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@harper.fast
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One system built on Node.js. Breakthrough web performance. Database, cache, messaging, & applications fused into one runtime. www.harper.fast

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Harper @harper.fast · 28/08/2026
Built a live sports scoring app where the DB is the MQTT broker. No separate broker, no glue code, in-process ingest with real server-side timings shown on screen. Powered by Harper. Read more: www.harper.fast/resources/the-topic-is-the-record-real-time-fan-out-without-a-broker-a-bridge-and-a-cache
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Harper @harper.fast · 25/08/2026
Every network hop in your architecture has a cost: latency, complexity, failure modes, and dollars. Harper takes a different approach: put the database, cache, messaging, and application runtime in one process to remove the distance. www.harper.fast/resources/th...
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Harper @harper.fast · 06/08/2026
🚀 Harper 5.2 is available now! Get 5–8× faster warm reads, more predictable performance under heavy writes, and more throughput per node—with fewer systems to manage. See what’s new: www.harper.fast/resources/ha...
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Harper @harper.fast · 14/07/2026
Web personalization is a platform decision. Architecture determines data freshness, latency, operational complexity, crawler visibility, and cost at scale. We compared five common approaches and the tradeoffs behind each: www.harper.fast/resources/fi... #SoftwareArchitecture
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Harper @harper.fast · 12/05/2026
We’re going LIVE to build the ultimate river flow forecasting app. We're fusing live USGS stream gauges + snowpack data with an AI agent to predict flows based on historic records. We're also building a personal river log feature! 📝🤖 buff.ly/0MDNz4J
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Harper @harper.fast · 20/03/2026
From pro drummer to open source maintainer. Trezy shares his path into software engineering, work on PixiJS, thoughts on AT Protocol + Bluesky, and why data sovereignty matters for devs. Great insights for builders 👇 www.harper.fast/resources/in... #OpenSource #GameDev #ATProtocol
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Harper @harper.fast · 12/03/2026
Your tech stack wasn't built for AI coding agents. A unified runtime was. Start every project with npm create harper@latest #aicodingagent #claudecode #agenticengineering #unifiedruntime #harperdb #fullstackdev #devtools #vibecoding
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Harper @harper.fast · 19/02/2026
Open source doesn’t maintain itself. We talked with Jordan Harband (@LJHarb), TC39 member, NVM maintainer, and 500+ NPM packages, about JavaScript standards, dependency security, and the realities of OSS. buff.ly/GlXr9pz #OpenSource #JavaScript #WebDevelopment
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Harper @harper.fast · 06/01/2026
🎉 We’re honored! Harper has been named to Built In’s 2026 Best Places to Work in Colorado — including Best Startup and Best Overall. Huge thanks to the Harper team for making this possible 💜 buff.ly/WnRWVHJ
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Harper @harper.fast · 16/12/2025
In our latest podcast, Austin Akers sits down with Ivan Hudson, to break down how modern teams can combine real-time data, edge computing, and machine learning to build smarter, faster applications. 👉 Full video on our website: www.harper.fast/resources/tu... #Harper #AI #EdgeComputing
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Harper @harper.fast · 04/11/2025
Discover how Harper’s new pre-rendering template boosts website SEO and performance. Learn how edge delivery, orchestration, and Puppeteer rendering enable lightning-fast static pages and seamless scalability for modern React applications. Watch now: buff.ly/bPJJAeH
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Harper @harper.fast · 30/10/2025
“Building something simple is hard.” — Kris Zyp Meet Harper Fabric (open beta): unified orchestration for distributed apps & data. Simpler deployments and scaling. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/OIx6yGc #DistributedApps #OpenBeta
Graphic for a blog titled “Introducing Harper Fabric: Unified Infrastructure for Distributed Apps.” The image features a glowing digital background with neon blue and pink network lines connecting servers and a laptop displaying a “Deploy Application” button. The Harper logo appears in the bottom left corner. The design conveys themes of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern app deployment.
