origins, so the browser applies CORS rules and your backend has to allow the frontend explicitly. 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Create a new server, pick an Ubuntu LTS image as the operating system, choose a plan with the memory listed above, and upload your SSH public key when the form asks for one. The provider then gives you an IP address, and that address is how you reach the machine from anywhere.",[11,5578,5579,5580,5583],{},"Everything after this runs in a terminal. Open the terminal on your own computer and connect to the server as ",[98,5581,5582],{},"root",", the all-powerful account that every new VPS starts with. From the moment that command succeeds, every line you type goes to the server and not to your own computer.",[91,5585,5589],{"className":5586,"code":5587,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes github-dark","ssh root@203.0.113.10\napt update && apt upgrade -y\n","bash",[98,5590,5591,5599],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5592,5593,5596],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5594,5595],{"class":133},"ssh",[101,5597,5598],{"class":140}," root@203.0.113.10\n",[101,5600,5601,5604,5607,5610,5612,5615],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,5602,5603],{"class":133},"apt",[101,5605,5606],{"class":140}," update",[101,5608,5609],{"class":125}," && ",[101,5611,5603],{"class":133},[101,5613,5614],{"class":140}," upgrade",[101,5616,5617],{"class":118}," -y\n",[11,5619,5620,5621,5623],{},"The second line updates the software that came with the image. ",[98,5622,5603],{}," is Ubuntu's package manager, and you use it again in the next step.",[11,5625,5626,5627,5630],{},"Root can change or delete anything on the machine, and nothing asks you to confirm. So create a normal user instead, let it run admin commands with ",[98,5628,5629],{},"sudo",", and copy your SSH key over so you can log in as that user.",[91,5632,5634],{"className":5586,"code":5633,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"adduser deploy\nusermod -aG sudo deploy\nrsync --archive --chown=deploy:deploy ~/.ssh /home/deploy\n",[98,5635,5636,5644,5657],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5637,5638,5641],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5639,5640],{"class":133},"adduser",[101,5642,5643],{"class":140}," deploy\n",[101,5645,5646,5649,5652,5655],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,5647,5648],{"class":133},"usermod",[101,5650,5651],{"class":118}," -aG",[101,5653,5654],{"class":140}," sudo",[101,5656,5643],{"class":140},[101,5658,5659,5662,5665,5668,5671],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,5660,5661],{"class":133},"rsync",[101,5663,5664],{"class":118}," --archive",[101,5666,5667],{"class":118}," --chown=deploy:deploy",[101,5669,5670],{"class":140}," ~/.ssh",[101,5672,5673],{"class":140}," /home/deploy\n",[11,5675,5676,5677,5680],{},"Open a second terminal and check that ",[98,5678,5679],{},"ssh deploy@203.0.113.10"," works. Do that before the next change, because the next change closes the root login, and a mistake here locks you out of your own server.",[11,5682,5683,5684,5687],{},"Once the new login works, open the SSH settings file in ",[98,5685,5686],{},"nano",", a text editor that is already installed:",[91,5689,5691],{"className":5586,"code":5690,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config\n",[98,5692,5693],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5694,5695,5697,5700],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5696,5629],{"class":133},[101,5698,5699],{"class":140}," nano",[101,5701,5702],{"class":140}," /etc/ssh/sshd_config\n",[11,5704,5705,5706,5709,5710,5713,5714,5717],{},"Find these two settings and set both to ",[98,5707,5708],{},"no",", then save with ",[98,5711,5712],{},"Ctrl+O"," and leave with ",[98,5715,5716],{},"Ctrl+X",". The first one stops anybody logging in as root. 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That is why every command below starts with ",[98,5757,5629],{},[11,5759,5760,5761,5764,5765,5767],{},"Next comes the firewall, which decides what the internet is allowed to reach. Ubuntu ships ",[98,5762,5763],{},"ufw"," for this, and you need exactly three ports open: 22 for SSH, 80 for plain HTTP, and 443 for HTTPS. Port 80 stays open because Certbot uses it in Step 8 and because visitors who type ",[98,5766,5517],{}," get redirected from there.",[91,5769,5771],{"className":5586,"code":5770,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo ufw allow 22/tcp\nsudo ufw allow 80/tcp\nsudo ufw allow 443/tcp\nsudo ufw enable\nsudo ufw status\n",[98,5772,5773,5786,5797,5808,5817],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5774,5775,5777,5780,5783],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5776,5629],{"class":133},[101,5778,5779],{"class":140}," ufw",[101,5781,5782],{"class":140}," allow",[101,5784,5785],{"class":140}," 22/tcp\n",[101,5787,5788,5790,5792,5794],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,5789,5629],{"class":133},[101,5791,5779],{"class":140},[101,5793,5782],{"class":140},[101,5795,5796],{"class":140}," 80/tcp\n",[101,5798,5799,5801,5803,5805],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,5800,5629],{"class":133},[101,5802,5779],{"class":140},[101,5804,5782],{"class":140},[101,5806,5807],{"class":140}," 443/tcp\n",[101,5809,5810,5812,5814],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,5811,5629],{"class":133},[101,5813,5779],{"class":140},[101,5815,5816],{"class":140}," enable\n",[101,5818,5819,5821,5823],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,5820,5629],{"class":133},[101,5822,5779],{"class":140},[101,5824,5825],{"class":140}," status\n",[11,5827,5828,5829,5832],{},"One more thing before you install anything. ",[40,5830,5831],{},"Swap"," is disk space that Linux uses as spare memory when RAM runs out. Disk is far slower than RAM, but a slow build beats a build that dies, and a frontend build can ask for more memory than a 1 GB or 2 GB server has.",[91,5834,5836],{"className":5586,"code":5835,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile\nsudo chmod 600 /swapfile\nsudo mkswap /swapfile\nsudo swapon /swapfile\necho '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab\n",[98,5837,5838,5854,5866,5875,5884],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5839,5840,5842,5845,5848,5851],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5841,5629],{"class":133},[101,5843,5844],{"class":140}," fallocate",[101,5846,5847],{"class":118}," -l",[101,5849,5850],{"class":140}," 2G",[101,5852,5853],{"class":140}," /swapfile\n",[101,5855,5856,5858,5861,5864],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,5857,5629],{"class":133},[101,5859,5860],{"class":140}," chmod",[101,5862,5863],{"class":118}," 600",[101,5865,5853],{"class":140},[101,5867,5868,5870,5873],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,5869,5629],{"class":133},[101,5871,5872],{"class":140}," mkswap",[101,5874,5853],{"class":140},[101,5876,5877,5879,5882],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,5878,5629],{"class":133},[101,5880,5881],{"class":140}," swapon",[101,5883,5853],{"class":140},[101,5885,5886,5889,5892,5895,5897,5900,5903],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,5887,5888],{"class":118},"echo",[101,5890,5891],{"class":140}," '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0'",[101,5893,5894],{"class":114}," |",[101,5896,5654],{"class":133},[101,5898,5899],{"class":140}," tee",[101,5901,5902],{"class":118}," -a",[101,5904,5905],{"class":140}," /etc/fstab\n",[11,5907,5908,5909,5912],{},"The last line writes the swap file into ",[98,5910,5911],{},"/etc/fstab",", the list of storage Linux mounts at boot, so the swap comes back after a reboot.",[27,5914,5916],{"id":5915},"step-2-install-nodejs-nginx-and-postgresql","Step 2: Install Node.js, Nginx and PostgreSQL",[11,5918,5919,5920,5923,5924,5927],{},"Ubuntu's own ",[98,5921,5922],{},"nodejs"," package lags several versions behind, so take Node from NodeSource instead. The ",[98,5925,5926],{},"setup_lts.x"," script always points at the current LTS line, which is Node 24 at the time of writing.",[91,5929,5931],{"className":5586,"code":5930,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -\nsudo apt install -y nodejs nginx postgresql git\nnode -v\n",[98,5932,5933,5957,5982],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5934,5935,5938,5941,5944,5946,5948,5951,5954],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,5936,5937],{"class":133},"curl",[101,5939,5940],{"class":118}," -fsSL",[101,5942,5943],{"class":140}," https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x",[101,5945,5894],{"class":114},[101,5947,5654],{"class":133},[101,5949,5950],{"class":118}," -E",[101,5952,5953],{"class":140}," bash",[101,5955,5956],{"class":140}," -\n",[101,5958,5959,5961,5964,5967,5970,5973,5976,5979],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,5960,5629],{"class":133},[101,5962,5963],{"class":140}," apt",[101,5965,5966],{"class":140}," install",[101,5968,5969],{"class":118}," -y",[101,5971,5972],{"class":140}," nodejs",[101,5974,5975],{"class":140}," nginx",[101,5977,5978],{"class":140}," postgresql",[101,5980,5981],{"class":140}," git\n",[101,5983,5984,5987],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,5985,5986],{"class":133},"node",[101,5988,5989],{"class":118}," -v\n",[11,5991,5992],{},"Those four packages cover everything the app needs: Node.js runs the backend, Nginx answers the browser, PostgreSQL stores the data, and Git pulls the code. Now create the database and a user for it. Give the user a real password, because the backend uses it to connect in Step 4.",[91,5994,5996],{"className":5586,"code":5995,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo -u postgres psql -c \"CREATE DATABASE acme;\"\nsudo -u postgres psql -c \"CREATE USER acme WITH PASSWORD 'a-long-random-password';\"\nsudo -u postgres psql -c \"ALTER DATABASE acme OWNER TO acme;\"\n",[98,5997,5998,6017,6032],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,5999,6000,6002,6005,6008,6011,6014],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6001,5629],{"class":133},[101,6003,6004],{"class":118}," -u",[101,6006,6007],{"class":140}," postgres",[101,6009,6010],{"class":140}," psql",[101,6012,6013],{"class":118}," -c",[101,6015,6016],{"class":140}," \"CREATE DATABASE acme;\"\n",[101,6018,6019,6021,6023,6025,6027,6029],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6020,5629],{"class":133},[101,6022,6004],{"class":118},[101,6024,6007],{"class":140},[101,6026,6010],{"class":140},[101,6028,6013],{"class":118},[101,6030,6031],{"class":140}," \"CREATE USER acme WITH PASSWORD 'a-long-random-password';\"\n",[101,6033,6034,6036,6038,6040,6042,6044],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6035,5629],{"class":133},[101,6037,6004],{"class":118},[101,6039,6007],{"class":140},[101,6041,6010],{"class":140},[101,6043,6013],{"class":118},[101,6045,6046],{"class":140}," \"ALTER DATABASE acme OWNER TO acme;\"\n",[11,6048,6049,6050,6053],{},"The third line matters more than it looks. Since PostgreSQL 15, ",[98,6051,6052],{},"GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE"," no longer lets the user create tables, so migrations fail with \"permission denied for schema public\". Making the user the owner of the database avoids all of those errors.",[75,6055,6056],{},[11,6057,6058,6061,6062,6065],{},[40,6059,6060],{},"Leave the database port closed."," PostgreSQL listens on ",[98,6063,6064],{},"127.0.0.1:5432"," by default, and the API reaches it over that loopback address. Never open 5432 in the firewall to \"connect from my laptop\"; use an SSH tunnel for that instead. A MongoDB install follows the same rule, and MongoDB with a public port and no password is one of the most common ways a hobby project leaks its whole database.",[27,6067,6069],{"id":6068},"step-3-put-the-code-on-the-server","Step 3: Put the code on the server",[11,6071,6072,6073,6076,6077,6079,6080,1662],{},"With the services installed, copy the code onto the server. Keep it under ",[98,6074,6075],{},"/var/www",", the folder Nginx can already read, and make the ",[98,6078,5383],{}," user its owner so later deploys need no ",[98,6081,5629],{},[91,6083,6085],{"className":5586,"code":6084,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo mkdir -p /var/www/acme\nsudo chown deploy:deploy /var/www/acme\ngit clone https://github.com/you/acme.git /var/www/acme\n",[98,6086,6087,6100,6112],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6088,6089,6091,6094,6097],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6090,5629],{"class":133},[101,6092,6093],{"class":140}," mkdir",[101,6095,6096],{"class":118}," -p",[101,6098,6099],{"class":140}," /var/www/acme\n",[101,6101,6102,6104,6107,6110],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6103,5629],{"class":133},[101,6105,6106],{"class":140}," chown",[101,6108,6109],{"class":140}," deploy:deploy",[101,6111,6099],{"class":140},[101,6113,6114,6116,6119,6122],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6115,5471],{"class":133},[101,6117,6118],{"class":140}," clone",[101,6120,6121],{"class":140}," https://github.com/you/acme.git",[101,6123,6099],{"class":140},[11,6125,6126],{},"The guide assumes the two halves sit side by side in that folder:",[91,6128,6131],{"className":6129,"code":6130,"language":968},[5721],"/var/www/acme\n├── client   # React frontend, builds into client/dist\n└── server   # Express API, entry point server/src/index.js\n",[98,6132,6130],{"__ignoreMap":96},[11,6134,6135],{},"For a private repository, generate a key on the server and add its public half to the repository as a read-only deploy key:",[91,6137,6139],{"className":5586,"code":6138,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C \"deploy@acme\" -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -N \"\"\ncat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub\n",[98,6140,6141,6170],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6142,6143,6146,6149,6152,6155,6158,6161,6164,6167],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6144,6145],{"class":133},"ssh-keygen",[101,6147,6148],{"class":118}," -t",[101,6150,6151],{"class":140}," ed25519",[101,6153,6154],{"class":118}," -C",[101,6156,6157],{"class":140}," \"deploy@acme\"",[101,6159,6160],{"class":118}," -f",[101,6162,6163],{"class":140}," ~/.ssh/id_ed25519",[101,6165,6166],{"class":118}," -N",[101,6168,6169],{"class":140}," \"\"\n",[101,6171,6172,6175],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6173,6174],{"class":133},"cat",[101,6176,6177],{"class":140}," ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub\n",[27,6179,6181],{"id":6180},"step-4-set-environment-variables-for-both-halves","Step 4: Set environment variables for both halves",[11,6183,6184,6185,6187],{},"The code is on the server, but it still points at ",[98,6186,5341],{}," and has no secrets. The backend and the frontend both read configuration from the environment, and they do it at completely different moments, which is the single most confusing thing about this step.",[11,6189,6190,6191,6194],{},"The backend reads its values when the process starts, so a change needs a restart. Put them in ",[98,6192,6193],{},"server/.env"," and keep that file out of Git.",[91,6196,6200],{"className":6197,"code":6198,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-dotenv shiki shiki-themes github-dark","# server/.env\nNODE_ENV=production\nPORT=3000\nDATABASE_URL=postgres://acme:a-long-random-password@127.0.0.1:5432/acme\nJWT_SECRET=a-long-random-string\nCORS_ORIGIN=https://example.com\n","dotenv",[98,6201,6202,6207,6212,6217,6222,6227],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6203,6204],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6205,6206],{},"# server/.env\n",[101,6208,6209],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6210,6211],{},"NODE_ENV=production\n",[101,6213,6214],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6215,6216],{},"PORT=3000\n",[101,6218,6219],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6220,6221],{},"DATABASE_URL=postgres://acme:a-long-random-password@127.0.0.1:5432/acme\n",[101,6223,6224],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,6225,6226],{},"JWT_SECRET=a-long-random-string\n",[101,6228,6229],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,6230,6231],{},"CORS_ORIGIN=https://example.com\n",[91,6233,6235],{"className":5586,"code":6234,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"chmod 600 /var/www/acme/server/.env\n",[98,6236,6237],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6238,6239,6242,6244],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6240,6241],{"class":133},"chmod",[101,6243,5863],{"class":118},[101,6245,6246],{"class":140}," /var/www/acme/server/.env\n",[11,6248,6249,6250,6253],{},"The frontend reads its values when the build runs, so a change needs a rebuild. Vite only exposes variables that start with ",[98,6251,6252],{},"VITE_",", and it writes their values straight into the JavaScript bundle.",[91,6255,6257],{"className":6197,"code":6256,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"# client/.env.production\nVITE_API_URL=https://api.example.com\n",[98,6258,6259,6264],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6260,6261],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6262,6263],{},"# client/.env.production\n",[101,6265,6266],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6267,6268],{},"VITE_API_URL=https://api.example.com\n",[75,6270,6271],{},[11,6272,6273,6276,6277,6280,6281,6283,6284,1441,6287,6290,6291,1662],{},[40,6274,6275],{},"Frontend environment variables are not secrets."," They are compiled into files that anybody can download and read. An API key in ",[98,6278,6279],{},"VITE_SOMETHING"," is a published API key. Keys belong in ",[98,6282,6193],{},", behind an endpoint that checks who is asking. The same applies to ",[98,6285,6286],{},"NEXT_PUBLIC_",[98,6288,6289],{},"NUXT_PUBLIC_"," variables. If you need a refresher on how the backend should prove identity instead, see ",[21,6292,6293],{"href":4725},"everything about JSON Web Tokens",[27,6295,6297],{"id":6296},"step-5-build-the-frontend","Step 5: Build the frontend",[11,6299,6300,6301,6304,6305,6308,6309,6312],{},"Now turn the frontend source into the files Nginx will serve. Install the packages with ",[98,6302,6303],{},"npm ci",", which reads ",[98,6306,6307],{},"package-lock.json"," and installs those exact versions, so the server ends up with the same packages your laptop has. It is faster than ",[98,6310,6311],{},"npm install"," as well.",[91,6314,6316],{"className":5586,"code":6315,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"cd /var/www/acme/client\nnpm ci\nnpm run build\n",[98,6317,6318,6326,6334],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6319,6320,6323],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6321,6322],{"class":118},"cd",[101,6324,6325],{"class":140}," /var/www/acme/client\n",[101,6327,6328,6331],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6329,6330],{"class":133},"npm",[101,6332,6333],{"class":140}," ci\n",[101,6335,6336,6338,6341],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6337,6330],{"class":133},[101,6339,6340],{"class":140}," run",[101,6342,6343],{"class":140}," build\n",[11,6345,6346,6347,6350,6351,6354,6355,6358],{},"Vite writes the result to ",[98,6348,6349],{},"client/dist",". Create React App writes to ",[98,6352,6353],{},"build",", and Angular writes to ",[98,6356,6357],{},"dist/\u003Cproject-name>",". Whatever the folder is called, it now holds plain files with no program behind them, and that is why serving the frontend costs the server almost nothing.",[75,6360,6361],{},[11,6362,6363,6366,6367,6370],{},[40,6364,6365],{},"\"Killed\" in the middle of the build means the machine ran out of memory."," Add the swap file from Step 1, then raise Node's heap limit with ",[98,6368,6369],{},"NODE_OPTIONS=\"--max-old-space-size=2048\" npm run build",". The better fix is to stop building on the server at all: build in CI and copy the finished folder up, as Step 11 does.",[75,6372,6373],{},[11,6374,6375,6378],{},[40,6376,6377],{},"A Next.js or Nuxt app with server rendering is not static."," It is a Node process, so it does not belong in this step. Build it, run it under PM2 exactly like the API in Step 6, and point Nginx at its port instead of at a folder.",[27,6380,6382],{"id":6381},"step-6-run-the-backend-with-pm2","Step 6: Run the backend with PM2",[11,6384,6385,6386,6388],{},"The frontend needs no process. The backend is the opposite: it has to be running, all the time, and it has to come back by itself. ",[40,6387,5351],{}," is a process manager that restarts a crashed app, starts your apps again after a reboot, and keeps their logs.",[91,6390,6392],{"className":5586,"code":6391,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo npm install -g pm2\n",[98,6393,6394],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6395,6396,6398,6401,6403,6406],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6397,5629],{"class":133},[101,6399,6400],{"class":140}," npm",[101,6402,5966],{"class":140},[101,6404,6405],{"class":118}," -g",[101,6407,6408],{"class":140}," pm2\n",[11,6410,6411],{},"Describe the app in a config file rather than a long command line, so the next person can read what runs and how.",[91,6413,6417],{"className":6414,"code":6415,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-js shiki shiki-themes github-dark","// server/ecosystem.config.cjs\nmodule.exports = {\n    apps: [\n        {\n            name: 'acme-api',\n            cwd: '/var/www/acme/server',\n            script: 'src/index.js',\n            node_args: '--env-file=.env',\n            instances: 2,\n            exec_mode: 'cluster',\n            max_memory_restart: '400M',\n        },\n    ],\n}\n","js",[98,6418,6419,6424,6438,6443,6448,6458,6468,6478,6488,6498,6508,6518,6522,6527],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6420,6421],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6422,6423],{"class":107},"// server/ecosystem.config.cjs\n",[101,6425,6426,6429,6431,6434,6436],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6427,6428],{"class":118},"module",[101,6430,1662],{"class":125},[101,6432,6433],{"class":118},"exports",[101,6435,122],{"class":114},[101,6437,975],{"class":125},[101,6439,6440],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6441,6442],{"class":125},"    apps: [\n",[101,6444,6445],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6446,6447],{"class":125},"        {\n",[101,6449,6450,6453,6456],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,6451,6452],{"class":125},"            name: ",[101,6454,6455],{"class":140},"'acme-api'",[101,6457,4392],{"class":125},[101,6459,6460,6463,6466],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,6461,6462],{"class":125},"            cwd: ",[101,6464,6465],{"class":140},"'/var/www/acme/server'",[101,6467,4392],{"class":125},[101,6469,6470,6473,6476],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,6471,6472],{"class":125},"            