Iurii Uses: #BullMQ

vatnode.dev – EU VAT Validation API

Developer-first SaaS API for EU VAT validation via VIES with Redis caching, change monitoring, and webhook notifications.

pikkuna.fi – E-commerce for Vinyl Curtains & PVC Products

E-commerce platform with 30 locales, product configurators, AI chatbot, and fully automated order flow: Stripe → Zoho CRM → Airtable → Mailgun → PDF.

How to call a logistics provider’s API from an order-processing worker, and why some booking APIs answer immediately and others don’t.

Production healthcheck endpoints: liveness vs readiness probes, dependency checks with timeouts, 200 vs 503 logic, Docker and Kubernetes config, and security.

BullMQ vs pg-boss vs node-cron for Node.js background jobs. Trade-offs between Redis and Postgres queues, retries, deduplication, and production monitoring.

PostNord API and Zoho Desk automation for EU e-commerce, and the gotchas to watch for: 200 OK empty arrays, EU data center URLs, token caching.

E-commerce order automation that cut 160+ hours/month of manual work to zero: Stripe webhook to VAT invoice and tracking in under 2 minutes.

40+ point production SaaS checklist: auth, Stripe billing, PostgreSQL, rate limiting, email, monitoring, and security – with honest 8-week build estimates.

Stripe webhook production architecture: idempotency keys in PostgreSQL and Redis, a BullMQ queue, and signature verification in Next.js App Router.