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Harper @harper.fast · 16/10/2025
🎉 Congrats to Ethan Arrowood for winning the Leading by Example JavaScriptLandia Award from the @openjsf at #JSConf 2025! Ethan’s impact spans the JS ecosystem — from @nodejs, Undici, and WinterCG to his leadership within OpenJS and contributions to Harper’s open-source efforts. 👉 buff.ly/YnbgF5o
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Harper @harper.fast · 16/10/2025
🚀 Big news from #JSConf! Harper is now open source!🎉 Stephen Goldberg & @kriszyp.bsky.social dropped the announcement live on stage, and our “High Octane. Open Source.” coffee bar kept devs buzzing. ☕️ Dive in → harper.fast/start
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Harper @harper.fast · 13/10/2025
Bags packed. Coffee secured. Demos ready. Harper lands at #JSConf2025 tomorrow and we can’t wait to meet you. 📍 Chesapeake Bay, Oct 14–16 👉 buff.ly/tdLeNS3 #JavaScriptCommunity
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Harper @harper.fast · 08/10/2025
JSConf 2025 is almost here 👀 Harper’s sponsoring again, and we’re fired up for the chaos: talks, devs, ideas, and coffee. 📍 Chesapeake Bay, Oct 14–16 🎟️ buff.ly/Vhti0zB #JavaScript #OpenJS
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Harper @harper.fast · 03/09/2025
The real JSConf stack: ☑ JavaScript ☑ Friends ☑ Conference coffee Harper’s proud to sponsor #JSConf2025—let’s code, connect, and caffeinate.📍 Chesapeake Bay, Oct 14–16 👉 buff.ly/tdLeNS3 #JavaScript
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Harper @harper.fast · 20/08/2025
📌 If you missed it yesterday: Our guide to building calendar apps with Harper One GraphQL schema gets you scheduling, conflict detection, and real-time updates without managing multiple services. 📅 buff.ly/WtBC6g9
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Harper @harper.fast · 19/08/2025
🚨 NEW ARTICLE ✨ We just wrote about building calendar apps with Harper. One GraphQL schema gets you scheduling, conflict detection, and real-time updates without managing multiple services. 📅 Read here ➡️ buff.ly/lQQlLW2
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Harper @harper.fast · 15/08/2025
🚨 NEW ARTICLE ✨ Traditional e-commerce setup: ❌ Redis + Kafka + crossed fingers 🤞 ❌ 3am debugging sessions 😴 ❌ Complex service coordination 🤯 Harper's approach: ✅ One schema file 📝 ✅ Everything auto-generated ⚡ ✅ Just works 🎯 buff.ly/wxgYCYi
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Harper @harper.fast · 13/08/2025
Harper is sponsoring JSConf North America 2025 🎉 We’re all in on this amazing JavaScript community—ideas, hallway chaos, and all. 🗓️ Oct 14–16 📍 Chesapeake Bay, MD 👉 buff.ly/Vhti0zB #OpenJS
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Harper @harper.fast · 12/08/2025
Redirects are boring. Or… are they? With Akamai + Harper: ✱ Redirects resolve fast ✱ 103 Early Hints for instant preloads ✱ LCP improved by over 1s No origin load. No delay. Just speed. 🔗 Dive in: buff.ly/D7kzq8o
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Harper @harper.fast · 11/08/2025
🚨 Webinar tomorrow! Learn how Early Hints can speed up LCP & TTFB. Join us Tues 12pm ET/9am PT with Harper’s Jaxon Repp, Akamai’s Brian Apley & SearchSide’s Martin Spiek. buff.ly/ZKOlEJC
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Harper @harper.fast · 08/08/2025
Faster product pages = more revenue. But how much more? 1️⃣ Enter your traffic, CVR & LCP 2️⃣ See how seconds = $$$ 3️⃣ Learn why Harper beats legacy backends 👉 Try the calculator: buff.ly/PVFhT7F Then get a free performance analysis.