script: ",[101,6474,6475],{"class":140},"'src/index.js'",[101,6477,4392],{"class":125},[101,6479,6480,6483,6486],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,6481,6482],{"class":125},"            node_args: ",[101,6484,6485],{"class":140},"'--env-file=.env'",[101,6487,4392],{"class":125},[101,6489,6490,6493,6496],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,6491,6492],{"class":125},"            instances: ",[101,6494,6495],{"class":118},"2",[101,6497,4392],{"class":125},[101,6499,6500,6503,6506],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,6501,6502],{"class":125},"            exec_mode: ",[101,6504,6505],{"class":140},"'cluster'",[101,6507,4392],{"class":125},[101,6509,6510,6513,6516],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,6511,6512],{"class":125},"            max_memory_restart: ",[101,6514,6515],{"class":140},"'400M'",[101,6517,4392],{"class":125},[101,6519,6520],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,6521,5009],{"class":125},[101,6523,6524],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,6525,6526],{"class":125},"    ],\n",[101,6528,6529],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,6530,341],{"class":125},[11,6532,6533],{},"Here is what each field does.",[221,6535,6536,6550,6566],{},[224,6537,6538,6543,6544,6546,6547,6549],{},[40,6539,6540],{},[98,6541,6542],{},"node_args: '--env-file=.env'"," loads ",[98,6545,6193],{}," into the process. Node 20 and newer read that flag natively, so you do not need the ",[98,6548,6199],{}," package.",[224,6551,6552,6561,6562,6565],{},[40,6553,6554,6557,6558],{},[98,6555,6556],{},"exec_mode: 'cluster'"," with ",[98,6559,6560],{},"instances: 2"," runs two copies behind Node's built-in load balancer, which uses the second CPU core and makes zero-downtime reloads possible in Step 11. Use ",[98,6563,6564],{},"instances: 'max'"," to take every core.",[224,6567,6568,6573],{},[40,6569,6570],{},[98,6571,6572],{},"max_memory_restart: '400M'"," restarts a copy that grows past 400 MB, which keeps a slow memory leak from taking the machine down with it.",[11,6575,6576],{},"Start it, save the process list, and ask PM2 to install itself as a boot service:",[91,6578,6580],{"className":5586,"code":6579,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"cd /var/www/acme/server\npm2 start ecosystem.config.cjs\npm2 save\npm2 startup   # prints one sudo command; run exactly that command\npm2 logs acme-api --lines 50\n",[98,6581,6582,6589,6600,6607,6617],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6583,6584,6586],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6585,6322],{"class":118},[101,6587,6588],{"class":140}," /var/www/acme/server\n",[101,6590,6591,6594,6597],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6592,6593],{"class":133},"pm2",[101,6595,6596],{"class":140}," start",[101,6598,6599],{"class":140}," ecosystem.config.cjs\n",[101,6601,6602,6604],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6603,6593],{"class":133},[101,6605,6606],{"class":140}," save\n",[101,6608,6609,6611,6614],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6610,6593],{"class":133},[101,6612,6613],{"class":140}," startup",[101,6615,6616],{"class":107},"   # prints one sudo command; run exactly that command\n",[101,6618,6619,6621,6624,6627,6630],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,6620,6593],{"class":133},[101,6622,6623],{"class":140}," logs",[101,6625,6626],{"class":140}," acme-api",[101,6628,6629],{"class":118}," --lines",[101,6631,6632],{"class":118}," 50\n",[75,6634,6635],{},[11,6636,6637,6646,6647,6650,6651,6653],{},[40,6638,6639,6640,6642,6643,1662],{},"Bind the API to ",[98,6641,5414],{},", not ",[98,6644,6645],{},"0.0.0.0"," Write ",[98,6648,6649],{},"app.listen(process.env.PORT, '127.0.0.1')",". A server bound to ",[98,6652,6645],{}," answers the whole internet on port 3000, which skips Nginx, skips HTTPS and skips the firewall rule you wrote. The only thing that should reach the API is Nginx, from the same machine.",[11,6655,6656,6657,6660,6661,6664,6665,233,6668,6671],{},"Want one tool less? ",[98,6658,6659],{},"systemd"," is already on the machine and does the same job with a unit file and ",[98,6662,6663],{},"Restart=always",". This guide uses PM2 because ",[98,6666,6667],{},"pm2 logs",[98,6669,6670],{},"pm2 reload"," and the memory limit are simpler to reach for, and those are the three things you use most in the first month.",[27,6673,6675],{"id":6674},"step-7-configure-nginx-as-a-reverse-proxy","Step 7: Configure Nginx as a reverse proxy",[11,6677,6678],{},"Both halves are now running or built, and nothing on the public internet can reach either of them. Nginx is the piece that answers on 80 and 443 and then decides, from the hostname, whether to read a file off the disk or forward the request to port 3000.",[11,6680,6681,6682,6685,6686,6689],{},"Nginx keeps one config file per site in ",[98,6683,6684],{},"/etc/nginx/sites-available/",". Create the first one for the frontend with ",[98,6687,6688],{},"sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com"," and paste this in:",[91,6691,6695],{"className":6692,"code":6693,"language":6694,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-nginx shiki shiki-themes github-dark","# /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com\nserver {\n    listen 80;\n    server_name example.com www.example.com;\n\n    root /var/www/acme/client/dist;\n    index index.html;\n\n    location / {\n        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;\n    }\n\n    location /assets/ {\n        expires 1y;\n        add_header Cache-Control \"public, immutable\";\n    }\n\n    gzip on;\n    gzip_types text/css application/javascript application/json image/svg+xml;\n}\n","nginx",[98,6696,6697,6702,6707,6712,6717,6721,6726,6731,6735,6740,6745,6749,6753,6758,6763,6768,6772,6776,6782,6788],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6698,6699],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6700,6701],{},"# /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com\n",[101,6703,6704],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6705,6706],{},"server {\n",[101,6708,6709],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6710,6711],{},"    listen 80;\n",[101,6713,6714],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6715,6716],{},"    server_name example.com www.example.com;\n",[101,6718,6719],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,6720,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6722,6723],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,6724,6725],{},"    root /var/www/acme/client/dist;\n",[101,6727,6728],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,6729,6730],{},"    index index.html;\n",[101,6732,6733],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,6734,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6736,6737],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,6738,6739],{},"    location / {\n",[101,6741,6742],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,6743,6744],{},"        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;\n",[101,6746,6747],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,6748,1718],{},[101,6750,6751],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,6752,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6754,6755],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,6756,6757],{},"    location /assets/ {\n",[101,6759,6760],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,6761,6762],{},"        expires 1y;\n",[101,6764,6765],{"class":103,"line":1799},[101,6766,6767],{},"        add_header Cache-Control \"public, immutable\";\n",[101,6769,6770],{"class":103,"line":5135},[101,6771,1718],{},[101,6773,6774],{"class":103,"line":5140},[101,6775,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6777,6779],{"class":103,"line":6778},18,[101,6780,6781],{},"    gzip on;\n",[101,6783,6785],{"class":103,"line":6784},19,[101,6786,6787],{},"    gzip_types text/css application/javascript application/json image/svg+xml;\n",[101,6789,6791],{"class":103,"line":6790},20,[101,6792,341],{},[11,6794,6795,6796,6799,6800,6803,6804,6807,6808,6811],{},"The important line is ",[98,6797,6798],{},"try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html",". Your frontend handles paths like ",[98,6801,6802],{},"/dashboard"," in JavaScript, and no file of that name exists on the disk. Without this line, Nginx answers a refresh of that page with a 404. This tells it to look for a real file, then a real folder, then fall back to ",[98,6805,6806],{},"index.html"," and let the frontend router sort it out. The ",[98,6809,6810],{},"/assets/"," block is safe to cache for a year because the build puts a content hash in every filename, so a new build produces new names.",[11,6813,6814,6815,786],{},"Now the API, in a file of its own. Open it with ",[98,6816,6817],{},"sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.example.com",[91,6819,6821],{"className":6692,"code":6820,"language":6694,"meta":96,"style":96},"# /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.example.com\nserver {\n    listen 80;\n    server_name api.example.com;\n\n    client_max_body_size 10M;\n\n    location / {\n        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;\n        proxy_http_version 1.1;\n        proxy_set_header Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n        proxy_set_header Connection \"upgrade\";\n    }\n}\n",[98,6822,6823,6828,6832,6836,6841,6845,6850,6854,6858,6863,6868,6873,6878,6883,6888,6893,6898,6902],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6824,6825],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6826,6827],{},"# /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.example.com\n",[101,6829,6830],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6831,6706],{},[101,6833,6834],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6835,6711],{},[101,6837,6838],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6839,6840],{},"    server_name api.example.com;\n",[101,6842,6843],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,6844,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6846,6847],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,6848,6849],{},"    client_max_body_size 10M;\n",[101,6851,6852],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,6853,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,6855,6856],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,6857,6739],{},[101,6859,6860],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,6861,6862],{},"        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;\n",[101,6864,6865],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,6866,6867],{},"        proxy_http_version 1.1;\n",[101,6869,6870],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,6871,6872],{},"        proxy_set_header Host $host;\n",[101,6874,6875],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,6876,6877],{},"        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n",[101,6879,6880],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,6881,6882],{},"        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n",[101,6884,6885],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,6886,6887],{},"        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n",[101,6889,6890],{"class":103,"line":1799},[101,6891,6892],{},"        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n",[101,6894,6895],{"class":103,"line":5135},[101,6896,6897],{},"        proxy_set_header Connection \"upgrade\";\n",[101,6899,6900],{"class":103,"line":5140},[101,6901,1718],{},[101,6903,6904],{"class":103,"line":6778},[101,6905,341],{},[11,6907,6908],{},"Three lines in there need a word of explanation.",[221,6910,6911,6926,6934],{},[224,6912,6913,6919,6920,6922,6923,1662],{},[40,6914,256,6915,6918],{},[98,6916,6917],{},"X-Forwarded-*"," headers"," carry the visitor's real IP and the original protocol. Without them every request looks to your app as if it came from ",[98,6921,5414],{}," over plain HTTP, which breaks rate limiting, logging and any redirect you build from ",[98,6924,6925],{},"req.protocol",[224,6927,6928,6933],{},[40,6929,6930],{},[98,6931,6932],{},"client_max_body_size"," caps an upload. Nginx's default is 1 MB and it rejects anything larger with a 413 before your code ever runs.",[224,6935,6936,6948],{},[40,6937,6938,6941,6942,1441,6945,6918],{},[98,6939,6940],{},"proxy_http_version 1.1"," with the ",[98,6943,6944],{},"Upgrade",[98,6946,6947],{},"Connection"," lets a WebSocket connection through. Leave them in even if you have no WebSockets yet. They cost nothing, and they save you a long search on the day you add one.",[11,6950,6951],{},"Enable both sites, drop the default one, check the syntax, and reload:",[91,6953,6955],{"className":5586,"code":6954,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/\nsudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/\nsudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default\nsudo nginx -t\nsudo systemctl reload nginx\n",[98,6956,6957,6973,6986,6996,7005],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,6958,6959,6961,6964,6967,6970],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,6960,5629],{"class":133},[101,6962,6963],{"class":140}," ln",[101,6965,6966],{"class":118}," -s",[101,6968,6969],{"class":140}," /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com",[101,6971,6972],{"class":140}," /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/\n",[101,6974,6975,6977,6979,6981,6984],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,6976,5629],{"class":133},[101,6978,6963],{"class":140},[101,6980,6966],{"class":118},[101,6982,6983],{"class":140}," /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.example.com",[101,6985,6972],{"class":140},[101,6987,6988,6990,6993],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,6989,5629],{"class":133},[101,6991,6992],{"class":140}," rm",[101,6994,6995],{"class":140}," /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default\n",[101,6997,6998,7000,7002],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,6999,5629],{"class":133},[101,7001,5975],{"class":140},[101,7003,7004],{"class":118}," -t\n",[101,7006,7007,7009,7011,7014],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7008,5629],{"class":133},[101,7010,5739],{"class":140},[101,7012,7013],{"class":140}," reload",[101,7015,7016],{"class":140}," nginx\n",[75,7018,7019,7033],{},[11,7020,7021,7024,7025,7028,7029,7032],{},[40,7022,7023],{},"Prefer one domain with no CORS?"," Delete the API server block and add this to the frontend one instead. The trailing slash on ",[98,7026,7027],{},"proxy_pass"," strips the ",[98,7030,7031],{},"/api/"," prefix, so your Express routes stay as they are.",[91,7034,7036],{"className":6692,"code":7035,"language":6694,"meta":96,"style":96},"location /api/ {\n    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;\n    proxy_set_header Host $host;\n    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n}\n",[98,7037,7038,7043,7048,7053,7058,7063],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7039,7040],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7041,7042],{},"location /api/ {\n",[101,7044,7045],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7046,7047],{},"    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;\n",[101,7049,7050],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,7051,7052],{},"    proxy_set_header Host $host;\n",[101,7054,7055],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,7056,7057],{},"    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n",[101,7059,7060],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7061,7062],{},"    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n",[101,7064,7065],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,7066,341],{},[75,7068,7069],{},[11,7070,7071,7074,7075,7078,7079,7082,7083,7086,7087,7089,7090,7093,7094,7097,7098,7101],{},[40,7072,7073],{},"A 403 on the frontend is a permissions problem, not a config problem."," Nginx runs as ",[98,7076,7077],{},"www-data"," and needs execute permission on every folder from ",[98,7080,7081],{},"/"," down to ",[98,7084,7085],{},"dist",". Files under ",[98,7088,6075],{}," are fine; files under ",[98,7091,7092],{},"/home/deploy"," usually are not, because a home directory is ",[98,7095,7096],{},"700",". Run ",[98,7099,7100],{},"namei -l /var/www/acme/client/dist/index.html"," to see which folder blocks it.",[27,7103,7105],{"id":7104},"step-8-add-free-ssl-with-certbot","Step 8: Add free SSL with Certbot",[11,7107,7108,7109,7112],{},"The site answers on plain HTTP now. That proves the routing works, and no real site should stop there. Certificates come free from Let's Encrypt, and ",[40,7110,7111],{},"Certbot"," both requests them and rewrites your Nginx config to use them.",[11,7114,7115,7116,7118,7119,7121,7122,7124,7125,7128,7129,1662],{},"DNS has to be correct first, because the certificate authority proves ownership by fetching a file from your server over port 80. Add two A records, both pointing at ",[98,7117,5379],{},": one for ",[98,7120,5371],{}," and one for ",[98,7123,5375],{},". Add ",[98,7126,7127],{},"www"," too if you use it. New to DNS records? See ",[21,7130,7132],{"href":7131},"/post/dns-explained-how-domain-name-system-works","how DNS works",[11,7134,7135,7136,7139],{},"Wait until ",[98,7137,7138],{},"dig +short example.com"," returns your IP, then run Certbot once for every name:",[91,7141,7143],{"className":5586,"code":7142,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx\nsudo certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com -d api.example.com\n",[98,7144,7145,7161],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7146,7147,7149,7151,7153,7155,7158],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7148,5629],{"class":133},[101,7150,5963],{"class":140},[101,7152,5966],{"class":140},[101,7154,5969],{"class":118},[101,7156,7157],{"class":140}," certbot",[101,7159,7160],{"class":140}," python3-certbot-nginx\n",[101,7162,7163,7165,7167,7170,7173,7176,7178,7181,7183],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7164,5629],{"class":133},[101,7166,7157],{"class":140},[101,7168,7169],{"class":118}," --nginx",[101,7171,7172],{"class":118}," -d",[101,7174,7175],{"class":140}," example.com",[101,7177,7172],{"class":118},[101,7179,7180],{"class":140}," www.example.com",[101,7182,7172],{"class":118},[101,7184,7185],{"class":140}," api.example.com\n",[11,7187,7188,7189,7192],{},"Certbot edits both server blocks in place: it adds ",[98,7190,7191],{},"listen 443 ssl",", points at the certificate files, and adds a redirect from port 80. Renewal is a systemd timer that the package installs for you, so the only thing left is to confirm it works.",[91,7194,7196],{"className":5586,"code":7195,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"sudo certbot renew --dry-run\nsystemctl list-timers | grep certbot\n",[98,7197,7198,7210],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7199,7200,7202,7204,7207],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7201,5629],{"class":133},[101,7203,7157],{"class":140},[101,7205,7206],{"class":140}," renew",[101,7208,7209],{"class":118}," --dry-run\n",[101,7211,7212,7215,7218,7220,7223],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7213,7214],{"class":133},"systemctl",[101,7216,7217],{"class":140}," list-timers",[101,7219,5894],{"class":114},[101,7221,7222],{"class":133}," grep",[101,7224,7225],{"class":140}," certbot\n",[75,7227,7228],{},[11,7229,7230,7233,7234,7237],{},[40,7231,7232],{},"Using Cloudflare?"," Turn the orange proxy cloud off until the certificate is issued, because Cloudflare answers the challenge request itself and Certbot never sees it. Once the certificate exists, turn the proxy back on and set the SSL mode to ",[40,7235,7236],{},"Full (strict)",". Any other mode either breaks the loop or leaves the hop between Cloudflare and your VPS unencrypted.",[27,7239,7241],{"id":7240},"step-9-fix-cors-and-cookies-across-two-origins","Step 9: Fix CORS and cookies across two origins",[11,7243,7244,7245,7248,7249,1441,7251,7253],{},"HTTPS is on and both names answer, and then the first real API call from the browser fails. This is the price of splitting the two halves. ",[40,7246,7247],{},"CORS",", short for cross-origin resource sharing, is the browser rule that stops a page on one address from reading a response from another address. The browser counts ",[98,7250,5371],{},[98,7252,5375],{}," as two different addresses, so it blocks the response until the API says that caller is welcome.",[11,7255,7256],{},"Allow exactly the one origin that should be calling, and allow credentials so the browser will attach cookies:",[91,7258,7260],{"className":6414,"code":7259,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"// server/src/index.js\nimport cors from 'cors'\n\napp.set('trust proxy', 1)\n\napp.use(cors({\n    origin: process.env.CORS_ORIGIN,   // https://example.com\n    credentials: true,\n}))\n",[98,7261,7262,7267,7279,7283,7303,7307,7321,7335,7344],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7263,7264],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7265,7266],{"class":107},"// server/src/index.js\n",[101,7268,7269,7271,7274,7276],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7270,168],{"class":114},[101,7272,7273],{"class":125}," cors ",[101,7275,180],{"class":114},[101,7277,7278],{"class":140}," 'cors'\n",[101,7280,7281],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,7282,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,7284,7285,7288,7291,7293,7296,7298,7301],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,7286,7287],{"class":125},"app.",[101,7289,7290],{"class":133},"set",[101,7292,198],{"class":125},[101,7294,7295],{"class":140},"'trust proxy'",[101,7297,233],{"class":125},[101,7299,7300],{"class":118},"1",[101,7302,1128],{"class":125},[101,7304,7305],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7306,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,7308,7309,7311,7313,7315,7318],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,7310,7287],{"class":125},[101,7312,2967],{"class":133},[101,7314,198],{"class":125},[101,7316,7317],{"class":133},"cors",[101,7319,7320],{"class":125},"({\n",[101,7322,7323,7326,7329,7332],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,7324,7325],{"class":125},"    origin: process.env.",[101,7327,7328],{"class":118},"CORS_ORIGIN",[101,7330,7331],{"class":125},",   ",[101,7333,7334],{"class":107},"// https://example.com\n",[101,7336,7337,7340,7342],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,7338,7339],{"class":125},"    credentials: ",[101,7341,1707],{"class":118},[101,7343,4392],{"class":125},[101,7345,7346],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,7347,7348],{"class":125},"}))\n",[11,7350,7351,7354,7355,7358,7359,1441,7362,7364,7365,7368],{},[98,7352,7353],{},"app.set('trust