Nx Cache Invalidation: Why Your Cache Misses and How to Fix It
Learn how Nx hashes task inputs, why cache misses and false hits happen, and how to fix them with named inputs, env inputs, and correct outputs.
15 min read
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monorepo
Shared API Contracts in a Monorepo: Share the Schema, Not DTOs
Learn to share API contracts across monorepo services using OpenAPI as the source of truth, generated types, and CI checks that catch breaking changes.
13 min read
Nx NestJS Monorepo: Shared DTO Libraries and Service Boundaries
Build backend services with Nx and NestJS: lay out apps and libs, share DTO contracts safely, enforce module boundaries, and use affected builds and caching.
13 min read
Monorepo CI: Keeping Pipelines Fast as the Repository Grows
Learn how to keep monorepo CI fast with affected builds, correctly keyed caches, deliberate parallelism, and a full-build safety net against graph drift.
14 min read
How to Estimate CI Time Savings from a Monorepo Build Cache
Build a simple, explicit savings model for a monorepo build cache: measure task durations, estimate hit rate honestly, subtract overhead, and report a range.
13 min read
Nx Caching Explained: Local and Remote Computation Caching
Learn how Nx caching hashes task inputs, restores outputs, and when local or remote caching saves CI time, and how to audit inputs and outputs so it stays correct.
14 min read
Nx Affected: Build and Test Only What Changed in Your Monorepo
Learn how nx affected uses the project graph and base commit to scope CI runs, how to fix graph gaps, pick base SHAs, and when to run everything.
15 min read
The Nx Project Graph Explained: Detection, Inference and Debugging
Learn how the Nx project graph is built, cached and inspected, how it drives affected commands and caching, and how to debug missing or extra edges.
16 min read
Nx CI Optimization: Affected Builds and Remote Caching Explained
Learn how nx affected and the Nx cache cut CI time, how to configure inputs, outputs and diff bases correctly, and when remote caching is worth it.
14 min read
Nx Workspace Setup: From Empty Folder to a Cached First Build
Choose between create-nx-workspace and nx init, read the workspace layout, inspect the project graph, and confirm caching works on your first Nx build.
12 min read
Monorepo vs Polyrepo: A Decision Framework for Engineering Teams
Monorepo vs polyrepo compared by coordination cost: code sharing, tooling cost, ownership, deploys, a scoring framework, and how to migrate safely.
12 min read
Nx CI Optimization: Affected Builds and Remote Caching in Practice
Learn how nx affected and a correctly configured remote cache make CI faster, how to set inputs and outputs, and when caching gives stale or wrong results.
14 min read