Build with Node.js

Create a project (quickstart), open the Connect tab, and copy your .env. Then wire it up:

The full wiring

npm install hono @hono/node-server postgres ioredis @aws-sdk/client-s3 jose

import { Hono } from 'hono';
import postgres from 'postgres';
import Redis from 'ioredis';
import { createRemoteJWKSet, jwtVerify } from 'jose';

const sql = postgres(process.env.DATABASE_URL!, { ssl: 'require' });
const redis = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL!);
const jwks = createRemoteJWKSet(new URL(`${process.env.AUTH_URL}/.well-known/jwks.json`));

const app = new Hono();

// Auth middleware — verify ImpulseAuth JWTs
app.use('/api/*', async (c, next) => {
  const token = c.req.header('Authorization')?.replace('Bearer ', '');
  if (!token) return c.text('unauthorized', 401);
  const { payload } = await jwtVerify(token, jwks);
  c.set('userId', payload.sub);
  await next();
});

app.get('/api/todos', async (c) => {
  const cached = await redis.get(`todos:${c.get('userId')}`);
  if (cached) return c.json(JSON.parse(cached));
  const todos = await sql`select * from todos where user_id = ${c.get('userId')}`;
  await redis.set(`todos:${c.get('userId')}`, JSON.stringify(todos), 'EX', 30);
  return c.json(todos);
});

Background work

Publish jobs to ImpulseMessaging and consume them in a worker process — same .env, second systemd unit.

Host it on Impulse

A Cloud VPS with systemd + Nginx is the natural home: node server.js under a unit file, TLS at the proxy. Deploy with git pull or rsync from CI.

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