proxy', 1)"," tells Express that one proxy sits in front of it, so ",[98,7356,7357],{},"req.ip"," reads the real visitor address from ",[98,7360,7361],{},"X-Forwarded-For",[98,7363,6925],{}," reports ",[98,7366,7367],{},"https",". Without it, every visitor shares one IP as far as your rate limiter is concerned.",[11,7370,7371,7372,7374,7375,7377],{},"Cookies need one more detail. A cookie set by ",[98,7373,5375],{}," is not sent to ",[98,7376,5371],{}," unless you widen it to the parent domain:",[91,7379,7381],{"className":6414,"code":7380,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"res.cookie('session', token, {\n    httpOnly: true,\n    secure: true,\n    sameSite: 'lax',\n    domain: '.example.com',\n})\n",[98,7382,7383,7399,7408,7417,7427,7437],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7384,7385,7388,7391,7393,7396],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7386,7387],{"class":125},"res.",[101,7389,7390],{"class":133},"cookie",[101,7392,198],{"class":125},[101,7394,7395],{"class":140},"'session'",[101,7397,7398],{"class":125},", token, {\n",[101,7400,7401,7404,7406],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7402,7403],{"class":125},"    httpOnly: ",[101,7405,1707],{"class":118},[101,7407,4392],{"class":125},[101,7409,7410,7413,7415],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,7411,7412],{"class":125},"    secure: ",[101,7414,1707],{"class":118},[101,7416,4392],{"class":125},[101,7418,7419,7422,7425],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,7420,7421],{"class":125},"    sameSite: ",[101,7423,7424],{"class":140},"'lax'",[101,7426,4392],{"class":125},[101,7428,7429,7432,7435],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7430,7431],{"class":125},"    domain: ",[101,7433,7434],{"class":140},"'.example.com'",[101,7436,4392],{"class":125},[101,7438,7439],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,7440,7441],{"class":125},"})\n",[11,7443,7444,7445,7447,7448,7451,7452,7455,7456,7459,7460,1662],{},"The two names are different origins, but they are still the same site, because both of them end in ",[98,7446,5371],{},". That is why ",[98,7449,7450],{},"sameSite: 'lax'"," is enough here. Only when the API lives on a genuinely different domain do you need ",[98,7453,7454],{},"sameSite: 'none'",", which then also requires ",[98,7457,7458],{},"secure: true",". For how these choices compare with storing a token in the browser, see ",[21,7461,7462],{"href":3134},"local storage vs session storage vs cookies",[27,7464,7466],{"id":7465},"step-10-verify-the-deployment","Step 10: Verify the deployment",[11,7468,7469],{},"Before you call it done, check each piece on its own, so a failure points at one thing instead of at \"the deploy\".",[400,7471,7472,7485],{},[403,7473,7474],{},[406,7475,7476,7479,7482],{},[409,7477,7478],{},"Check",[409,7480,7481],{},"Command",[409,7483,7484],{},"Expected",[416,7486,7487,7504,7521,7536,7556,7569,7589],{},[406,7488,7489,7491,7496],{},[421,7490,5320],{},[421,7492,7493],{},[98,7494,7495],{},"curl -I https://example.com",[421,7497,7498,1441,7501],{},[98,7499,7500],{},"200",[98,7502,7503],{},"content-type: text/html",[406,7505,7506,7509,7514],{},[421,7507,7508],{},"Client-side route",[421,7510,7511],{},[98,7512,7513],{},"curl -I https://example.com/dashboard",[421,7515,7516,6642,7518],{},[98,7517,7500],{},[98,7519,7520],{},"404",[406,7522,7523,7526,7531],{},[421,7524,7525],{},"API",[421,7527,7528],{},[98,7529,7530],{},"curl https://api.example.com/health",[421,7532,7533],{},[98,7534,7535],{},"{\"ok\":true}",[406,7537,7538,7541,7546],{},[421,7539,7540],{},"HTTP redirect",[421,7542,7543],{},[98,7544,7545],{},"curl -I http://example.com",[421,7547,7548,7551,7552,7555],{},[98,7549,7550],{},"301"," to the ",[98,7553,7554],{},"https://"," URL",[406,7557,7558,7561,7566],{},[421,7559,7560],{},"Certificates",[421,7562,7563],{},[98,7564,7565],{},"sudo certbot certificates",[421,7567,7568],{},"both names listed, ~90 days left",[406,7570,7571,7574,7583],{},[421,7572,7573],{},"Survives a reboot",[421,7575,7576,7579,7580],{},[98,7577,7578],{},"sudo reboot",", then ",[98,7581,7582],{},"pm2 list",[421,7584,7585,7588],{},[98,7586,7587],{},"acme-api"," online",[406,7590,7591,7593,7596],{},[421,7592,7247],{},[421,7594,7595],{},"open the site, watch the browser console",[421,7597,7598],{},"API calls succeed, no CORS error",[11,7600,7601,7602,7604,7605,7608,7609,1662],{},"The reboot test is the one people skip and the one that matters. If ",[98,7603,7582],{}," comes back empty, you missed the command that ",[98,7606,7607],{},"pm2 startup"," printed, or you never ran ",[98,7610,7611],{},"pm2 save",[27,7613,7615],{"id":7614},"step-11-automate-deploys-with-a-script-and-github-actions","Step 11: Automate deploys with a script and GitHub Actions",[11,7617,7618],{},"Every step so far was manual. That is fine the first time and tiring by the tenth. The smallest useful automation is a script on the server that does the same steps in the same order every time.",[91,7620,7622],{"className":5586,"code":7621,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# /var/www/acme/deploy.sh\nset -euo pipefail\n\ncd /var/www/acme\ngit pull origin main\n\ncd server\nnpm ci --omit=dev\nnpm run migrate      # drop this line if the project has no migrations\npm2 reload acme-api\n\ncd ../client\nnpm ci\nnpm run build\n",[98,7623,7624,7629,7634,7644,7648,7654,7667,7671,7678,7688,7700,7709,7713,7720,7726],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7625,7626],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7627,7628],{"class":107},"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n",[101,7630,7631],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7632,7633],{"class":107},"# /var/www/acme/deploy.sh\n",[101,7635,7636,7638,7641],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,7637,7290],{"class":118},[101,7639,7640],{"class":118}," -euo",[101,7642,7643],{"class":140}," pipefail\n",[101,7645,7646],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,7647,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,7649,7650,7652],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7651,6322],{"class":118},[101,7653,6099],{"class":140},[101,7655,7656,7658,7661,7664],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,7657,5471],{"class":133},[101,7659,7660],{"class":140}," pull",[101,7662,7663],{"class":140}," origin",[101,7665,7666],{"class":140}," main\n",[101,7668,7669],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,7670,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,7672,7673,7675],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,7674,6322],{"class":118},[101,7676,7677],{"class":140}," server\n",[101,7679,7680,7682,7685],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,7681,6330],{"class":133},[101,7683,7684],{"class":140}," ci",[101,7686,7687],{"class":118}," --omit=dev\n",[101,7689,7690,7692,7694,7697],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,7691,6330],{"class":133},[101,7693,6340],{"class":140},[101,7695,7696],{"class":140}," migrate",[101,7698,7699],{"class":107},"      # drop this line if the project has no migrations\n",[101,7701,7702,7704,7706],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,7703,6593],{"class":133},[101,7705,7013],{"class":140},[101,7707,7708],{"class":140}," acme-api\n",[101,7710,7711],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,7712,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,7714,7715,7717],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,7716,6322],{"class":118},[101,7718,7719],{"class":140}," ../client\n",[101,7721,7722,7724],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,7723,6330],{"class":133},[101,7725,6333],{"class":140},[101,7727,7728,7730,7732],{"class":103,"line":1799},[101,7729,6330],{"class":133},[101,7731,6340],{"class":140},[101,7733,6343],{"class":140},[11,7735,7736,7737,7740,7741,7743,7744,7746,7747,7750],{},"Two lines in that script deserve attention. ",[98,7738,7739],{},"set -euo pipefail"," stops the script at the first failing command, so a failed migration never reaches ",[98,7742,6670],{}," and a half-deployed app. ",[98,7745,6670],{}," restarts the cluster copies one at a time, so the other copy keeps answering and no request is dropped; ",[98,7748,7749],{},"pm2 restart"," would stop both at once.",[11,7752,7753,7754,7757,7758,1662],{},"Make it executable with ",[98,7755,7756],{},"chmod +x deploy.sh",", and a deploy becomes ",[98,7759,7760],{},"ssh deploy@203.0.113.10 /var/www/acme/deploy.sh",[11,7762,7763,7764,7766],{},"GitHub Actions is the same script with the heavy part moved off the server. The frontend builds on the runner, the finished folder goes up with ",[98,7765,5661],{},", and only the backend part runs over SSH.",[91,7768,7772],{"className":7769,"code":7770,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-yaml shiki shiki-themes github-dark","# .github/workflows/deploy.yml\nname: deploy\non:\n  push:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n  deploy:\n    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n    steps:\n      - uses: actions/checkout@v4\n      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4\n        with: { node-version: '24' }\n      - run: npm ci && npm run build\n        working-directory: client\n      - uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0\n        with:\n          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}\n      - run: ssh-keyscan 203.0.113.10 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts\n      - run: rsync -az client/dist/ deploy@203.0.113.10:/var/www/acme/client/dist/\n      - run: ssh deploy@203.0.113.10 '/var/www/acme/deploy-server.sh'\n","yaml",[98,7773,7774,7779,7789,7797,7804,7818,7825,7832,7842,7849,7862,7873,7891,7903,7913,7924,7930,7940,7951,7962],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,7775,7776],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,7777,7778],{"class":107},"# .github/workflows/deploy.yml\n",[101,7780,7781,7784,7786],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,7782,7783],{"class":129},"name",[101,7785,2762],{"class":125},[101,7787,7788],{"class":140},"deploy\n",[101,7790,7791,7794],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,7792,7793],{"class":118},"on",[101,7795,7796],{"class":125},":\n",[101,7798,7799,7802],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,7800,7801],{"class":129},"  push",[101,7803,7796],{"class":125},[101,7805,7806,7809,7812,7815],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,7807,7808],{"class":129},"    branches",[101,7810,7811],{"class":125},": [",[101,7813,7814],{"class":140},"main",[101,7816,7817],{"class":125},"]\n",[101,7819,7820,7823],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,7821,7822],{"class":129},"jobs",[101,7824,7796],{"class":125},[101,7826,7827,7830],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,7828,7829],{"class":129},"  deploy",[101,7831,7796],{"class":125},[101,7833,7834,7837,7839],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,7835,7836],{"class":129},"    runs-on",[101,7838,2762],{"class":125},[101,7840,7841],{"class":140},"ubuntu-latest\n",[101,7843,7844,7847],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,7845,7846],{"class":129},"    steps",[101,7848,7796],{"class":125},[101,7850,7851,7854,7857,7859],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,7852,7853],{"class":125},"      - ",[101,7855,7856],{"class":129},"uses",[101,7858,2762],{"class":125},[101,7860,7861],{"class":140},"actions/checkout@v4\n",[101,7863,7864,7866,7868,7870],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,7865,7853],{"class":125},[101,7867,7856],{"class":129},[101,7869,2762],{"class":125},[101,7871,7872],{"class":140},"actions/setup-node@v4\n",[101,7874,7875,7878,7881,7884,7886,7889],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,7876,7877],{"class":129},"        with",[101,7879,7880],{"class":125},": { ",[101,7882,7883],{"class":129},"node-version",[101,7885,2762],{"class":125},[101,7887,7888],{"class":140},"'24'",[101,7890,1682],{"class":125},[101,7892,7893,7895,7898,7900],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,7894,7853],{"class":125},[101,7896,7897],{"class":129},"run",[101,7899,2762],{"class":125},[101,7901,7902],{"class":140},"npm ci && npm run build\n",[101,7904,7905,7908,7910],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,7906,7907],{"class":129},"        working-directory",[101,7909,2762],{"class":125},[101,7911,7912],{"class":140},"client\n",[101,7914,7915,7917,7919,7921],{"class":103,"line":1799},[101,7916,7853],{"class":125},[101,7918,7856],{"class":129},[101,7920,2762],{"class":125},[101,7922,7923],{"class":140},"webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0\n",[101,7925,7926,7928],{"class":103,"line":5135},[101,7927,7877],{"class":129},[101,7929,7796],{"class":125},[101,7931,7932,7935,7937],{"class":103,"line":5140},[101,7933,7934],{"class":129},"          ssh-private-key",[101,7936,2762],{"class":125},[101,7938,7939],{"class":140},"${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}\n",[101,7941,7942,7944,7946,7948],{"class":103,"line":6778},[101,7943,7853],{"class":125},[101,7945,7897],{"class":129},[101,7947,2762],{"class":125},[101,7949,7950],{"class":140},"ssh-keyscan 203.0.113.10 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts\n",[101,7952,7953,7955,7957,7959],{"class":103,"line":6784},[101,7954,7853],{"class":125},[101,7956,7897],{"class":129},[101,7958,2762],{"class":125},[101,7960,7961],{"class":140},"rsync -az client/dist/ deploy@203.0.113.10:/var/www/acme/client/dist/\n",[101,7963,7964,7966,7968,7970],{"class":103,"line":6790},[101,7965,7853],{"class":125},[101,7967,7897],{"class":129},[101,7969,2762],{"class":125},[101,7971,7972],{"class":140},"ssh deploy@203.0.113.10 '/var/www/acme/deploy-server.sh'\n",[11,7974,7975,7978,7979,7982,7983,7986,7987,7990],{},[98,7976,7977],{},"DEPLOY_KEY"," is a private key whose public half is in ",[98,7980,7981],{},"/home/deploy/.ssh/authorized_keys"," on the VPS. ",[98,7984,7985],{},"deploy-server.sh"," is the script above with the ",[98,7988,7989],{},"client"," section removed, since the runner already built it.",[75,7992,7993],{},[11,7994,7995,8004,8005,8007],{},[40,7996,7997,7998,8001,8002,1662],{},"Do not add ",[98,7999,8000],{},"--delete"," to that ",[98,8003,5661],{}," During a deploy, a browser tab that loaded the old ",[98,8006,6806],{}," is still asking for the old hashed asset files. Deleting them mid-rollout gives those readers a blank page. Leave the old files and clean them up on your own schedule.",[27,8009,8011],{"id":8010},"common-vps-deployment-errors-and-fixes","Common VPS deployment errors and fixes",[11,8013,8014],{},"Most first deploys break in one of seven ways, and each one leaves a different clue.",[11,8016,8017,8020,8021,8023,8024,8027,8028,8030,8031,8034],{},[40,8018,8019],{},"502 Bad Gateway"," means Nginx is fine and nothing answered on the port behind it. 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The real cost is your time: you own the patching, the backups and the 3 a.m. restart that a platform would have handled. Going the other way, ",[21,8257,8259],{"href":8258},"/post/deploy-laravel-on-aws-lambda-with-bref","serverless on AWS Lambda"," removes the machine entirely and bills you per request instead.",[32,8262,8264],{"id":8263},"should-i-build-the-frontend-on-the-vps-or-in-ci","Should I build the frontend on the VPS or in CI?",[11,8266,8267],{},"Build in CI once the project is past the first week. 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The people who build those features are full stack developers, so AI interview questions now sit right next to the usual React, API, and database rounds.",[11,8403,8404],{},"These 50 AI interview questions and answers cover what hiring teams ask a developer who ships AI features. The topics run from tokens and context windows to RAG, embeddings, vector search, tool calling, MCP, agents, evaluation, cost, latency, and security.",[27,8406,8408],{"id":8407},"llm-basics-interview-questions","LLM Basics Interview Questions",[32,8410,8412],{"id":8411},"_1-what-does-a-large-language-model-do-when-your-application-calls-it","1. What does a large language model do when your application calls it?",[11,8414,8415],{},"It predicts text. You send a list of messages, and the model returns the next piece of text that fits those messages, one token at a time.",[11,8417,8418],{},"Nothing else is happening behind the call. The model has no memory of the last request, no access to your database, and no idea who the user is. A support bot that greets a customer by name does so because your code looked up the name and put it in the prompt.",[11,8420,8421],{},"That is why the same model can power a code reviewer, a summariser, and a ticket classifier. The product is not the model, it is the text you send around it.",[32,8423,8425],{"id":8424},"_2-what-is-a-token-and-why-do-tokens-decide-the-bill","2. What is a token, and why do tokens decide the bill?",[11,8427,8428,8429,8432],{},"A token is a piece of text, usually about four characters in English. The word ",[98,8430,8431],{},"developer"," may be one token, a rare product code may be five, and a space often travels with the word that follows it.",[11,8434,8435],{},"Providers charge per token, and they charge input and output at different rates, with output normally the dearer of the two. So a 3,000 token prompt that produces a 200 token reply is cheap, while a 500 token prompt that produces a 2,000 token essay is not.",[11,8437,8438],{},"The arithmetic adds up quickly. If a chat turn sends 4,000 tokens and returns 500, and the feature handles 50,000 turns a month, that is 200 million input tokens and 25 million output tokens. At a few dollars per million tokens, the difference between sending ten retrieved chunks and sending three is a real line in the monthly bill.",[32,8440,8442],{"id":8441},"_3-what-is-a-context-window","3. What is a context window?",[11,8444,8445],{},"The context window is the maximum number of tokens the model can hold in one call. It is not just the question. It holds the system prompt, the chat history, the retrieved documents, the tool definitions, and the answer the model is about to write.",[11,8447,8448],{},[317,8449],{"alt":8450,"src":8451},"What fills an LLM context window: system prompt, tool definitions, chat history, retrieved chunks, and room for the answer","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/context-window-budget-diagram.png",[11,8453,8454],{},"Modern models offer windows from 128,000 tokens to over a million, so running out is rarer than it was. Paying for a full window on every call is the problem that replaced it.",[11,8456,8457],{},"When a request does go over, the API returns an error or the provider drops the oldest content, which looks to the user like the assistant forgetting what it was told two minutes ago. Chat features avoid that by keeping the last few turns in full, replacing older turns with a short summary, and storing the whole history in a database where the user can scroll it.",[32,8459,8461],{"id":8460},"_4-what-is-the-difference-between-a-system-prompt-and-a-user-prompt","4. What is the difference between a system prompt and a user prompt?",[11,8463,8464],{},"The system prompt sets the rules, the role, and the output format. The user prompt carries whatever the person typed.",[91,8466,8469],{"className":8467,"code":8468,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"language-json shiki shiki-themes github-dark","{\n  \"messages\": [\n    { \"role\": \"system\", \"content\": \"You answer only from the given policy text. If the answer is missing, reply: not in the policy.\" },\n    { \"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"How long is the refund window?\" },\n    { \"role\": \"assistant\", \"content\": \"30 days from delivery.\" },\n    { \"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"And for sale items?\" }\n  ]\n}\n",[98,8470,8471,8476,8484,8509,8531,8553,8574,8579],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,8472,8473],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,8474,8475],{"class":125},"{\n",[101,8477,8478,8481],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,8479,8480],{"class":118},"  \"messages\"",[101,8482,8483],{"class":125},": [\n",[101,8485,8486,8489,8492,8494,8497,8499,8502,8504,8507],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,8487,8488],{"class":125},"    { ",[101,8490,8491],{"class":118},"\"role\"",[101,8493,2762],{"class":125},[101,8495,8496],{"class":140},"\"system\"",[101,8498,233],{"class":125},[101,8500,8501],{"class":118},"\"content\"",[101,8503,2762],{"class":125},[101,8505,8506],{"class":140},"\"You answer only from the given policy text. If the answer is missing, reply: not in the policy.\"",[101,8508,5019],{"class":125},[101,8510,8511,8513,8515,8517,8520,8522,8524,8526,8529],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,8512,8488],{"class":125},[101,8514,8491],{"class":118},[101,8516,2762],{"class":125},[101,8518,8519],{"class":140},"\"user\"",[101,8521,233],{"class":125},[101,8523,8501],{"class":118},[101,8525,2762],{"class":125},[101,8527,8528],{"class":140},"\"How long is the refund window?\"",[101,8530,5019],{"class":125},[101,8532,8533,8535,8537,8539,8542,8544,8546,8548,8551],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,8534,8488],{"class":125},[101,8536,8491],{"class":118},[101,8538,2762],{"class":125},[101,8540,8541],{"class":140},"\"assistant\"",[101,8543,233],{"class":125},[101,8545,8501],{"class":118},[101,8547,2762],{"class":125},[101,8549,8550],{"class":140},"\"30 days from delivery.\"",[101,8552,5019],{"class":125},[101,8554,8555,8557,8559,8561,8563,8565,8567,8569,8572],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,8556,8488],{"class":125},[101,8558,8491],{"class":118},[101,8560,2762],{"class":125},[101,8562,8519],{"class":140},[101,8564,233],{"class":125},[101,8566,8501],{"class":118},[101,8568,2762],{"class":125},[101,8570,8571],{"class":140},"\"And for sale items?