Missing knowledge and Independent Learning

AI

• n8n: Setting up a self-hosted n8n instance via Docker. Workflows and sub-workflows. How code interfaces with an n8n workflow. How credentials are setup in an n8n workflow development environment. How to define and integrate variables into n8n nodes. n8n
• Google Cloud & Gemini: How to setup an n8n node with Gemini. How to use n8n with a Google Cloud project to setup email sending via gmail through a n8n workflow. n8n

Frontend

• Figma: Collaborative design platform for brainstorming, user flows, design systems, wireframes and mockups. Figma
• Design Systems: Set of building blocks and standards that keep the look and feel of products and experiences consistent. Design Systems
• Expo Router: File-based router for React Native and web applications. Expo Router
• Expo Development Build: A version of Expo Go for production apps. Expo Development Build
• Tailwind: Utility-first CSS framework packed with classes. Tailwind
• Nativewind: Brings Tailwind-like experience adapted for React Native. Nativewind
• React Native Reusables: A component library providing consistent styling, structure and naming conventions. RNR
• Lucide Icons: Open-source Icon Library used by RNR. Lucide
• Victory Native: A charting library for React Native with a focus on performance and customization. Victory Native

Backend

• Tailwind: Framework to help style HTML pages instead of using CSS
• Prettier: Code formatter
• React: React is a JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces by breaking them into reusable components. It efficiently updates the webpage when data changes using a virtual DOM.
• Azure: Specifically the communications services section, responsible for email integration.
• Node.js: Javascript runtime that allows us to run javascript code from the server.
• Sentry: Error tracking and performance monitoring tool. Helps to detect errors happening in the system.
• Postmark: Forwards emails to a backend endpoint.
• ngrok: Expose local port as a https url, used for testing in development.
• Hono: A web framework for Node.js. It's used to build the API routing (like in Manual Claims) and manage request context through middleware.
• Better-Auth: Authenticaion framework for Typescript with built-in auth features like session management and cookie handling.

Other

Local GitHub Action Runner: Because we used a private repository, we don't have infinite GitHub Action Runner minutes. To resolve this issue, I learnt how to setup a local action runner on my home server. I also added a GitHub Action Controller to automatically scale to handle the necessary workflows using Kubernetes.