The architecture behind Web3DSurvey, two Cloud Run services, a partitioned BigQuery store, and a transparent JSON cache that let me report real-world WebGL and WebGPU support for a few dollars a month.
Ben Houston •
TanStack Start runs on Nitro, and Nitro's default Node output can split server code across many files. On Google Cloud Run, that file fan-out can add seconds to cold starts. Bundling the server and pre-warming Node's compile cache reduced first render time on this site.
Ben Houston •
New in Node 25 is the node compile cache, which can deliver a 20% to 30% boost in server start-up time. I built `node-prewarm` to make that practical on real projects with minimal changes.
Ben Houston •
I moved my projects from Kubernetes to Google Cloud Run because I did not want to pay for cluster operations, idle capacity, and job-running infrastructure.
Ben Houston •
Web3DSurvey is a tool for 3D web developers that tracks and aggregates WebGL, WebGL2, and WebGPU capabilities providing valuable insights into real-world support for these features.
Ben Houston •