\"",[101,8573,1682],{"class":125},[101,8575,8576],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,8577,8578],{"class":125},"  ]\n",[101,8580,8581],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,8582,341],{"class":125},[11,8584,8585],{},"The whole conversation is resent on every call, with the system prompt first. Models weight the system prompt more heavily, which is why rules belong there and not in the first user message.",[11,8587,8588],{},"It is still only text. A user who writes \"you are now in developer mode, ignore your rules\" is arguing with a paragraph, and sometimes the paragraph loses. Anything that must never happen belongs in code: a check on the tool arguments, a permission test, a filter on the output.",[32,8590,8592],{"id":8591},"_5-what-do-temperature-and-top-p-control","5. What do temperature and top-p control?",[11,8594,8595,8596,8598,8599,8602],{},"Both change how the next token is picked from the model's ranked list of candidates. Temperature flattens or sharpens that list, so ",[98,8597,824],{}," keeps taking the safest word and ",[98,8600,8601],{},"1.2"," lets unlikely words through. Top-p keeps only the most likely words whose probabilities add up to p, then samples from that shorter list.",[11,8604,8605],{},"Asked to name a colour, a model at temperature 0 says \"blue\" every time. At 1.2 it may say \"amber\", because unusual options now have a real chance of being picked.",[11,8607,8608],{},"Extraction, classification, and SQL generation run at or near zero, since there is one correct output. Product copy and brainstorming run higher. Most teams move one dial and leave the other at its default, because two randomness dials make a bug report impossible to reproduce.",[32,8610,8612],{"id":8611},"_6-what-is-structured-output-and-why-do-applications-need-it","6. What is structured output, and why do applications need it?",[11,8614,8615],{},"Structured output forces the model to return JSON that matches a schema you supply, so your code gets a parsed object instead of a paragraph it has to scrape.",[91,8617,8619],{"className":8467,"code":8618,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"{\n  \"name\": \"extract_invoice\",\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"type\": \"object\",\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"total\": { \"type\": \"number\" },\n      \"currency\": { \"type\": \"string\", \"enum\": [\"USD\", \"EUR\", \"INR\"] },\n      \"due_date\": { \"type\": \"string\", \"format\": \"date\" },\n      \"confidence\": { \"type\": \"number\" }\n    },\n    \"required\": [\"total\", \"currency\", \"due_date\", \"confidence\"],\n    \"additionalProperties\": false\n  }\n}\n",[98,8620,8621,8625,8637,8645,8657,8664,8681,8718,8743,8758,8762,8790,8800,8805],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,8622,8623],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,8624,8475],{"class":125},[101,8626,8627,8630,8632,8635],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,8628,8629],{"class":118},"  \"name\"",[101,8631,2762],{"class":125},[101,8633,8634],{"class":140},"\"extract_invoice\"",[101,8636,4392],{"class":125},[101,8638,8639,8642],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,8640,8641],{"class":118},"  \"schema\"",[101,8643,8644],{"class":125},": {\n",[101,8646,8647,8650,8652,8655],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,8648,8649],{"class":118},"    \"type\"",[101,8651,2762],{"class":125},[101,8653,8654],{"class":140},"\"object\"",[101,8656,4392],{"class":125},[101,8658,8659,8662],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,8660,8661],{"class":118},"    \"properties\"",[101,8663,8644],{"class":125},[101,8665,8666,8669,8671,8674,8676,8679],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,8667,8668],{"class":118},"      \"total\"",[101,8670,7880],{"class":125},[101,8672,8673],{"class":118},"\"type\"",[101,8675,2762],{"class":125},[101,8677,8678],{"class":140},"\"number\"",[101,8680,5019],{"class":125},[101,8682,8683,8686,8688,8690,8692,8695,8697,8700,8702,8705,8707,8710,8712,8715],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,8684,8685],{"class":118},"      \"currency\"",[101,8687,7880],{"class":125},[101,8689,8673],{"class":118},[101,8691,2762],{"class":125},[101,8693,8694],{"class":140},"\"string\"",[101,8696,233],{"class":125},[101,8698,8699],{"class":118},"\"enum\"",[101,8701,7811],{"class":125},[101,8703,8704],{"class":140},"\"USD\"",[101,8706,233],{"class":125},[101,8708,8709],{"class":140},"\"EUR\"",[101,8711,233],{"class":125},[101,8713,8714],{"class":140},"\"INR\"",[101,8716,8717],{"class":125},"] },\n",[101,8719,8720,8723,8725,8727,8729,8731,8733,8736,8738,8741],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,8721,8722],{"class":118},"      \"due_date\"",[101,8724,7880],{"class":125},[101,8726,8673],{"class":118},[101,8728,2762],{"class":125},[101,8730,8694],{"class":140},[101,8732,233],{"class":125},[101,8734,8735],{"class":118},"\"format\"",[101,8737,2762],{"class":125},[101,8739,8740],{"class":140},"\"date\"",[101,8742,5019],{"class":125},[101,8744,8745,8748,8750,8752,8754,8756],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,8746,8747],{"class":118},"      \"confidence\"",[101,8749,7880],{"class":125},[101,8751,8673],{"class":118},[101,8753,2762],{"class":125},[101,8755,8678],{"class":140},[101,8757,1682],{"class":125},[101,8759,8760],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,8761,4463],{"class":125},[101,8763,8764,8767,8769,8772,8774,8777,8779,8782,8784,8787],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,8765,8766],{"class":118},"    \"required\"",[101,8768,7811],{"class":125},[101,8770,8771],{"class":140},"\"total\"",[101,8773,233],{"class":125},[101,8775,8776],{"class":140},"\"currency\"",[101,8778,233],{"class":125},[101,8780,8781],{"class":140},"\"due_date\"",[101,8783,233],{"class":125},[101,8785,8786],{"class":140},"\"confidence\"",[101,8788,8789],{"class":125},"],\n",[101,8791,8792,8795,8797],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,8793,8794],{"class":118},"    \"additionalProperties\"",[101,8796,2762],{"class":125},[101,8798,8799],{"class":118},"false\n",[101,8801,8802],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,8803,8804],{"class":125},"  }\n",[101,8806,8807],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,8808,341],{"class":125},[11,8810,8811],{},"The provider constrains generation against the schema, so the response parses every time and the old habit of writing a regex to pull JSON out of a code fence disappears.",[11,8813,8814,8815,8817],{},"Validation does not disappear with it. A schema guarantees that ",[98,8816,4247],{}," is a number, not that it is the right number, so the invoice extractor above returns a confidence score and sends anything under the threshold to a human queue.",[27,8819,8821],{"id":8820},"prompt-engineering-interview-questions","Prompt Engineering Interview Questions",[32,8823,8825],{"id":8824},"_7-what-is-few-shot-prompting","7. What is few-shot prompting?",[11,8827,8828],{},"Few-shot prompting puts two to five worked examples in the prompt before the real input, so the model copies a pattern instead of guessing it from a description.",[11,8830,8831],{},"It shines on tasks with a fixed shape. A support email turned into a ticket needs a category, a priority, and a one line summary, and three examples teach that faster than a paragraph of rules. The examples are also the easiest place to handle the awkward cases, such as an angry email that is still low priority.",[11,8833,8834],{},"The cost is tokens, because every example rides along on every call. Teams that run the same task millions of times eventually move those examples into a fine-tune and shorten the prompt.",[32,8836,8838],{"id":8837},"_8-what-is-chain-of-thought-prompting","8. What is chain-of-thought prompting?",[11,8840,8841],{},"Chain-of-thought prompting asks the model to work through intermediate steps before the final answer. It raises accuracy on arithmetic, planning, and rules that apply in a certain order.",[11,8843,8844],{},"Reasoning models now do this internally and return only a summary of it, so writing \"think step by step\" matters far less than it did two years ago. What still matters is the shape of the response: the reasoning in one field, the answer in another, so your code reads the answer and your logs keep the reasoning.",[11,8846,8847],{},"The cost is not free. Reasoning tokens are billed and they add seconds, so a classifier that runs on every page load does not need them.",[32,8849,8851],{"id":8850},"_9-how-do-you-keep-prompts-under-version-control-and-test-them","9. How do you keep prompts under version control and test them?",[11,8853,8854],{},"Prompts live in the repository as files, with a version string, and the version that produced a response is stored next to that response. A support ticket about a bad answer is then traceable to the exact text that caused it.",[11,8856,8857],{},"Every change runs against a saved set of inputs with expected outputs, the same way a code change runs unit tests.",[91,8859,8861],{"className":8467,"code":8860,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"{\n  \"id\": \"refund-window-sale-item\",\n  \"prompt_version\": \"support-v7\",\n  \"input\": \"Can I return a sale item after 20 days?\",\n  \"expect_contains\": [\"sale items\", \"14 days\"],\n  \"expect_not_contains\": [\"30 days\"]\n}\n",[98,8862,8863,8867,8879,8891,8903,8920,8932],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,8864,8865],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,8866,8475],{"class":125},[101,8868,8869,8872,8874,8877],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,8870,8871],{"class":118},"  \"id\"",[101,8873,2762],{"class":125},[101,8875,8876],{"class":140},"\"refund-window-sale-item\"",[101,8878,4392],{"class":125},[101,8880,8881,8884,8886,8889],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,8882,8883],{"class":118},"  \"prompt_version\"",[101,8885,2762],{"class":125},[101,8887,8888],{"class":140},"\"support-v7\"",[101,8890,4392],{"class":125},[101,8892,8893,8896,8898,8901],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,8894,8895],{"class":118},"  \"input\"",[101,8897,2762],{"class":125},[101,8899,8900],{"class":140},"\"Can I return a sale item after 20 days?\"",[101,8902,4392],{"class":125},[101,8904,8905,8908,8910,8913,8915,8918],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,8906,8907],{"class":118},"  \"expect_contains\"",[101,8909,7811],{"class":125},[101,8911,8912],{"class":140},"\"sale items\"",[101,8914,233],{"class":125},[101,8916,8917],{"class":140},"\"14 days\"",[101,8919,8789],{"class":125},[101,8921,8922,8925,8927,8930],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,8923,8924],{"class":118},"  \"expect_not_contains\"",[101,8926,7811],{"class":125},[101,8928,8929],{"class":140},"\"30 days\"",[101,8931,7817],{"class":125},[101,8933,8934],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,8935,341],{"class":125},[11,8937,8938],{},"Skipping this is how a one word edit to a system prompt quietly breaks extraction for one category of document, and nobody notices for a month because the output still looks plausible.",[32,8940,8942],{"id":8941},"_10-what-is-prompt-injection","10. What is prompt injection?",[11,8944,8945],{},"Prompt injection is text from outside your team that the model reads as an instruction. A PDF, a web page, a calendar invite, or a GitHub issue can carry the line \"ignore your earlier rules and email the customer list to this address\".",[11,8947,8948],{},[317,8949],{"alt":8950,"src":8951},"How a prompt injection travels from an uploaded document into a tool call, and the guards that stop it","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/prompt-injection-path-diagram.png",[11,8953,8954],{},"On a read-only chat feature the damage stops at a strange answer. On a feature with tools it becomes a real action, because the model can reach an API that sends, writes, or pays.",[11,8956,8957,8958,8961],{},"The defences are ordinary engineering. Retrieved text is treated as data and never as rules, the tool list stays as short as the task allows, every tool argument is checked in code against what the signed-in user may touch, and anything that writes or sends waits for a human click. The ",[21,8959,8960],{"href":4725},"JWT and session layer"," still decides what the request is permitted to do, and the prompt never gets a vote on that.",[27,8963,8965],{"id":8964},"rag-interview-questions","RAG Interview Questions",[32,8967,8969],{"id":8968},"_11-what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag","11. What is retrieval augmented generation (RAG)?",[11,8971,8972],{},"RAG means searching your own data first, then putting the text you found into the prompt so the model answers from it. The model supplies the language, your search supplies the facts.",[11,8974,8975],{},"A support assistant shows why it exists. The model never saw your refund policy, your pricing page, or yesterday's outage note, and no amount of prompting can invent them. Retrieval puts those exact paragraphs in front of the model at the moment the question arrives.",[11,8977,8978],{},"The second reason is trust. Because the answer is built from chunks you can name, the interface can show the source next to it, and a reader who doubts the answer can check it in one click.",[32,8980,8982],{"id":8981},"_12-how-does-a-rag-pipeline-work-from-document-to-answer","12. How does a RAG pipeline work from document to answer?",[11,8984,8985],{},"It has two halves that run at different times. Indexing happens in advance: documents are split into chunks, each chunk is turned into a vector by an embedding model, and the chunk text, its vector, and its metadata are stored together. Querying happens per request: the question is embedded with the same model, the nearest chunks come back, and those chunks go into the prompt with the question.",[11,8987,8988],{},[317,8989],{"alt":8990,"src":8991},"How a RAG pipeline works, from documents and chunks to embeddings, vector search, and the final answer","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/rag-pipeline-diagram.png",[11,8993,8994],{},"A 40 page handbook becomes roughly 120 chunks, each chunk becomes a vector of 1,536 numbers, and all of it sits in one table. A question like \"how many sick days do I get\" embeds in about 30 ms, the search returns the five nearest chunks in another 20 ms, and the model sees maybe 2,500 tokens of policy text instead of the whole handbook.",[11,8996,8997],{},"The model never touches the database. It reads the text your search already chose, which is also why a retrieval bug and a generation bug look completely different in the logs.",[32,8999,9001],{"id":9000},"_13-what-is-chunking-and-how-do-you-pick-a-chunk-size","13. What is chunking, and how do you pick a chunk size?",[11,9003,9004],{},"Chunking splits a document into pieces small enough to retrieve and large enough to make sense on their own. The usual range is 300 to 800 tokens with an overlap of 50 to 100 tokens, so a sentence that straddles a boundary still appears whole in one of the two chunks.",[11,9006,9007],{},[317,9008],{"alt":9009,"src":9010},"Chunking a document with overlap, and the metadata each chunk carries","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/chunking-overlap-diagram.png",[91,9012,9014],{"className":6414,"code":9013,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"// words stand in for tokens here, which is close enough for English prose\nfunction chunk(text, size = 600, overlap = 80) {\n  const words = text.split(/\\s+/)\n  const out = []\n  for (let i = 0; i \u003C words.length; i += size - overlap) {\n    out.push(words.slice(i, i + size).join(' '))\n  }\n  return out\n}\n",[98,9015,9016,9021,9053,9082,9094,9134,9164,9168,9176],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,9017,9018],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,9019,9020],{"class":107},"// words stand in for tokens here, which is close enough for English prose\n",[101,9022,9023,9025,9028,9030,9032,9034,9037,9039,9041,9043,9046,9048,9051],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,9024,291],{"class":114},[101,9026,9027],{"class":133}," chunk",[101,9029,198],{"class":125},[101,9031,968],{"class":300},[101,9033,233],{"class":125},[101,9035,9036],{"class":300},"size",[101,9038,122],{"class":114},[101,9040,5863],{"class":118},[101,9042,233],{"class":125},[101,9044,9045],{"class":300},"overlap",[101,9047,122],{"class":114},[101,9049,9050],{"class":118}," 80",[101,9052,1740],{"class":125},[101,9054,9055,9058,9061,9063,9066,9069,9071,9073,9076,9078,9080],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,9056,9057],{"class":114},"  const",[101,9059,9060],{"class":118}," words",[101,9062,122],{"class":114},[101,9064,9065],{"class":125}," text.",[101,9067,9068],{"class":133},"split",[101,9070,198],{"class":125},[101,9072,7081],{"class":140},[101,9074,9075],{"class":118},"\\s",[101,9077,1147],{"class":114},[101,9079,7081],{"class":140},[101,9081,1128],{"class":125},[101,9083,9084,9086,9089,9091],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,9085,9057],{"class":114},[101,9087,9088],{"class":118}," out",[101,9090,122],{"class":114},[101,9092,9093],{"class":125}," []\n",[101,9095,9096,9099,9101,9104,9107,9109,9111,9114,9116,9119,9121,9123,9125,9128,9131],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,9097,9098],{"class":114},"  for",[101,9100,670],{"class":125},[101,9102,9103],{"class":114},"let",[101,9105,9106],{"class":125}," i ",[101,9108,137],{"class":114},[101,9110,735],{"class":118},[101,9112,9113],{"class":125},"; i ",[101,9115,1326],{"class":114},[101,9117,9118],{"class":125}," words.",[101,9120,729],{"class":118},[101,9122,9113],{"class":125},[101,9124,2609],{"class":114},[101,9126,9127],{"class":125}," size ",[101,9129,9130],{"class":114},"-",[101,9132,9133],{"class":125}," overlap) {\n",[101,9135,9136,9139,9141,9144,9146,9149,9151,9154,9157,9159,9162],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,9137,9138],{"class":125},"    out.",[101,9140,983],{"class":133},[101,9142,9143],{"class":125},"(words.",[101,9145,3378],{"class":133},[101,9147,9148],{"class":125},"(i, i ",[101,9150,1147],{"class":114},[101,9152,9153],{"class":125}," size).",[101,9155,9156],{"class":133},"join",[101,9158,198],{"class":125},[101,9160,9161],{"class":140},"' '",[101,9163,3601],{"class":125},[101,9165,9166],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,9167,8804],{"class":125},[101,9169,9170,9173],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,9171,9172],{"class":114},"  return",[101,9174,9175],{"class":125}," out\n",[101,9177,9178],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,9179,341],{"class":125},[11,9181,9182],{},"Splitting on structure beats splitting on length. A Markdown file splits at headings, an HTML page at sections, a spreadsheet at rows, and a code file at functions, so each chunk stays about one subject.",[11,9184,9185],{},"Size has a direct effect on quality. Chunks of 2,000 tokens dilute the match, because one paragraph about refunds is buried in nine paragraphs about something else. Chunks of 100 tokens match sharply and then fail to answer, because the sentence that matched has lost the sentence that explained it.",[32,9187,9189],{"id":9188},"_14-what-is-an-embedding","14. What is an embedding?",[11,9191,9192],{},"An embedding is a list of numbers that represents the meaning of a piece of text. A typical model returns 768 or 1,536 numbers per chunk, and texts with similar meaning end up close together in that space.",[11,9194,9195],{},[317,9196],{"alt":9197,"src":9198},"Similar sentences sit close together in embedding space, scored by cosine similarity","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/embedding-space-diagram.png",[11,9200,9201],{},"That is why \"refund window\" matches \"money back period\" with no shared words, and why keyword search alone would have missed it.",[11,9203,9204],{},"Closeness is measured with cosine similarity, which compares the direction of two vectors and ignores their length, so a long sentence is not punished for being long. The dot product gives the same ranking once the vectors are normalised, which is why many stores normalise on write and then use the cheaper operation.",[11,9206,9207],{},"One rule has no exceptions. The index and the query must use the same embedding model, since numbers from two different models are not comparable, and switching models means re-embedding everything.",[32,9209,9211],{"id":9210},"_15-what-is-hybrid-search-in-rag","15. What is hybrid search in RAG?",[11,9213,9214,9215,9218],{},"Hybrid search runs keyword search and vector search at the same time and merges the two result lists. Keyword search catches exact strings such as ",[98,9216,9217],{},"ERR_CONN_RESET",", an invoice number, or a product SKU, which vector search often blurs. Vector search catches the wording a user invented, which keyword search cannot see at all.",[11,9220,9221],{},[317,9222],{"alt":9223,"src":9224},"Hybrid search runs BM25 and vector search in parallel, then a reranker orders the merged results","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/hybrid-search-rerank-diagram.png",[11,9226,9227],{},"The merge is usually reciprocal rank fusion. Each chunk gets a score based on its position in each list, so a chunk ranked second by keywords and fourth by vectors beats one that appeared only once. Scores from the two systems never have to be comparable, which is the whole reason the method is popular.",[32,9229,9231],{"id":9230},"_16-what-is-reranking-in-rag","16. What is reranking in RAG?",[11,9233,9234],{},"A reranker is a second model that reads the question and one chunk together and scores how well that chunk answers that question. Vector search compares two vectors that were created separately, while a reranker sees both texts at once, so it judges far better and costs far more.",[11,9236,9237],{},"The normal shape is to fetch about 50 candidates with fast search, rerank those 50, and keep the top five for the prompt. Fifty calls to a small cross-encoder add perhaps 100 ms, which is cheap next to a wrong answer.",[11,9239,9240],{},"It is the single largest quality win in most RAG systems. A top five list filled with near misses is the usual reason a correct document exists in the index and the user still gets \"I could not find that\".",[32,9242,9244],{"id":9243},"_17-how-do-you-measure-whether-retrieval-is-good","17. How do you measure whether retrieval is good?",[11,9246,9247],{},"Retrieval and generation are measured separately, because they fail separately. For retrieval you write a set of questions and mark which chunk IDs should come back, then track recall at k, which asks whether the right chunk is anywhere in the top k, and mean reciprocal rank, which asks how near the top it sits.",[11,9249,9250],{},"The numbers read directly as user experience. If recall at 5 is 0.62, then nearly four questions in ten never had the right text in the prompt, and no change to the system prompt will fix those.",[11,9252,9253],{},"Generation is scored on groundedness, which asks whether every claim in the answer is supported by the retrieved chunks, and on whether the answer actually addresses the question. With both numbers in hand, a bad answer points straight at the half that caused it.",[32,9255,9257],{"id":9256},"_18-why-does-a-rag-application-still-hallucinate","18. Why does a RAG application still hallucinate?",[11,9259,9260],{},"Usually because retrieval returned nothing useful and the model answered anyway. Filling gaps is what these models do, and an empty or off-topic chunk list is a gap.",[11,9262,9263],{},"The second cause is a conflict inside the context. Two chunks from two versions of the same policy say 14 days and 30 days, and the model picks one, often the one that appears last.",[11,9265,9266],{},"Three measures cut it down. The system prompt has to allow a refusal, so \"the documents do not cover this\" is an acceptable answer. Every claim carries a chunk ID, so a wrong answer is visible instead of merely confident. A score threshold drops the answer when the best chunk is still a poor match, which turns a confident lie into an honest miss.",[32,9268,9270],{"id":9269},"_19-when-do-you-choose-rag-fine-tuning-or-a-longer-context-window","19. When do you choose RAG, fine-tuning, or a longer context window?",[11,9272,9273],{},"RAG fits facts that change, such as prices, policies, stock levels, and tickets, because updating one document is cheaper and faster than touching the model at all.",[11,9275,9276],{},[317,9277],{"alt":9278,"src":9279},"RAG, fine-tuning, and long context compared on what they are for, what they cost, and how they are updated","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/rag-vs-finetuning-vs-long-context-diagram.png",[11,9281,9282],{},"Fine-tuning fits behaviour that is hard to describe in words, such as a house writing style, a strict output format that the base model keeps breaking, or a classification task with thousands of labelled examples. It teaches a habit, not a fact, and facts baked into weights go stale with no warning.",[11,9284,9285],{},"A long context window fits a small and fixed set of documents, where sending all of them is simpler than running a search. The trade is real: 200,000 tokens on every call is slow and expensive, and accuracy drops when the one useful line sits in the middle of a very long prompt. Most production systems end up using RAG for the facts and a little fine-tuning for the format.",[32,9287,9289],{"id":9288},"_20-what-is-graphrag","20. What is GraphRAG?",[11,9291,9292],{},"GraphRAG extracts entities and the relationships between them into a graph, then retrieves a part of that graph instead of a handful of text chunks. A question like \"which customers of this reseller filed a claim after the March recall\" needs three hops, and no single paragraph contains the chain.",[11,9294,9295],{},"Plain vector search fails there because it ranks chunks by similarity to the question, and each chunk holds only one link in the chain.",[11,9297,9298],{},"The cost is a second pipeline. Entities have to be extracted, matched against the ones already stored, and kept current as documents change, which is why most teams reach for it only after plain retrieval has clearly run out of road.",[32,9300,9302],{"id":9301},"_21-how-do-you-keep-the-vector-index-in-sync-with-the-source-data","21. How do you keep the vector index in sync with the source data?",[11,9304,9305],{},"Every chunk row stores the source ID, a version, and a hash of the chunk text. When a document is reprocessed, the job compares hashes and re-embeds only the chunks that actually changed, which keeps a nightly job from paying to embed the entire corpus again.",[11,9307,9308],{},"Deletes matter more than people expect. A document pulled from the source but left in the index keeps answering questions, which is how a cancelled policy or a discontinued price comes back to life in a chat window months later.",[11,9310,9311],{},"Most teams run both paths. A webhook or a queue message handles single edits within seconds, and a nightly reconciliation job catches whatever the events missed.",[27,9313,9315],{"id":9314},"vector-database-interview-questions","Vector Database Interview Questions",[32,9317,9319],{"id":9318},"_22-what-is-a-vector-database-and-when-do-you-actually-need-one","22. What is a vector database, and when do you actually need one?",[11,9321,9322],{},"A vector database stores embeddings and returns the nearest ones to a query vector in milliseconds. It does that with an approximate nearest neighbour index, which trades a small amount of accuracy for a very large amount of speed, since comparing a query against ten million vectors one at a time is not an option.",[11,9324,9325,9326,9329],{},"Scale decides it. For a few hundred thousand chunks inside an application that already runs Postgres, the ",[98,9327,9328],{},"pgvector"," extension handles the load, and one database is easier to back up, migrate, and reason about than two.",[11,9331,9332],{},"A separate service starts to pay for itself at tens of millions of vectors, with heavy write traffic, or when the team wants sharding, replication, and hybrid search handled for them rather than built.",[32,9334,9336],{"id":9335},"_23-pgvector-or-a-dedicated-vector-database-such-as-pinecone","23. pgvector or a dedicated vector database such as Pinecone?",[11,9338,9339,9341],{},[98,9340,9328],{}," keeps the vectors in the same database as the rows they describe. 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The ",[21,9535,8343],{"href":8342}," covers the query syntax itself.",[11,9538,9539],{},"A managed service earns its place when the vector count passes what one Postgres instance can index in memory, or when the team wants hybrid search, reranking, and autoscaling as features rather than as work. The decision turns on vector count and write volume, not on a preference between products.",[32,9541,9543],{"id":9542},"_24-hnsw-or-ivfflat","24. HNSW or IVFFlat?",[11,9545,9546],{},"HNSW builds a layered graph of vectors and walks it from a coarse top layer down to the full set, following the nearest neighbour at each step. It gives high recall with fast queries, and it pays for that with memory and a slow build.",[11,9548,9549],{},[317,9550],{"alt":9551,"src":9552},"HNSW walks a layered graph while IVFFlat probes a few clusters","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/hnsw-vs-ivfflat-diagram.png",[11,9554,9555],{},"IVFFlat groups vectors into lists around centroids and searches only the few lists nearest the query. It builds quickly and uses much less memory, and it has to be trained on data that already exists, so an index built on an empty table stays bad until it is rebuilt.",[11,9557,9558,9559,9562,9563,9566],{},"HNSW is the default in most setups. Its two knobs are ",[98,9560,9561],{},"m",", which sets how many links each node keeps, and ",[98,9564,9565],{},"ef_search",", which sets how wide the search spreads, and higher values on either mean better recall and slower queries. 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In Postgres that means a ",[98,9584,9451],{}," clause the planner can use, with a matching b-tree index next to the vector index, and sometimes a partial index per large tenant. In a managed store it means a namespace per tenant or a filter field declared when the collection was created.",[11,9587,9588],{},"The symptom is a feature that works perfectly for the biggest customer and returns almost nothing for the smallest one.",[27,9590,9592],{"id":9591},"tool-calling-and-mcp-interview-questions","Tool Calling and MCP Interview Questions",[32,9594,9596],{"id":9595},"_26-what-is-tool-calling-also-called-function-calling","26. What is tool calling, also called function calling?",[11,9598,9599],{},"You send the model a list of functions, each with a name, a description, and a JSON schema for its arguments. Instead of writing prose, the model can reply with the name of one function and the arguments it wants.",[91,9601,9603],{"className":8467,"code":9602,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"{\n  \"name\": \"get_order\",\n  \"description\": \"Look up one order by its id. Use when the user asks about delivery or status.\",\n  \"parameters\": {\n    \"type\": \"object\",\n    \"properties\": { \"order_id\": { \"type\": \"string\", \"pattern\": \"^ORD-[0-9]{6}$\" } },\n    \"required\": [\"order_id\"],\n    \"additionalProperties\": false\n  }\n}\n",[98,9604,9605,9609,9620,9632,9639,9649,9679,9689,9697,9701],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,9606,9607],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,9608,8475],{"class":125},[101,9610,9611,9613,9615,9618],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,9612,8629],{"class":118},[101,9614,2762],{"class":125},[101,9616,9617],{"class":140},"\"get_order\"",[101,9619,4392],{"class":125},[101,9621,9622,9625,9627,9630],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,9623,9624],{"class":118},"  \"description\"",[101,9626,2762],{"class":125},[101,9628,9629],{"class":140},"\"Look up one order by its id. Use when the user asks about delivery or status.\"",[101,9631,4392],{"class":125},[101,9633,9634,9637],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,9635,9636],{"class":118},"  \"parameters\"",[101,9638,8644],{"class":125},[101,9640,9641,9643,9645,9647],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,9642,8649],{"class":118},[101,9644,2762],{"class":125},[101,9646,8654],{"class":140},[101,9648,4392],{"class":125},[101,9650,9651,9653,9655,9658,9660,9662,9664,9666,9668,9671,9673,9676],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,9652,8661],{"class":118},[101,9654,7880],{"class":125},[101,9656,9657],{"class":118},"\"order_id\"",[101,9659,7880],{"class":125},[101,9661,8673],{"class":118},[101,9663,2762],{"class":125},[101,9665,8694],{"class":140},[101,9667,233],{"class":125},[101,9669,9670],{"class":118},"\"pattern\"",[101,9672,2762],{"class":125},[101,9674,9675],{"class":140},"\"^ORD-[0-9]{6}$\"",[101,9677,9678],{"class":125}," } },\n",[101,9680,9681,9683,9685,9687],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,9682,8766],{"class":118},[101,9684,7811],{"class":125},[101,9686,9657],{"class":140},[101,9688,8789],{"class":125},[101,9690,9691,9693,9695],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,9692,8794],{"class":118},[101,9694,2762],{"class":125},[101,9696,8799],{"class":118},[101,9698,9699],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,9700,8804],{"class":125},[101,9702,9703],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,9704,341],{"class":125},[11,9706,9707],{},"Your code runs the function, sends the result back as a new message, and the model writes the final answer from real data.",[11,9709,9710],{},[317,9711],{"alt":9712,"src":9713},"The tool calling loop: the server sends tools, the model requests a call, your code runs it and returns the result","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/tool-calling-loop-diagram.png",[11,9715,9716],{},"The description is part of the interface, not decoration, because the model chooses between tools by reading them. Two tools described as \"search\" and \"search documents\" get confused with each other, and the fix is in the text, not in the code.",[11,9718,9719],{},"The model also never reaches your database. It asks your code to run a named function, and your code decides whether the signed-in user is allowed that order at all.",[32,9721,9723],{"id":9722},"_27-what-is-mcp-model-context-protocol","27. What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?",[11,9725,9726],{},"MCP is an open protocol, released by Anthropic in late 2024, that standardises how AI applications connect to tools and data. A host application runs an MCP client, that client talks to MCP servers over JSON-RPC, and each server describes what it offers.",[11,9728,9729],{},[317,9730],{"alt":9731,"src":9732},"MCP architecture: a host app with an MCP client talks over JSON-RPC to an MCP server that exposes tools, resources, and prompts","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/mcp-architecture-diagram.png",[11,9734,9735],{},"The problem it solves is the one every integration team knows. Before MCP, connecting an assistant to Postgres, GitHub, and Jira meant three sets of bespoke glue inside one application, and the next application wrote all three again.",[11,9737,9738],{},"With MCP, a Postgres server is written once and every MCP client can use it. The protocol turned private glue into a shared package, which is why public servers now exist for most common systems.",[32,9740,9742],{"id":9741},"_28-what-is-the-difference-between-mcp-and-function-calling","28. What is the difference between MCP and function calling?",[11,9744,9745],{},"Function calling is what the model does, which is to pick a function and produce its arguments. MCP is how your application discovers that function, describes it to the model, and runs it afterwards.",[11,9747,9748],{},"They are layers, not rivals. The MCP client asks a server for its tool list, converts that list into function definitions for the model, and routes the model's chosen call back to the server that owns it.",[11,9750,9751],{},"The practical difference shows up when a tool changes. With hand-written function calling, a new argument means a deploy of the application. With MCP, the server advertises the new schema and the client picks it up at runtime.",[32,9753,9755],{"id":9754},"_29-how-is-an-mcp-server-different-from-a-rest-api","29. How is an MCP server different from a REST API?",[11,9757,9758],{},"A REST API is built for programmers. Somebody reads documentation, writes a client, and ships it, and the endpoints stay fixed until the next version.",[11,9760,9761],{},"An MCP server is built for a model that discovers what exists while it runs. Every tool arrives with a name, a natural language description, and a JSON schema, which is exactly the information a model needs to decide whether to call it.",[11,9763,9764],{},"MCP also carries two things REST has no concept of: resources, which are read-only items the client can attach as context, and prompts, which are templates the server offers to the user. In practice many MCP servers are a thin layer in front of a REST API that already exists, and the layer exists so the model can read the menu.",[32,9766,9768],{"id":9767},"_30-what-are-tools-resources-and-prompts-in-mcp","30. What are tools, resources, and prompts in MCP?",[11,9770,9771],{},"Tools are actions the model can run, such as creating an issue, querying a table, or sending a message, and they may change state. They are the part that needs permission checks.",[11,9773,9774],{},"Resources are read-only data the client can load as context, such as a file, a wiki page, or a database row. The application decides when to attach a resource, which keeps the model from pulling in whatever it likes.",[11,9776,9777],{},"Prompts are templates the server publishes for the user to choose, such as \"review this pull request\" or \"summarise this incident\". They let a server ship a whole workflow, so the user picks a task instead of typing the right words.",[32,9779,9781],{"id":9780},"_31-what-is-the-difference-between-the-stdio-and-http-transports","31. What is the difference between the stdio and HTTP transports?",[11,9783,9784],{},"With stdio, the client starts the server as a child process on the same machine and talks over standard input and output. It needs no port, no TLS, and no auth, it has the file system permissions of the user who ran it, and it exits when the client does. That fits a developer tool on a laptop.",[11,9786,9787],{},"The HTTP transport runs the server as a remote service that many users share. It brings the usual web concerns with it: authentication, authorisation per user, logging, rate limits, and a public attack surface.",[11,9789,9790],{},"In short, stdio is local and single user, while HTTP is remote and multi user, and the security work starts with the second.",[32,9792,9794],{"id":9793},"_32-what-are-the-security-risks-of-running-mcp-servers","32. What are the security risks of running MCP servers?",[11,9796,9797],{},"The first is scope. A server given full write access to a production database so that one report tool can run leaves every other tool on that connection available to anything the model is persuaded to do.",[11,9799,9800],{},"The second is credentials. One server often holds a long-lived token for an entire SaaS account, so the blast radius of a leak is the whole account, not one user. Short-lived tokens and a separate identity per server keep that contained.",[11,9802,9803],{},"The third is injection through tool output. Text returned by one tool can contain instructions that cause the model to call another, which turns a read tool into the first step of a write. Narrow scopes, an allowlist of callable tools, argument validation in code, and a human approval step before anything irreversible are what limit the damage.",[27,9805,9807],{"id":9806},"ai-agent-interview-questions","AI Agent Interview Questions",[32,9809,9811],{"id":9810},"_33-what-is-an-ai-agent","33. What is an AI agent?",[11,9813,9814],{},"An agent is a loop around a model that may use tools until a goal is met. A plain chat call answers once and stops, while an agent decides the next step, acts, reads the result, and decides again.",[11,9816,9817],{},"\"Summarise this page\" is one call. \"Find every open invoice over 30 days, check each against the payment system, and draft a reminder for the ones still unpaid\" is a loop with a variable number of steps.",[11,9819,9820],{},"That loop is the whole benefit and the whole risk, because the output of a wrong step becomes the input of the next one, and errors compound quietly.",[32,9822,9824],{"id":9823},"_34-what-is-the-react-loop","34. What is the ReAct loop?",[11,9826,9827],{},"ReAct stands for reason and act. The model reasons about the goal, calls one tool, reads what came back, and repeats with that new information until it can answer.",[11,9829,9830],{},[317,9831],{"alt":9832,"src":9833},"The agent loop: think, act, observe, and repeat until the goal is met or a limit stops it","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/agent-react-loop-diagram.png",[11,9835,9836],{},"Each turn appends to the message list, so a ten step run can carry the result of nine tool calls. Context grows fast, which is why long runs summarise earlier steps or write them to a store and keep only a reference in the prompt.",[11,9838,9839],{},"The loop needs an exit in code as well as in the prompt. A model that believes it is nearly done will happily take a thirtieth step.",[32,9841,9843],{"id":9842},"_35-what-is-agent-memory","35. What is agent memory?",[11,9845,9846],{},"Short-term memory is the message list for the current run. It holds the goal, the tool calls, and the observations, and it disappears when the run ends.",[11,9848,9849],{},"Long-term memory is anything written to a store and retrieved later, such as user preferences, decisions from past runs, or a summary of yesterday's session. It is a retrieval problem rather than a model feature, so the facts go into a table or a vector store and the relevant ones are pulled into the next prompt.",[11,9851,9852],{},"What gets written decides whether it helps or hurts. Writing every message produces a store full of noise that poisons later runs, so most systems write a short, structured summary and the few facts worth keeping.",[32,9854,9856],{"id":9855},"_36-what-is-multi-agent-orchestration","36. What is multi-agent orchestration?",[11,9858,9859],{},"Multi-agent orchestration splits work across several agents with separate prompts and separate tools, such as a planner, a researcher, and a writer, while a supervisor routes the task and collects the results.",[11,9861,9862],{},[317,9863],{"alt":9864,"src":9865},"A supervisor agent routing work to a planner, a researcher, and a writer that share one run state","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/multi-agent-supervisor-diagram.png",[11,9867,9868],{},"The benefit is focus. An agent with four tools and one job picks the right tool far more reliably than an agent with thirty tools and a vague mandate.",[11,9870,9871],{},"The cost is everything that comes with distribution: more model calls, more latency, more money, and errors that pass from one agent to the next without a check. A single agent with a short tool list and a good eval set handles most of the work that teams split across a crowd of agents.",[32,9873,9875],{"id":9874},"_37-how-do-you-stop-an-agent-from-running-forever-or-doing-damage","37. How do you stop an agent from running forever or doing damage?",[11,9877,9878],{},"The limits live in code, not in the prompt. A run carries a maximum step count, a token budget, and a wall clock timeout, and the loop ends when any of the three is hit.",[11,9880,9881],{},"Tools are split by risk. Reads run freely, while writes, payments, and emails pass through an approval step that shows the exact arguments to a person before anything happens.",[11,9883,9884],{},"Two patterns catch real failures. Repeated identical tool calls mean the agent is stuck in a circle and the run should end. A dry run mode that logs what would have happened turns a scary deployment into a readable diff.",[27,9886,9888],{"id":9887},"llm-evaluation-interview-questions","LLM Evaluation Interview Questions",[32,9890,9892],{"id":9891},"_38-how-do-you-evaluate-the-output-of-an-llm-feature","38. How do you evaluate the output of an LLM feature?",[11,9894,9895],{},"It depends on the shape of the output. Extraction and classification have a correct answer, so they are scored against labelled examples exactly like any other test, with accuracy per field and a confusion matrix for the categories that get mixed up.",[11,9897,9898],{},"Open text has no single correct answer, so it is scored on properties instead: is every claim grounded in the sources, does it follow the required format, does it refuse what it should refuse, does it stay in the right language.",[11,9900,9901],{},"Three layers usually run together. A fixed test set runs offline on every change, automated scorers run on a sample of live traffic, and user signals such as retries and thumbs tell you what the first two missed.",[32,9903,9905],{"id":9904},"_39-what-is-llm-as-a-judge","39. What is LLM-as-a-judge?",[11,9907,9908],{},"It is using a second model to score the output of the first against a written rubric. One prompt, one rubric, thousands of cases, at a cost no human review process can match.",[91,9910,9912],{"className":8467,"code":9911,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"{\n  \"question\": \"How long is the refund window?\",\n  \"answer\": \"You can return an item within 30 days.\",\n  \"sources\": [\"Refunds are accepted within 30 days of delivery.\"],\n  \"rubric\": \"Score 1 if every claim appears in sources, else 0. Reply as JSON: {\\\"score\\\":0|1,\\\"reason\\\":\\\"...\\\"}\"\n}\n",[98,9913,9914,9918,9929,9941,9953,9992],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,9915,9916],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,9917,8475],{"class":125},[101,9919,9920,9923,9925,9927],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,9921,9922],{"class":118},"  \"question\"",[101,9924,2762],{"class":125},[101,9926,8528],{"class":140},[101,9928,4392],{"class":125},[101,9930,9931,9934,9936,9939],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,9932,9933],{"class":118},"  \"answer\"",[101,9935,2762],{"class":125},[101,9937,9938],{"class":140},"\"You can return an item within 30 days.\"",[101,9940,4392],{"class":125},[101,9942,9943,9946,9948,9951],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,9944,9945],{"class":118},"  \"sources\"",[101,9947,7811],{"class":125},[101,9949,9950],{"class":140},"\"Refunds are accepted within 30 days of delivery.\"",[101,9952,8789],{"class":125},[101,9954,9955,9958,9960,9963,9966,9969,9971,9974,9976,9979,9981,9983,9985,9987,9989],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,9956,9957],{"class":118},"  \"rubric\"",[101,9959,2762],{"class":125},[101,9961,9962],{"class":140},"\"Score 1 if every claim appears in sources, else 0. Reply as JSON: {",[101,9964,9965],{"class":118},"\\\"",[101,9967,9968],{"class":140},"score",[101,9970,9965],{"class":118},[101,9972,9973],{"class":140},":0|1,",[101,9975,9965],{"class":118},[101,9977,9978],{"class":140},"reason",[101,9980,9965],{"class":118},[101,9982,786],{"class":140},[101,9984,9965],{"class":118},[101,9986,1041],{"class":140},[101,9988,9965],{"class":118},[101,9990,9991],{"class":140},"}\"\n",[101,9993,9994],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,9995,341],{"class":125},[11,9997,9998],{},"Judges have known biases. They prefer longer answers, they favour text from their own model family, and the order in which two candidates are shown changes the winner.",[11,10000,10001],{},"The usual corrections are to compare pairs in both orders and average, to force a short reason before the score so the judgement is inspectable, and to check the judge against a few hundred human-scored examples before trusting it. A judge that agrees with people 70 percent of the time is a measurement instrument with a 30 percent error bar.",[32,10003,10005],{"id":10004},"_40-what-is-a-golden-set-and-how-does-it-run-in-ci","40. What is a golden set, and how does it run in CI?",[11,10007,10008],{},"A golden set is a saved list of inputs with their expected outputs or expected properties, built from real traffic and from every bug that reached a user. It is the regression suite for a part of the system that has no compiler.",[11,10010,10011],{},[317,10012],{"alt":10013,"src":10014},"The eval loop: a golden set runs in CI, a score gate blocks the build, and production failures feed new cases back","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/eval-loop-diagram.png",[11,10016,10017],{},"The pipeline runs it on every prompt edit, model upgrade, chunking change, and retrieval change, then fails the build when a score drops below the threshold. Without that gate, a model upgrade that improves nine tasks and quietly breaks the tenth ships on a Friday.",[11,10019,10020],{},"Fifty cases drawn from real failures catch more than a thousand invented ones, because each one stands for something that already went wrong once.",[32,10022,10024],{"id":10023},"_41-what-do-you-monitor-in-production-for-an-ai-feature","41. What do you monitor in production for an AI feature?",[11,10026,10027],{},"Traces come first. Each request stores the prompt version, the retrieved chunk IDs and their scores, the tool calls with their arguments, the model name, the token counts, and the latency, so any complaint can be replayed exactly as it happened.",[11,10029,10030],{},"On top of that sit the numbers a product owner reads: thumbs up and down, how often the feature declined to answer, how often a user rephrased and asked again, cost per conversation, and p95 latency.",[11,10032,10033],{},"Sampling closes the loop. A human reads a handful of real conversations every week, because the measure that matters most is still a person deciding whether the answer was any use, and that is the measure that turns into next month's golden set.",[27,10035,10037],{"id":10036},"ai-cost-latency-and-reliability-questions","AI Cost, Latency, and Reliability Questions",[32,10039,10041],{"id":10040},"_42-how-do-you-reduce-the-cost-of-an-llm-feature","42. How do you reduce the cost of an LLM feature?",[11,10043,10044],{},"Four levers cover most of it. The first is sending fewer tokens: trim the chat history, summarise older turns, and retrieve five chunks instead of twenty, which often costs nothing in quality because chunks six to twenty were noise anyway.",[11,10046,10047],{},"The second is routing by difficulty. A small cheap model handles classification, short replies, and tagging, while the large model handles the questions that need reasoning, and a cheap classifier decides which is which.",[11,10049,10050],{},"The third is caching. Provider prompt caching cuts the price of a long system prompt that repeats on every call, and a semantic cache returns a stored answer when a new question is close enough to one already answered.",[11,10052,10053],{},[317,10054],{"alt":10055,"src":10056},"A semantic cache answers a near-duplicate question from the store instead of calling the model","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/semantic-cache-diagram.png",[11,10058,10059,10060,10062,10063,10066],{},"A semantic cache raises the same problem as any other cache, covered in ",[21,10061,3973],{"href":3972},", since a cached answer about a price is wrong the moment the price changes. The fourth lever is capping ",[98,10064,10065],{},"max_tokens",", because output is the expensive half and nothing forces an answer to be 800 tokens long.",[32,10068,10070],{"id":10069},"_43-how-do-you-reduce-the-latency-of-an-llm-feature","43. How do you reduce the latency of an LLM feature?",[11,10072,10073],{},"Stream the answer. A first token in under a second changes how fast the feature feels far more than shaving two seconds off the total, because the user starts reading while the rest arrives.",[11,10075,10076],{},"Then remove waiting that is not work. Retrieval, permission checks, and profile lookups run in parallel rather than one after another, and a chain of three model calls becomes one call wherever the middle step was only reformatting.",[11,10078,10079],{},"After that the levers are the obvious ones: a smaller model, a shorter prompt, a cache for repeats, and fewer retrieved chunks, since every chunk is tokens the model has to read before it writes. Latency is tracked at p95 rather than on average, because the tail is what people complain about, and a model provider's tail is longer than most APIs you have used.",[32,10081,10083],{"id":10082},"_44-how-do-you-handle-rate-limits-and-provider-failures","44. How do you handle rate limits and provider failures?",[11,10085,10086],{},"Rate limit responses are expected traffic rather than surprises. They are retried with exponential backoff and jitter, the queue in front of them is bounded, and the user sees a queued state instead of a spinner that never ends.",[11,10088,10089],{},"Every call gets a timeout, and anything long moves to a background worker instead of holding an HTTP request open. A second provider or a smaller model sits behind a feature flag as a fallback, and a circuit breaker stops hammering a service that is already down.",[11,10091,10092,10093,10096],{},"None of this is new. It is the same queueing, retry, and idempotency thinking that the ",[21,10094,10095],{"href":5214},"backend interview questions"," cover for any flaky dependency, applied to a dependency that is slower and more expensive than most.",[27,10098,10100],{"id":10099},"ai-security-and-privacy-interview-questions","AI Security and Privacy Interview Questions",[32,10102,10104],{"id":10103},"_45-how-do-you-keep-personal-data-out-of-the-provider-call","45. How do you keep personal data out of the provider call?",[11,10106,10107,10108,10111],{},"The prompt is built on the server, so the server decides what goes into it. Names, emails, card numbers, and account IDs are removed or replaced with placeholders such as ",[98,10109,10110],{},"[CUSTOMER_NAME]"," before the call, and the real values are put back in your own code after the answer returns.",[11,10113,10114],{},"Minimisation does most of the work. A classifier that sorts support tickets needs the complaint text, not the customer record attached to it, and dropping the record removes the problem instead of managing it.",[11,10116,10117],{},"The rest is contractual and operational. Teams check the retention policy, turn off training on their data, choose a regional endpoint when the law requires it, and keep raw prompts out of logs that the whole company can read.",[32,10119,10121],{"id":10120},"_46-how-do-you-stop-one-tenant-from-retrieving-another-tenants-documents","46. How do you stop one tenant from retrieving another tenant's documents?",[11,10123,10124,10125,10128],{},"The tenant filter is applied by the server from the session, never sent by the client and never written into the prompt as an instruction. In Postgres that is a ",[98,10126,10127],{},"WHERE tenant_id = $1"," beside the vector search, with row level security underneath as a second line of defence.",[11,10130,10131],{},"Managed vector stores do the same with a namespace or a collection per tenant, and the rule is that the filter travels with the query rather than being applied to the results.",[11,10133,10134],{},"The test that proves it works is one query. Run it with tenant A's session and tenant B's document ID, and the result must be empty rather than merely ranked low.",[32,10136,10138],{"id":10137},"_47-what-are-output-guardrails","47. What are output guardrails?",[11,10140,10141],{},"Guardrails are checks that run on the answer before the user sees it. They validate the JSON against the schema, scan for personal data and secrets, block unsafe content, and confirm that every citation points at a chunk that was really retrieved.",[11,10143,10144],{},"What happens on failure matters as much as the check itself. A failed check retries once with a stricter instruction, falls back to a safe message, or routes to a human, and each of those outcomes is logged with the reason so the pattern is visible later.",[11,10146,10147],{},"Input checks run on the same path and are cheaper. A request that fails a filter never needs a model call at all, which saves both the risk and the money.",[27,10149,10151],{"id":10150},"full-stack-ai-integration-questions","Full Stack AI Integration Questions",[32,10153,10155],{"id":10154},"_48-where-should-the-model-call-live-in-a-full-stack-application","48. Where should the model call live in a full stack application?",[11,10157,10158],{},"On the server. A call from the browser would ship the API key to every visitor, and there would be nowhere to apply authentication, quotas, redaction, or logging.",[11,10160,10161],{},[317,10162],{"alt":10163,"src":10164},"Where the LLM call lives: the browser calls your server route, and only the server calls the provider","/post-images/top-50-ai-interview-questions-for-full-stack-developers/llm-request-path-diagram.png",[11,10166,10167],{},"The route does the unglamorous work. It identifies the user, checks the quota, strips personal data, builds the prompt from the stored template and the retrieved chunks, calls the provider, and streams the result back.",[11,10169,10170],{},"On Cloudflare Workers or any other edge runtime the shape is the same, with the key in a secret binding and the long tasks pushed to a queue, because an edge runtime has a CPU budget and a two minute generation does not fit inside it.",[32,10172,10174],{"id":10173},"_49-sse-or-websockets-for-streaming-the-answer","49. SSE or WebSockets for streaming the answer?",[11,10176,10177],{},"Server-sent events fit token streaming. 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Invalidation Strategies Explained (With Redis Examples)",{"type":8,"value":14605,"toc":15204},[14606,14609,14612,14615,14619,14622,14660,14664,14667,14674,14677,14683,14689,14692,14696,14699,14735,14741,14744,14752,14756,14759,14797,14800,14803,14807,14810,14813,14921,14924,14930,14933,14937,14940,14946,14949,14952,14956,14959,14965,14968,14971,14975,14978,14981,14987,14994,14998,15001,15004,15010,15013,15016,15020,15023,15026,15032,15035,15121,15124,15128,15131,15134,15138,15141,15147,15150,15154,15157,15160,15162,15166,15169,15173,15176,15180,15183,15187,15190,15201],[11,14607,14608],{},"Almost every application caches something. Instead of asking the database the same question again and again, the application saves a copy of the answer somewhere fast, usually Redis, and serves that copy instead.",[11,14610,14611],{},"The hard part is not putting data into a cache. The hard part is knowing when that copy stops being true. As soon as someone changes the original row, the cached copy is wrong, and nothing in the database tells the cache about it.",[11,14613,14614],{},"Cache invalidation is how you handle that. It means removing or replacing a cached value after the data behind it changes. This guide explains the main cache invalidation strategies, shows the code for each one, and covers the two problems that break caches even when the strategy is correct.",[27,14616,14618],{"id":14617},"tldr","TL;DR",[11,14620,14621],{},"Here is the whole guide in one list. Read the section for the strategy you pick.",[221,14623,14624,14630,14636,14642,14648,14654],{},[224,14625,14626,14629],{},[40,14627,14628],{},"TTL"," deletes a key after a set time. It is the easiest to add and the best backstop.",[224,14631,14632,14635],{},[40,14633,14634],{},"Event-based invalidation"," deletes the key the moment the data changes, so you must catch every write.",[224,14637,14638,14641],{},[40,14639,14640],{},"Cache-aside"," reads the cache, falls back to the database, and deletes on a write. Start here.",[224,14643,14644,14647],{},[40,14645,14646],{},"Write-through"," writes to both stores together, so the cache is never empty after a write.",[224,14649,14650,14653],{},[40,14651,14652],{},"Version-based invalidation"," changes the key instead of deleting the value. It suits large objects.",[224,14655,14656,14659],{},[40,14657,14658],{},"Tag-based invalidation"," clears a group of related keys in one step.",[27,14661,14663],{"id":14662},"why-cache-invalidation-is-necessary","Why Cache Invalidation Is Necessary",[11,14665,14666],{},"To see why any of this is needed, follow one value through a cache.",[11,14668,14669,14670,14673],{},"Your application stores a user profile in Redis. The database holds ",[98,14671,14672],{},"user:123"," with the name Rahul, and so does the cache. That user changes their name to Rohan, so the application updates the database, and the write succeeds.",[11,14675,14676],{},"The cache does not change. Redis was never part of that update, and the database has no way to tell it that the row has moved on.",[11,14678,14679],{},[317,14680],{"alt":14681,"src":14682},"Stale data: the database holds the new name while the cache still holds the old one","/post-images/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained/stale-cache-problem.png",[11,14684,14685,14686,14688],{},"The next request asks for ",[98,14687,14672],{},". The cache has a value, so it returns Rahul and never touches the database. Nothing crashed and nothing reached your logs, but the user sees a name that no longer exists in your database. This is stale data.",[11,14690,14691],{},"Every strategy below answers the same question. When the original changes, what happens to the copy?",[27,14693,14695],{"id":14694},"ttl-based-cache-invalidation","TTL-Based Cache Invalidation",[11,14697,14698],{},"The first strategy ignores the change and puts a deadline on the copy instead. TTL stands for time to live, and in Redis it is one extra argument on the write.",[91,14700,14702],{"className":6414,"code":14701,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"await redis.set('user:123', JSON.stringify(user), { EX: 300 })\n",[98,14703,14704],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,14705,14706,14709,14712,14714,14716,14719,14721,14723,14725,14727,14730,14733],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,14707,14708],{"class":114},"await",[101,14710,14711],{"class":125}," redis.",[101,14713,7290],{"class":133},[101,14715,198],{"class":125},[101,14717,14718],{"class":140},"'user:123'",[101,14720,233],{"class":125},[101,14722,2058],{"class":118},[101,14724,1662],{"class":125},[101,14726,3095],{"class":133},[101,14728,14729],{"class":125},"(user), { EX: ",[101,14731,14732],{"class":118},"300",[101,14734,2861],{"class":125},[11,14736,14737,14740],{},[98,14738,14739],{},"EX: 300"," tells Redis to delete the key after 300 seconds. The next read then finds nothing, so the application goes to the database, takes the current value, and caches it again. You wrote no invalidation code, because the cache clears itself.",[11,14742,14743],{},"TTL fits any data where being slightly out of date does no harm, such as a list of popular articles or an exchange rate. The limit is simple: until the TTL runs out, your users can see the old value, and you cannot make it happen sooner.",[75,14745,14746],{},[11,14747,14748,14749,1662],{},"TTL is not only a caching idea. DNS records carry one too, which is why a domain change takes time to reach everyone. See ",[21,14750,14751],{"href":7131},"How DNS Works Explained",[27,14753,14755],{"id":14754},"event-based-cache-invalidation","Event-Based Cache Invalidation",[11,14757,14758],{},"TTL waits for a clock. Event-based invalidation does the opposite and removes the cached value at the moment the data changes, which in code is one line beside your database write.",[91,14760,14762],{"className":6414,"code":14761,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"await db.users.update(userId, patch)\nawait redis.del(`user:${userId}`)\n",[98,14763,14764,14777],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,14765,14766,14768,14771,14774],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,14767,14708],{"class":114},[101,14769,14770],{"class":125}," db.users.",[101,14772,14773],{"class":133},"update",[101,14775,14776],{"class":125},"(userId, patch)\n",[101,14778,14779,14781,14783,14786,14788,14791,14793,14795],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,14780,14708],{"class":114},[101,14782,14711],{"class":125},[101,14784,14785],{"class":133},"del",[101,14787,198],{"class":125},[101,14789,14790],{"class":140},"`user:${",[101,14792,4049],{"class":125},[101,14794,4052],{"class":140},[101,14796,1128],{"class":125},[11,14798,14799],{},"After the delete, the key is gone. The next request finds an empty cache, reads the current row, and stores that instead, so the old value is never served again. This is the strategy for data where being out of date matters, such as profiles, permissions, or stock levels.",[11,14801,14802],{},"Its weakness is coverage, not correctness. Every part of your system that changes a user must remember to delete that user's key, including background jobs and admin scripts. Miss one and you get a stale entry that no test and no error log will show you.",[27,14804,14806],{"id":14805},"the-cache-aside-pattern-lazy-loading","The Cache-Aside Pattern (Lazy Loading)",[11,14808,14809],{},"The two strategies above each describe one step. Cache-aside describes the whole shape, and it is what most applications end up using. The application talks to both stores itself, and nothing is cached until somebody asks for it.",[11,14811,14812],{},"A read checks the cache first, and only falls back to the database when the cache is empty.",[91,14814,14816],{"className":6414,"code":14815,"language":6416,"meta":96,"style":96},"const cached = await redis.get(`user:${id}`)\nif (cached) return JSON.parse(cached)\n\nconst user = await db.users.findById(id)\nawait redis.set(`user:${id}`, JSON.stringify(user), { EX: 300 })\nreturn user\n",[98,14817,14818,14843,14861,14865,14884,14914],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,14819,14820,14822,14825,14827,14829,14831,14833,14835,14837,14839,14841],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,14821,115],{"class":114},[101,14823,14824],{"class":118}," cached",[101,14826,122],{"class":114},[101,14828,4961],{"class":114},[101,14830,14711],{"class":125},[101,14832,4970],{"class":133},[101,14834,198],{"class":125},[101,14836,14790],{"class":140},[101,14838,3300],{"class":125},[101,14840,4052],{"class":140},[101,14842,1128],{"class":125},[101,14844,14845,14847,14850,14852,14854,14856,14858],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,14846,632],{"class":114},[101,14848,14849],{"class":125}," (cached) ",[101,14851,636],{"class":114},[101,14853,2111],{"class":118},[101,14855,1662],{"class":125},[101,14857,2063],{"class":133},[101,14859,14860],{"class":125},"(cached)\n",[101,14862,14863],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,14864,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,14866,14867,14869,14872,14874,14876,14878,14881],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,14868,115],{"class":114},[101,14870,14871],{"class":118}," user",[101,14873,122],{"class":114},[101,14875,4961],{"class":114},[101,14877,14770],{"class":125},[101,14879,14880],{"class":133},"findById",[101,14882,14883],{"class":125},"(id)\n",[101,14885,14886,14888,14890,14892,14894,14896,14898,14900,14902,14904,14906,14908,14910,14912],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,14887,14708],{"class":114},[101,14889,14711],{"class":125},[101,14891,7290],{"class":133},[101,14893,198],{"class":125},[101,14895,14790],{"class":140},[101,14897,3300],{"class":125},[101,14899,4052],{"class":140},[101,14901,233],{"class":125},[101,14903,2058],{"class":118},[101,14905,1662],{"class":125},[101,14907,3095],{"class":133},[101,14909,14729],{"class":125},[101,14911,14732],{"class":118},[101,14913,2861],{"class":125},[101,14915,14916,14918],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,14917,636],{"class":114},[101,14919,14920],{"class":125}," user\n",[11,14922,14923],{},"A write updates the database and then deletes the key, which is the event-based step from the section above.",[11,14925,14926],{},[317,14927],{"alt":14928,"src":14929},"The read path and the write path of the cache-aside pattern","/post-images/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained/cache-aside-flow.png",[11,14931,14932],{},"That delete is worth explaining. If two writes happen close together and both set the key, the slower one can arrive last and leave its older value behind. Deleting cannot go wrong that way, and it costs one cache miss.",[27,14934,14936],{"id":14935},"write-through-caching","Write-Through Caching",[11,14938,14939],{},"Cache-aside leaves the cache empty after every write. Write-through does the opposite and fills it, because the cache and the database are written as two halves of the same operation.",[11,14941,14942],{},[317,14943],{"alt":14944,"src":14945},"Cache-aside deletes the key on a write while write-through replaces it","/post-images/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained/write-through-vs-cache-aside.png",[11,14947,14948],{},"Since both stores are written together, a read straight after a write still gets a hit, and nothing has to be rebuilt. The cost is that every write now pays for a cache operation too, even for rows nobody reads afterwards, and the two stores can still disagree if one call fails.",[11,14950,14951],{},"Write-through therefore suits data that is read constantly and written rarely, such as a product catalogue. It is a poor fit for tables where writes are frequent and most rows are never read back.",[27,14953,14955],{"id":14954},"version-based-cache-invalidation","Version-Based Cache Invalidation",[11,14957,14958],{},"Every strategy so far removes the old value. Version-based invalidation leaves it alone and changes the key instead.",[91,14960,14963],{"className":14961,"code":14962,"language":968,"meta":96},[5721],"product:123:v1   ← the old key, now ignored\nproduct:123:v2   ← the new key, read from here\n",[98,14964,14962],{"__ignoreMap":96},[11,14966,14967],{},"When the data changes, the application raises the version number and starts reading the new key. Nothing has to be rebuilt while traffic waits for it, which makes this useful for large cached objects that are slow to build, such as a rendered page or a report.",[11,14969,14970],{},"The old versions are still sitting in memory, so give them a TTL. Without one, every change leaves another abandoned copy behind.",[27,14972,14974],{"id":14973},"tag-based-cache-invalidation","Tag-Based Cache Invalidation",[11,14976,14977],{},"Version keys handle one value that is expensive to rebuild. Tags handle a different problem: one change making several cached entries wrong at once.",[11,14979,14980],{},"Think about a single product being edited in a shop. That one change affects the product's own key, the category listing it appears in, the featured block on the homepage, and any cached search results holding it.",[91,14982,14985],{"className":14983,"code":14984,"language":968,"meta":96},[5721],"product:123\ncategory:electronics:products\nhomepage:featured-products\nsearch:iphone\n",[98,14986,14984],{"__ignoreMap":96},[11,14988,14989,14990,14993],{},"Deleting those four keys by hand works until someone adds a fifth cached view and forgets the list. Tagging avoids that. You attach a tag such as ",[98,14991,14992],{},"product:123"," to every entry built from that product, and invalidating the tag clears all of them together.",[27,14995,14997],{"id":14996},"cache-invalidation-race-conditions","Cache Invalidation Race Conditions",[11,14999,15000],{},"Everything above assumes your steps run one after another, in the order you wrote them. Once your application runs on more than one instance that stops being true, because two requests can be partway through their own steps at the same time.",[11,15002,15003],{},"Here is the case that catches people out. Request A reads the database and gets Rahul. Before A can store it, request B updates the row to Rohan and deletes the cache key. Request A then carries on and writes what it read, which is Rahul, into the cache.",[11,15005,15006],{},[317,15007],{"alt":15008,"src":15009},"A cache invalidation race condition, where a read and a write overlap","/post-images/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained/cache-invalidation-race-condition.png",[11,15011,15012],{},"Both requests did what their code told them to do, and the delete ran at the right time. The problem is only the order, because A wrote after B deleted, so the stale data is back. Every later read now gets a hit, and nothing corrects it until the key expires.",[11,15014,15015],{},"That is why you should put a TTL on keys you also delete by hand. It does not stop the race, but it limits the damage to the length of the TTL rather than forever. If that is still too long, use a lock while the value is rebuilt, or a version check that will not overwrite a newer value with an older one.",[27,15017,15019],{"id":15018},"cache-stampede-thundering-herd","Cache Stampede (Thundering Herd)",[11,15021,15022],{},"A race condition leaves you with a wrong value. The next problem is the opposite, because the value is right but it arrives at a terrible moment.",[11,15024,15025],{},"Picture a key that many requests read at once, such as a homepage feed, and its TTL runs out. For the few milliseconds until something replaces it, every request that wanted it misses, and each one runs the same expensive query.",[11,15027,15028],{},[317,15029],{"alt":15030,"src":15031},"A cache stampede, and the same key rebuilt once behind a single-flight lock","/post-images/cache-invalidation-strategies-explained/cache-stampede-single-flight.png",[11,15033,15034],{},"This is a cache stampede, also called a thundering herd. The usual fix is single-flight. 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If you cache a thousand keys in one loop with the same 300-second TTL, all thousand expire in the same second, so spread them by a random few seconds.",[27,15125,15127],{"id":15126},"what-happens-when-cache-invalidation-fails","What Happens When Cache Invalidation Fails",[11,15129,15130],{},"All of this still assumes the delete succeeded, and sometimes it does not. Redis can be unreachable, or the process can die between the database commit and the delete. The cache then keeps stale data and nobody knows.",[11,15132,15133],{},"There are three defences. The TTL you already have limits how long that value survives. An outbox table records the invalidation in the same transaction as the write, so a worker can retry it until it succeeds. Change data capture drives invalidation from the database change log, so application code cannot skip it. Most teams only need the first.",[27,15135,15137],{"id":15136},"how-to-design-cache-keys","How to Design Cache Keys",[11,15139,15140],{},"All of this depends on something easy to overlook: you can only remove the entries you can name. A predictable naming scheme makes it obvious which keys a change affects.",[91,15142,15145],{"className":15143,"code":15144,"language":968,"meta":96},[5721],"user:123\nuser:123:orders\nproduct:456\ncategory:electronics:products\n",[98,15146,15144],{"__ignoreMap":96},[11,15148,15149],{},"Without one, teams make one of two mistakes. The first is invalidating too much, usually by clearing the whole cache because one product changed. Every cached key then has to be rebuilt at once, which sends the database the flood of queries you were caching to avoid. The second is caching a value and never deciding how it becomes invalid, which is how a cache turns into a source of wrong answers.",[27,15151,15153],{"id":15152},"how-to-choose-a-cache-invalidation-strategy","How to Choose a Cache Invalidation Strategy",[11,15155,15156],{},"If you are starting from nothing, use cache-aside with a TTL. Read through the cache, delete the key when you write, and give every key an expiry as a backstop. That covers most web applications.",[11,15158,15159],{},"After that, let the data decide. For each thing you cache, ask how often it changes and what happens if the invalidation never runs. A weather reading can be minutes behind and nobody is harmed, but an account balance or a stock count cannot, so those need the stronger fixes above. Caching is about deciding how long a copy can still be trusted, and cache invalidation is where you write that decision down.",[27,15161,10392],{"id":10391},[32,15163,15165],{"id":15164},"what-is-cache-invalidation","What is cache invalidation?",[11,15167,15168],{},"Cache invalidation is the process of removing or replacing cached data once the data behind it changes, so that the application stops serving a value that is no longer true.",[32,15170,15172],{"id":15171},"why-is-cache-invalidation-so-hard","Why is cache invalidation so hard?",[11,15174,15175],{},"A cache is a second copy that the original knows nothing about. Keeping it correct means catching every piece of code that writes, across requests that run at the same time. Miss one and you get a bug that no error log reports.",[32,15177,15179],{"id":15178},"should-i-delete-the-cache-key-or-update-it","Should I delete the cache key or update it?",[11,15181,15182],{},"Delete it in almost every case. If two writes both update the same key, the slower one can land last and leave an older value behind. A delete cannot fail that way, and it costs one cache miss.",[32,15184,15186],{"id":15185},"what-is-the-difference-between-cache-invalidation-and-cache-refresh","What is the difference between cache invalidation and cache refresh?",[11,15188,15189],{},"Invalidation removes the value and lets the next read rebuild it. Refresh fetches the new value and writes it straight away, which avoids a cache miss but pays for a write that may never be read.",[75,15191,15192],{},[11,15193,15194,15195,15197,15198,1662],{},"Caching comes up in most backend and system design interviews. For more questions in this format, see ",[21,15196,5215],{"href":5214},". 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This replaces the cron line you would add on a normal server.",[11,16735,256,16736,16739],{},[98,16737,16738],{},"arn: !GetAtt JobsQueue.Arn"," reference points at a queue you create in the next step.",[27,16741,16743],{"id":16742},"step-5-move-drivers-to-managed-services","Step 5: Move drivers to managed services",[11,16745,16746],{},"Set drivers by environment, never in code, so the same app still runs locally. Each block below shows its file on the first line.",[32,16748,16750],{"id":16749},"sessions-and-cache-dynamodb","Sessions and cache → DynamoDB",[11,16752,16753,16756],{},[40,16754,16755],{},"DynamoDB"," is a managed NoSQL key-value store, a good fit for keyed data with an expiry.",[91,16758,16760],{"className":6197,"code":16759,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"# .env\nSESSION_DRIVER=dynamodb\nCACHE_STORE=dynamodb\nDYNAMODB_CACHE_TABLE=acme-app-cache\n",[98,16761,16762,16767,16772,16777],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,16763,16764],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,16765,16766],{},"# .env\n",[101,16768,16769],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,16770,16771],{},"SESSION_DRIVER=dynamodb\n",[101,16773,16774],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,16775,16776],{},"CACHE_STORE=dynamodb\n",[101,16778,16779],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,16780,16781],{},"DYNAMODB_CACHE_TABLE=acme-app-cache\n",[11,16783,16784,16785,16787,16788,16790,16791,16794],{},"Add the table to ",[98,16786,16094],{},". It needs a ",[98,16789,483],{}," partition key and a TTL attribute ",[98,16792,16793],{},"expires_at",", which is what Laravel's DynamoDB store reads:",[91,16796,16798],{"className":7769,"code":16797,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml (add a top-level resources: block)\nresources:\n  Resources:\n    CacheTable:\n      Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table\n      Properties:\n        TableName: acme-app-cache\n        BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST\n        AttributeDefinitions:\n          - { AttributeName: key, AttributeType: S }\n        KeySchema:\n          - { AttributeName: key, KeyType: HASH }\n        TimeToLiveSpecification:\n          AttributeName: expires_at\n          Enabled: true\n",[98,16799,16800,16805,16812,16819,16826,16836,16843,16853,16863,16870,16894,16901,16923,16930,16940],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,16801,16802],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,16803,16804],{"class":107},"# serverless.yml (add a top-level resources: block)\n",[101,16806,16807,16810],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,16808,16809],{"class":129},"resources",[101,16811,7796],{"class":125},[101,16813,16814,16817],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,16815,16816],{"class":129},"  Resources",[101,16818,7796],{"class":125},[101,16820,16821,16824],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,16822,16823],{"class":129},"    CacheTable",[101,16825,7796],{"class":125},[101,16827,16828,16831,16833],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,16829,16830],{"class":129},"      Type",[101,16832,2762],{"class":125},[101,16834,16835],{"class":140},"AWS::DynamoDB::Table\n",[101,16837,16838,16841],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,16839,16840],{"class":129},"      Properties",[101,16842,7796],{"class":125},[101,16844,16845,16848,16850],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,16846,16847],{"class":129},"        TableName",[101,16849,2762],{"class":125},[101,16851,16852],{"class":140},"acme-app-cache\n",[101,16854,16855,16858,16860],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,16856,16857],{"class":129},"        BillingMode",[101,16859,2762],{"class":125},[101,16861,16862],{"class":140},"PAY_PER_REQUEST\n",[101,16864,16865,16868],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,16866,16867],{"class":129},"        AttributeDefinitions",[101,16869,7796],{"class":125},[101,16871,16872,16875,16878,16880,16882,16884,16887,16889,16892],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,16873,16874],{"class":125},"          - { ",[101,16876,16877],{"class":129},"AttributeName",[101,16879,2762],{"class":125},[101,16881,483],{"class":140},[101,16883,233],{"class":125},[101,16885,16886],{"class":129},"AttributeType",[101,16888,2762],{"class":125},[101,16890,16891],{"class":140},"S",[101,16893,1682],{"class":125},[101,16895,16896,16899],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,16897,16898],{"class":129},"        KeySchema",[101,16900,7796],{"class":125},[101,16902,16903,16905,16907,16909,16911,16913,16916,16918,16921],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,16904,16874],{"class":125},[101,16906,16877],{"class":129},[101,16908,2762],{"class":125},[101,16910,483],{"class":140},[101,16912,233],{"class":125},[101,16914,16915],{"class":129},"KeyType",[101,16917,2762],{"class":125},[101,16919,16920],{"class":140},"HASH",[101,16922,1682],{"class":125},[101,16924,16925,16928],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,16926,16927],{"class":129},"        TimeToLiveSpecification",[101,16929,7796],{"class":125},[101,16931,16932,16935,16937],{"class":103,"line":1794},[101,16933,16934],{"class":129},"          AttributeName",[101,16936,2762],{"class":125},[101,16938,16939],{"class":140},"expires_at\n",[101,16941,16942,16945,16947],{"class":103,"line":1799},[101,16943,16944],{"class":129},"          Enabled",[101,16946,2762],{"class":125},[101,16948,16949],{"class":118},"true\n",[32,16951,16953],{"id":16952},"queue-sqs","Queue → SQS",[91,16955,16957],{"className":6197,"code":16956,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"# .env\nQUEUE_CONNECTION=sqs\nSQS_PREFIX=https://sqs.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012\nSQS_QUEUE=acme-app-jobs\n",[98,16958,16959,16963,16968,16973],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,16960,16961],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,16962,16766],{},[101,16964,16965],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,16966,16967],{},"QUEUE_CONNECTION=sqs\n",[101,16969,16970],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,16971,16972],{},"SQS_PREFIX=https://sqs.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012\n",[101,16974,16975],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,16976,16977],{},"SQS_QUEUE=acme-app-jobs\n",[11,16979,16980,16981,16984,16985,786],{},"Add the queue and a dead-letter queue (a backup queue that catches jobs that fail repeatedly) under the same ",[98,16982,16983],{},"resources.Resources"," block, next to ",[98,16986,16987],{},"CacheTable",[91,16989,16991],{"className":7769,"code":16990,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml (inside resources: > Resources:)\n    JobsQueue:\n      Type: AWS::SQS::Queue\n      Properties:\n        QueueName: acme-app-jobs\n        VisibilityTimeout: 360 # must exceed the worker timeout several times over\n        RedrivePolicy:\n          deadLetterTargetArn: !GetAtt JobsDLQ.Arn\n          maxReceiveCount: 3\n    JobsDLQ:\n      Type: AWS::SQS::Queue\n      Properties:\n        QueueName: acme-app-jobs-dlq\n",[98,16992,16993,16998,17005,17014,17020,17030,17043,17050,17062,17072,17079,17087,17093],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,16994,16995],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,16996,16997],{"class":107},"# serverless.yml (inside resources: > Resources:)\n",[101,16999,17000,17003],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,17001,17002],{"class":129},"    JobsQueue",[101,17004,7796],{"class":125},[101,17006,17007,17009,17011],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,17008,16830],{"class":129},[101,17010,2762],{"class":125},[101,17012,17013],{"class":140},"AWS::SQS::Queue\n",[101,17015,17016,17018],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,17017,16840],{"class":129},[101,17019,7796],{"class":125},[101,17021,17022,17025,17027],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,17023,17024],{"class":129},"        QueueName",[101,17026,2762],{"class":125},[101,17028,17029],{"class":140},"acme-app-jobs\n",[101,17031,17032,17035,17037,17040],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,17033,17034],{"class":129},"        VisibilityTimeout",[101,17036,2762],{"class":125},[101,17038,17039],{"class":118},"360",[101,17041,17042],{"class":107}," # must exceed the worker timeout several times over\n",[101,17044,17045,17048],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,17046,17047],{"class":129},"        RedrivePolicy",[101,17049,7796],{"class":125},[101,17051,17052,17055,17057,17059],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,17053,17054],{"class":129},"          deadLetterTargetArn",[101,17056,2762],{"class":125},[101,17058,16468],{"class":114},[101,17060,17061],{"class":140}," JobsDLQ.Arn\n",[101,17063,17064,17067,17069],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,17065,17066],{"class":129},"          maxReceiveCount",[101,17068,2762],{"class":125},[101,17070,17071],{"class":118},"3\n",[101,17073,17074,17077],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,17075,17076],{"class":129},"    JobsDLQ",[101,17078,7796],{"class":125},[101,17080,17081,17083,17085],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,17082,16830],{"class":129},[101,17084,2762],{"class":125},[101,17086,17013],{"class":140},[101,17088,17089,17091],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,17090,16840],{"class":129},[101,17092,7796],{"class":125},[101,17094,17095,17097,17099],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,17096,17024],{"class":129},[101,17098,2762],{"class":125},[101,17100,17101],{"class":140},"acme-app-jobs-dlq\n",[75,17103,17104],{},[11,17105,17106,17109,17110,17113],{},[40,17107,17108],{},"Set the visibility timeout high."," It is how long a job stays hidden after a worker picks it up. If it expires mid-run, SQS gives the same job to a second worker and it runs twice. Use several times the worker ",[98,17111,17112],{},"timeout"," (here 60s, so 360).",[75,17115,17116],{},[11,17117,17118,17121],{},[40,17119,17120],{},"Do not use Horizon."," It needs a long-running process, which Lambda has no place for. The plain SQS driver plus Bref's worker gives you retries and the dead-letter queue instead.",[32,17123,17125],{"id":17124},"files-s3","Files → S3",[11,17127,17128,17131],{},[40,17129,17130],{},"S3"," is AWS's managed file storage.",[91,17133,17135],{"className":6197,"code":17134,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"# .env\nFILESYSTEM_DISK=s3\nAWS_BUCKET=acme-app-uploads\nAWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-south-1\n",[98,17136,17137,17141,17146,17151],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,17138,17139],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,17140,16766],{},[101,17142,17143],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,17144,17145],{},"FILESYSTEM_DISK=s3\n",[101,17147,17148],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,17149,17150],{},"AWS_BUCKET=acme-app-uploads\n",[101,17152,17153],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,17154,17155],{},"AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-south-1\n",[11,17157,17158,17159,17162,17163,444,17166,17169],{},"Do ",[40,17160,17161],{},"not"," set ",[98,17164,17165],{},"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",[98,17167,17168],{},"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",". The next callout explains why.",[75,17171,17172,17199,17256],{},[11,17173,17174,17177,17178,233,17181,1067,17184,17187,17188,1441,17190,17193,17194,1441,17196,17198],{},[40,17175,17176],{},"The credential trap."," Lambda gives each function a temporary role credential (with a session token) through environment variables. Laravel's ",[98,17179,17180],{},"config/filesystems.php",[98,17182,17183],{},"config/queue.php",[98,17185,17186],{},"config/cache.php"," pass ",[98,17189,483],{},[98,17191,17192],{},"secret"," to the AWS SDK but not the token, so calls fail with a signature error. Fix it: leave ",[98,17195,483],{},[98,17197,17192],{}," empty on Lambda so the SDK reads the full role credential itself.",[91,17200,17202],{"className":15434,"code":17201,"language":15436,"meta":96,"style":96},"// config/filesystems.php, the s3 disk\n'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID') ?: null,\n'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY') ?: null,\n",[98,17203,17204,17209,17234],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,17205,17206],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,17207,17208],{"class":107},"// config/filesystems.php, the s3 disk\n",[101,17210,17211,17214,17216,17219,17221,17224,17226,17229,17232],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,17212,17213],{"class":140},"'key'",[101,17215,15545],{"class":114},[101,17217,17218],{"class":133}," env",[101,17220,198],{"class":125},[101,17222,17223],{"class":140},"'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'",[101,17225,524],{"class":125},[101,17227,17228],{"class":114},"?:",[101,17230,17231],{"class":118}," null",[101,17233,4392],{"class":125},[101,17235,17236,17239,17241,17243,17245,17248,17250,17252,17254],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,17237,17238],{"class":140},"'secret'",[101,17240,15545],{"class":114},[101,17242,17218],{"class":133},[101,17244,198],{"class":125},[101,17246,17247],{"class":140},"'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'",[101,17249,524],{"class":125},[101,17251,17228],{"class":114},[101,17253,17231],{"class":118},[101,17255,4392],{"class":125},[11,17257,17258,17259,1441,17261,17264],{},"Do the same for the ",[98,17260,16455],{},[98,17262,17263],{},"dynamodb"," blocks.",[32,17266,17268],{"id":17267},"logs-cloudwatch","Logs → CloudWatch",[11,17270,17271,17272,8238,17275,17277,17278,17281,17282,17285],{},"You already set ",[98,17273,17274],{},"LOG_CHANNEL=stderr",[98,17276,16094],{},". Lambda ships anything on ",[98,17279,17280],{},"stderr"," to ",[40,17283,17284],{},"CloudWatch"," (AWS's log store). No log files, no extra config.",[32,17287,17289],{"id":17288},"give-the-functions-permission","Give the functions permission",[11,17291,17292,17293,17296,17297,786],{},"The functions run under one execution role. Grant it access to the bucket and table you just created, by adding an ",[98,17294,17295],{},"iam"," block inside the existing ",[98,17298,16124],{},[91,17300,17302],{"className":7769,"code":17301,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml (merge into the existing provider: block)\nprovider:\n  iam:\n    role:\n      statements:\n        - Effect: Allow\n          Action: [s3:PutObject, s3:GetObject, s3:DeleteObject]\n          Resource: arn:aws:s3:::acme-app-uploads/*\n        - Effect: Allow\n          Action: [dynamodb:GetItem, dynamodb:PutItem, dynamodb:DeleteItem, dynamodb:UpdateItem]\n          Resource: !GetAtt CacheTable.Arn\n",[98,17303,17304,17309,17315,17322,17329,17336,17349,17371,17381,17391,17417],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,17305,17306],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,17307,17308],{"class":107},"# serverless.yml (merge into the existing provider: block)\n",[101,17310,17311,17313],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,17312,16124],{"class":129},[101,17314,7796],{"class":125},[101,17316,17317,17320],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,17318,17319],{"class":129},"  iam",[101,17321,7796],{"class":125},[101,17323,17324,17327],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,17325,17326],{"class":129},"    role",[101,17328,7796],{"class":125},[101,17330,17331,17334],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,17332,17333],{"class":129},"      statements",[101,17335,7796],{"class":125},[101,17337,17338,17341,17344,17346],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,17339,17340],{"class":125},"        - ",[101,17342,17343],{"class":129},"Effect",[101,17345,2762],{"class":125},[101,17347,17348],{"class":140},"Allow\n",[101,17350,17351,17354,17356,17359,17361,17364,17366,17369],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,17352,17353],{"class":129},"          Action",[101,17355,7811],{"class":125},[101,17357,17358],{"class":140},"s3:PutObject",[101,17360,233],{"class":125},[101,17362,17363],{"class":140},"s3:GetObject",[101,17365,233],{"class":125},[101,17367,17368],{"class":140},"s3:DeleteObject",[101,17370,7817],{"class":125},[101,17372,17373,17376,17378],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,17374,17375],{"class":129},"          Resource",[101,17377,2762],{"class":125},[101,17379,17380],{"class":140},"arn:aws:s3:::acme-app-uploads/*\n",[101,17382,17383,17385,17387,17389],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,17384,17340],{"class":125},[101,17386,17343],{"class":129},[101,17388,2762],{"class":125},[101,17390,17348],{"class":140},[101,17392,17393,17395,17397,17400,17402,17405,17407,17410,17412,17415],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,17394,17353],{"class":129},[101,17396,7811],{"class":125},[101,17398,17399],{"class":140},"dynamodb:GetItem",[101,17401,233],{"class":125},[101,17403,17404],{"class":140},"dynamodb:PutItem",[101,17406,233],{"class":125},[101,17408,17409],{"class":140},"dynamodb:DeleteItem",[101,17411,233],{"class":125},[101,17413,17414],{"class":140},"dynamodb:UpdateItem",[101,17416,7817],{"class":125},[101,17418,17419,17421,17423,17425],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,17420,17375],{"class":129},[101,17422,2762],{"class":125},[101,17424,16468],{"class":114},[101,17426,17427],{"class":140}," CacheTable.Arn\n",[32,17429,17431],{"id":17430},"the-complete-serverlessyml","The complete serverless.yml",[11,17433,17434,17435,17438,17439,17442],{},"You added several fragments above. Here is the whole file assembled, so you can check placement before deploying. You add the ",[98,17436,17437],{},"customDomain"," block (Step 10) and optional ",[98,17440,17441],{},"layers"," (Step 11) later.",[91,17444,17446],{"className":7769,"code":17445,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml\nservice: acme-app\n\nprovider:\n  name: aws\n  region: ap-south-1\n  runtime: provided.al2\n  memorySize: ${param:memory}\n  environment:\n    APP_ENV: production\n    APP_DEBUG: 'false'\n    LOG_CHANNEL: stderr\n  iam:\n    role:\n      statements:\n        - Effect: Allow\n          Action: [s3:PutObject, s3:GetObject, s3:DeleteObject]\n          Resource: arn:aws:s3:::acme-app-uploads/*\n        - Effect: Allow\n          Action: [dynamodb:GetItem, dynamodb:PutItem, dynamodb:DeleteItem, dynamodb:UpdateItem]\n          Resource: !GetAtt CacheTable.Arn\n\nparams:\n  prod:\n    memory: 1024\n    domain: example.com\n  staging:\n    memory: 512\n    domain: staging.example.com\n\nplugins:\n  - ./vendor/bref/bref\n\nfunctions:\n  web:\n    handler: 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",[98,18268,18269],{},"${sls:stage}"," picks the parameter for the stage you deploy:",[91,18272,18274],{"className":7769,"code":18273,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml (expand provider.environment)\nprovider:\n  environment:\n    APP_ENV: production\n    APP_DEBUG: 'false'\n    LOG_CHANNEL: stderr\n    APP_KEY: ${ssm:/acme-app/${sls:stage}/APP_KEY}\n    DB_CONNECTION: mysql\n    DB_HOST: your-db-host.example.com\n    DB_DATABASE: acme\n    DB_USERNAME: acme\n    DB_PASSWORD: ${ssm:/acme-app/${sls:stage}/DB_PASSWORD}\n",[98,18275,18276,18281,18287,18293,18301,18309,18317,18327,18337,18347,18357,18366],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18277,18278],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18279,18280],{"class":107},"# serverless.yml (expand provider.environment)\n",[101,18282,18283,18285],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,18284,16124],{"class":129},[101,18286,7796],{"class":125},[101,18288,18289,18291],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,18290,16174],{"class":129},[101,18292,7796],{"class":125},[101,18294,18295,18297,18299],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,18296,16181],{"class":129},[101,18298,2762],{"class":125},[101,18300,16186],{"class":140},[101,18302,18303,18305,18307],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,18304,16191],{"class":129},[101,18306,2762],{"class":125},[101,18308,16196],{"class":140},[101,18310,18311,18313,18315],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,18312,16201],{"class":129},[101,18314,2762],{"class":125},[101,18316,16206],{"class":140},[101,18318,18319,18322,18324],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,18320,18321],{"class":129},"    APP_KEY",[101,18323,2762],{"class":125},[101,18325,18326],{"class":140},"${ssm:/acme-app/${sls:stage}/APP_KEY}\n",[101,18328,18329,18332,18334],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,18330,18331],{"class":129},"    DB_CONNECTION",[101,18333,2762],{"class":125},[101,18335,18336],{"class":140},"mysql\n",[101,18338,18339,18342,18344],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,18340,18341],{"class":129},"    DB_HOST",[101,18343,2762],{"class":125},[101,18345,18346],{"class":140},"your-db-host.example.com\n",[101,18348,18349,18352,18354],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,18350,18351],{"class":129},"    DB_DATABASE",[101,18353,2762],{"class":125},[101,18355,18356],{"class":140},"acme\n",[101,18358,18359,18362,18364],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,18360,18361],{"class":129},"    DB_USERNAME",[101,18363,2762],{"class":125},[101,18365,18356],{"class":140},[101,18367,18368,18371,18373],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,18369,18370],{"class":129},"    DB_PASSWORD",[101,18372,2762],{"class":125},[101,18374,18375],{"class":140},"${ssm:/acme-app/${sls:stage}/DB_PASSWORD}\n",[11,18377,18378,18379,18382],{},"Serverless resolves ",[98,18380,18381],{},"${ssm:...}"," at deploy time and bakes the values into the function's environment. The running function reads plain env variables, so it never needs SSM access itself; only the deploy identity does (Step 7 grants that).",[75,18384,18385],{},[11,18386,18387,18390,18391,18393,18394,18396],{},[40,18388,18389],{},"Why this matters:"," Miss this and the app boots on Lambda with no ",[98,18392,18178],{}," or database config and returns a 500. The ",[98,18395,8033],{}," you use locally does not travel to Lambda; these variables replace it.",[75,18398,18399],{},[11,18400,18401,18404,18405,8238,18408,18410,18411,18414],{},[40,18402,18403],{},"Simpler alternative."," To keep secrets in GitHub instead, reference ",[98,18406,18407],{},"${env:APP_KEY}",[98,18409,16094],{}," and pass the values to the deploy step in CI (Step 12) with an ",[98,18412,18413],{},"env:"," block. SSM keeps secrets inside AWS and out of your CI provider, which is why it is the default here.",[27,18416,18418],{"id":18417},"step-7-create-the-aws-deploy-user","Step 7: Create the AWS deploy user",[11,18420,18421,18424],{},[98,18422,18423],{},"serverless deploy"," needs AWS credentials of its own. These are separate from the function execution role above.",[5481,18426,18427,18434],{},[224,18428,18429,18430,18433],{},"In the AWS IAM console, create a user ",[98,18431,18432],{},"acme-deploy"," with programmatic access (or an IAM Identity Center permission set for SSO).",[224,18435,18436,18437,18440,18441,18444],{},"Attach the policy below. Paste it as an ",[40,18438,18439],{},"inline policy"," on that user in the IAM console; it is not a file in your project. Start broad, then tighten to ",[98,18442,18443],{},"acme-app-*"," once your first deploy works.",[91,18446,18448],{"className":8467,"code":18447,"language":4078,"meta":96,"style":96},"{\n  \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\",\n  \"Statement\": [{\n    \"Effect\": \"Allow\",\n    \"Action\": [\n      \"cloudformation:*\", \"lambda:*\", \"apigateway:*\", \"iam:*\",\n      \"s3:*\", \"sqs:*\", \"dynamodb:*\", \"events:*\", \"logs:*\",\n      \"ssm:GetParameter\", \"ssm:GetParameters\",\n      \"acm:DescribeCertificate\", \"acm:ListCertificates\"\n    ],\n    \"Resource\": \"*\"\n  }]\n}\n",[98,18449,18450,18454,18466,18474,18486,18493,18515,18542,18554,18564,18568,18578,18583],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18451,18452],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18453,8475],{"class":125},[101,18455,18456,18459,18461,18464],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,18457,18458],{"class":118},"  \"Version\"",[101,18460,2762],{"class":125},[101,18462,18463],{"class":140},"\"2012-10-17\"",[101,18465,4392],{"class":125},[101,18467,18468,18471],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,18469,18470],{"class":118},"  \"Statement\"",[101,18472,18473],{"class":125},": [{\n",[101,18475,18476,18479,18481,18484],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,18477,18478],{"class":118},"    \"Effect\"",[101,18480,2762],{"class":125},[101,18482,18483],{"class":140},"\"Allow\"",[101,18485,4392],{"class":125},[101,18487,18488,18491],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,18489,18490],{"class":118},"    \"Action\"",[101,18492,8483],{"class":125},[101,18494,18495,18498,18500,18503,18505,18508,18510,18513],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,18496,18497],{"class":140},"      \"cloudformation:*\"",[101,18499,233],{"class":125},[101,18501,18502],{"class":140},"\"lambda:*\"",[101,18504,233],{"class":125},[101,18506,18507],{"class":140},"\"apigateway:*\"",[101,18509,233],{"class":125},[101,18511,18512],{"class":140},"\"iam:*\"",[101,18514,4392],{"class":125},[101,18516,18517,18520,18522,18525,18527,18530,18532,18535,18537,18540],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,18518,18519],{"class":140},"      \"s3:*\"",[101,18521,233],{"class":125},[101,18523,18524],{"class":140},"\"sqs:*\"",[101,18526,233],{"class":125},[101,18528,18529],{"class":140},"\"dynamodb:*\"",[101,18531,233],{"class":125},[101,18533,18534],{"class":140},"\"events:*\"",[101,18536,233],{"class":125},[101,18538,18539],{"class":140},"\"logs:*\"",[101,18541,4392],{"class":125},[101,18543,18544,18547,18549,18552],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,18545,18546],{"class":140},"      \"ssm:GetParameter\"",[101,18548,233],{"class":125},[101,18550,18551],{"class":140},"\"ssm:GetParameters\"",[101,18553,4392],{"class":125},[101,18555,18556,18559,18561],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,18557,18558],{"class":140},"      \"acm:DescribeCertificate\"",[101,18560,233],{"class":125},[101,18562,18563],{"class":140},"\"acm:ListCertificates\"\n",[101,18565,18566],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,18567,6526],{"class":125},[101,18569,18570,18573,18575],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,18571,18572],{"class":118},"    \"Resource\"",[101,18574,2762],{"class":125},[101,18576,18577],{"class":140},"\"*\"\n",[101,18579,18580],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,18581,18582],{"class":125},"  }]\n",[101,18584,18585],{"class":103,"line":1769},[101,18586,341],{"class":125},[5481,18588,18589],{"start":152},[224,18590,18591],{},"Save the credentials as a local profile so the CLI can read them:",[91,18593,18595],{"className":5586,"code":18594,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"aws configure --profile acme-deploy # paste the access key and secret\nexport AWS_PROFILE=acme-deploy\n",[98,18596,18597,18613],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18598,18599,18601,18604,18607,18610],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18600,18201],{"class":133},[101,18602,18603],{"class":140}," configure",[101,18605,18606],{"class":118}," --profile",[101,18608,18609],{"class":140}," acme-deploy",[101,18611,18612],{"class":107}," # paste the access key and secret\n",[101,18614,18615,18617,18620,18622],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,18616,10187],{"class":114},[101,18618,18619],{"class":125}," AWS_PROFILE",[101,18621,137],{"class":114},[101,18623,18624],{"class":125},"acme-deploy\n",[75,18626,18627],{},[11,18628,18629,18632,18633,18266,18635,18638,18639,18642],{},[40,18630,18631],{},"Deploy keys never go in the app."," They live only on your machine or in CI. Lambda uses its own role at runtime, so keep these out of ",[98,18634,8033],{},[98,18636,18637],{},"iam:*"," is in the policy because the deploy creates that execution role for you, and ",[98,18640,18641],{},"ssm:GetParameter"," lets it resolve the secrets from Step 6.",[27,18644,18646],{"id":18645},"step-8-deploy-and-verify","Step 8: Deploy and verify",[91,18648,18650],{"className":5586,"code":18649,"language":5588,"meta":96,"style":96},"serverless deploy --stage prod\n",[98,18651,18652],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18653,18654,18656,18659,18662],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18655,16085],{"class":133},[101,18657,18658],{"class":140}," deploy",[101,18660,18661],{"class":118}," --stage",[101,18663,18664],{"class":140}," prod\n",[11,18666,18667,18668,18671],{},"The output prints the API Gateway URL, like ",[98,18669,18670],{},"https://abc123.execute-api.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com",". Verify every part:",[400,18673,18674,18684],{},[403,18675,18676],{},[406,18677,18678,18680,18682],{},[409,18679,7478],{},[409,18681,7481],{},[409,18683,7484],{},[416,18685,18686,18701,18718,18731],{},[406,18687,18688,18691,18696],{},[421,18689,18690],{},"Web",[421,18692,18693],{},[98,18694,18695],{},"curl \u003Curl>/health",[421,18697,18698],{},[98,18699,18700],{},"{\"ok\":true,...}",[406,18702,18703,18706,18712],{},[421,18704,18705],{},"Cache + session",[421,18707,18708,18711],{},[98,18709,18710],{},"curl \u003Curl>/counter"," twice",[421,18713,18714,18717],{},[98,18715,18716],{},"hits"," increases (DynamoDB works)",[406,18719,18720,18723,18728],{},[421,18721,18722],{},"Queue",[421,18724,18725],{},[98,18726,18727],{},"curl -F file=@photo.jpg \u003Curl>/uploads",[421,18729,18730],{},"file in S3, \"Processing upload\" in CloudWatch",[406,18732,18733,18735,18738],{},[421,18734,15686],{},[421,18736,18737],{},"wait 1 min, check console logs",[421,18739,18740],{},"heartbeat line appears",[75,18742,18743],{},[11,18744,18745,18748,18749,18752],{},[40,18746,18747],{},"Keep the package under 250 MB."," Lambda's unzipped limit is 250 MB, and ",[98,18750,18751],{},"aws/aws-sdk-php"," alone can use over 100 MB. A Laravel app needs only S3, SQS, and DynamoDB, so prune the unused SDK services in a Composer step to stay small and cut cold starts.",[27,18754,18756],{"id":18755},"step-9-serve-static-assets-from-s3-not-lambda","Step 9: Serve static assets from S3, not Lambda",[11,18758,18759,18760,18763,18764,18767],{},"Lambda ",[15315,18761,18762],{},"can"," serve your CSS and JS, but every request wakes a function and burns runtime. For production, serve assets from S3 through ",[40,18765,18766],{},"CloudFront"," (AWS's CDN). This is one-time infrastructure; the CI pipeline in Step 12 does the actual build and upload on every deploy.",[11,18769,18770],{},"Set it up once:",[5481,18772,18773,18779,18785],{},[224,18774,18775,18776,1662],{},"Create an S3 bucket for assets, for example ",[98,18777,18778],{},"acme-app-assets",[224,18780,18781,18782,1662],{},"Create a CloudFront distribution with that bucket as its origin, on a subdomain like ",[98,18783,18784],{},"assets.example.com",[224,18786,18787],{},"Point Laravel at the CDN:",[91,18789,18791],{"className":6197,"code":18790,"language":6199,"meta":96,"style":96},"# .env\nASSET_URL=https://assets.example.com\n",[98,18792,18793,18797],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18794,18795],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18796,16766],{},[101,18798,18799],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,18800,18801],{},"ASSET_URL=https://assets.example.com\n",[11,18803,18804,18805,18808,18809,18812],{},"Now ",[98,18806,18807],{},"asset()"," and Vite URLs resolve to CloudFront, so browsers never hit Lambda for a stylesheet. On each deploy, CI uploads the built files with ",[98,18810,18811],{},"aws s3 sync public/build s3://acme-app-assets/build"," (see Step 12).",[75,18814,18815],{},[11,18816,18817,18820,18821,18823],{},[40,18818,18819],{},"Images or PDFs return a 500?"," Add ",[98,18822,16667],{}," to the web function (already in the config above). API Gateway needs binary responses base64-encoded, and Bref only does that with this flag.",[75,18825,18826],{},[11,18827,18828,18833],{},[40,18829,18830,18831,1662],{},"On updates, never use ",[98,18832,8000],{}," Old browser tabs still request the previous hashed files during a rollout. Leave old assets in place and clean up later.",[27,18835,18837],{"id":18836},"step-10-add-a-custom-domain-cloudflare-acm","Step 10: Add a custom domain (Cloudflare + ACM)",[11,18839,18840,18841,18843,18844,1662],{},"You want ",[98,18842,5371],{}," instead of the API Gateway hostname. You need admin access to the domain in Cloudflare, because you add DNS records there by hand. New to DNS records? See ",[21,18845,7132],{"href":7131},[5481,18847,18848],{},[224,18849,18850,18851,18854,18855,1662],{},"In ",[40,18852,18853],{},"ACM"," (AWS Certificate Manager, free TLS certificates), request a certificate for ",[98,18856,5371],{},[75,18858,18859],{},[11,18860,18861,18864,18865,18867,18868,18871,18872,18874],{},[40,18862,18863],{},"Region matters."," For a regional HTTP API, the certificate must be in the API's region (",[98,18866,15263],{},"), not ",[98,18869,18870],{},"us-east-1",". The ",[98,18873,18870],{}," rule is only for CloudFront.",[5481,18876,18877,18880],{"start":111},[224,18878,18879],{},"ACM gives you a CNAME to prove ownership. Add it in Cloudflare and wait for the certificate to validate.",[224,18881,18882,18883,18886,18887,18889,18890,18892],{},"Add the domain plugin and a ",[98,18884,18885],{},"custom"," block to ",[98,18888,16094],{},". The domain reads from the per-stage ",[98,18891,16220],{}," you set in Step 4:",[91,18894,18896],{"className":7769,"code":18895,"language":7771,"meta":96,"style":96},"# serverless.yml (add the plugin and a top-level custom: block)\nplugins:\n  - ./vendor/bref/bref\n  - serverless-domain-manager\n\ncustom:\n  customDomain:\n    domainName: ${param:domain} # example.com for prod, from params\n    certificateArn: arn:aws:acm:ap-south-1:123456789012:certificate/abcd-1234\n    endpointType: regional\n    apiType: http\n    createRoute53Record: false # you use Cloudflare, not Route 53\n",[98,18897,18898,18903,18909,18915,18922,18926,18932,18939,18952,18962,18972,18982],{"__ignoreMap":96},[101,18899,18900],{"class":103,"line":104},[101,18901,18902],{"class":107},"# serverless.yml (add the plugin and a top-level custom: block)\n",[101,18904,18905,18907],{"class":103,"line":111},[101,18906,16286],{"class":129},[101,18908,7796],{"class":125},[101,18910,18911,18913],{"class":103,"line":152},[101,18912,16294],{"class":125},[101,18914,16297],{"class":140},[101,18916,18917,18919],{"class":103,"line":159},[101,18918,16294],{"class":125},[101,18920,18921],{"class":140},"serverless-domain-manager\n",[101,18923,18924],{"class":103,"line":165},[101,18925,156],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":155},[101,18927,18928,18930],{"class":103,"line":186},[101,18929,18885],{"class":129},[101,18931,7796],{"class":125},[101,18933,18934,18937],{"class":103,"line":723},[101,18935,18936],{"class":129},"  customDomain",[101,18938,7796],{"class":125},[101,18940,18941,18944,18946,18949],{"class":103,"line":759},[101,18942,18943],{"class":129},"    domainName",[101,18945,2762],{"class":125},[101,18947,18948],{"class":140},"${param:domain}",[101,18950,18951],{"class":107}," # example.com for prod, from params\n",[101,18953,18954,18957,18959],{"class":103,"line":769},[101,18955,18956],{"class":129},"    certificateArn",[101,18958,2762],{"class":125},[101,18960,18961],{"class":140},"arn:aws:acm:ap-south-1:123456789012:certificate/abcd-1234\n",[101,18963,18964,18967,18969],{"class":103,"line":797},[101,18965,18966],{"class":129},"    endpointType",[101,18968,2762],{"class":125},[101,18970,18971],{"class":140},"regional\n",[101,18973,18974,18977,18979],{"class":103,"line":807},[101,18975,18976],{"class":129},"    apiType",[101,18978,2762],{"class":125},[101,18980,18981],{"class":140},"http\n",[101,18983,18984,18987,18989,18991],{"class":103,"line":813},[101,18985,18986],{"class":129},"    createRoute53Record",[101,18988,2762],{"class":125},[101,18990,1468],{"class":118},[101,18992,18993],{"class":107}," # you use Cloudflare, not Route 53\n",[5481,18995,18996,19005],{"start":159},[224,18997,8196,18998,19001,19002,1662],{},[98,18999,19000],{},"serverless create_domain"," once. It prints a target like ",[98,19003,19004],{},"d-xxxx.execute-api.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com",[224,19006,19007,19008,19010],{},"In Cloudflare, add a CNAME from ",[98,19009,5371],{}," to that target. If you proxy through Cloudflare, set SSL mode to Full.",[75,19012,19013],{},[11,19014,19015,19018],{},[40,19016,19017],{},"Migrating an existing app?"," Flip DNS last. Deploy and test on the API Gateway URL first, lower your Cloudflare record's TTL a day ahead, then switch the CNAME.",[27,19020,19022],{"id":19021},"step-11-add-php-extensions-and-raise-upload-limits-if-needed","Step 11: Add PHP extensions and raise upload limits (if needed)",[11,19024,19025,19026,19029,19030,19033,19034,19037],{},"Bref's base layer is lean. It has no ",[40,19027,19028],{},"GD"," (image library) or ",[40,19031,19032],{},"intl",", and small upload limits. 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