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Harper @harper.fast · 07/08/2025
🚨 NEW ARTICLE ✨ Why social platforms need 5 services for a follow button? 🤯 Harper combines database + cache + messaging in one process ⚡ Sub-millisecond response times 🚀 Building social graphs with Harper's API 👇 buff.ly/KKnBrO8
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Harper @harper.fast · 06/08/2025
Most teams fail with Early Hints because they don't know where they fit or how to deliver them from the edge. Join us Aug 12 to learn what they do, when they work, and where CDNs/frameworks are going. 🎟️ Free Webinar → buff.ly/QucQujF
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Harper @harper.fast · 05/08/2025
E‑commerce teams shouldn’t have to choose between speed and freshness. This blog shows how Harper lets you prerender static content and inject live data at request time—for faster, fresher pages at scale. Read more → buff.ly/AXzyBk1 #WebPerf #Ecommerce
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Harper @harper.fast · 04/08/2025
You can clone a key fob with a $100 device. That’s RF hacking—and it’s just one challenge at DEF CON’s RF CTF. Chris Nelson breaks down how it works, how to get started, and why the RF Village is the friendliest place to learn. 🔗 buff.ly/wa9VBJD #DEFCON #RFHacking #Cybersecurity
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Harper @harper.fast · 31/07/2025
GraphQL adoption is exploding, and so are cloud and CDN costs. The issue isn’t the query—it’s how you serve it. Here’s how to avoid the hidden costs:🔗 buff.ly/MlRWVWG
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Harper @harper.fast · 29/07/2025
Every 100ms of latency costs Amazon 1% in revenue. If your site loads in 2.5s, you're bleeding money. ➤ Fast = Findable (SEO) ➤ Fast = Clickable (ads) ➤ Fast = Buyable (CRO) Harper’s EVP Drew Chambers explains why performance is a growth channel, not just infra. 📖 buff.ly/dZQE46T #ecommerce #web
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Harper @harper.fast · 28/07/2025
SEO isn’t just content anymore. As Google leans into performance-driven search, technical SEO is making a comeback. Speed, structure, mobile-first design — they’re not just dev concerns. They’re your growth engine. 🎥 with Drew Chambers #SEO #TechnicalSEO #CoreWebVitals
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Harper @harper.fast · 24/07/2025
Google’s new SEO north star? INP—Interaction to Next Paint. It measures how responsive your site feels in real life. What’s inside: ➤ Why INP replaced FID ➤ What impacts your score ➤ How to improve it 👉 buff.ly/Gkt5KyY #SEO #CoreWebVitals #INP
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Harper @harper.fast · 23/07/2025
✈️ Fast delivery isn’t just for web pages. A 3GB PDF can ground a plane if it’s not cached locally. Harper’s fused stack serves content from memory + edge—no network hops, no delay. When minutes matter, proximity wins. #EdgeComputing #FusedStack #Harper arper
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Harper @harper.fast · 18/07/2025
Want better LCP? Start by asking: ➤ What am I trying to improve? ➤ What’s my target? ➤ What’s my budget? ➤ Can my stack handle it? In this clip, Jeff Darnton explains why baseline measurement and performance budgeting should come before chasing metrics like LCP or TTFB.
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Harper @harper.fast · 15/07/2025
A 2.4s LCP might pass Core Web Vitals, but a 700ms LCP wins more revenue. Harper’s fused stack delivers sub-700ms performance at scale—no cache gymnastics required.Speed is no longer polish. It’s pipeline. 📖 Read: buff.ly/QFmz9Vl
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Harper @harper.fast · 14/07/2025
What used to take 1,000 lines of code now takes 200. + 40ms in-stack advantage (lower latency) With Harper, apps just run faster—by default. From Harper's Field CTO, Jaxon Repp. See the full conversation: buff.ly/rbKAugw
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Harper @harper.fast · 10/07/2025
If your AI takes 2 seconds to respond, you're losing conversions. E-commerce search needs speed—every 100ms counts. ➤ Vector search at the edge ➤ Semantic caching to skip inference ➤ Instant relevance = higher revenue Full article → buff.ly/bcsHzpQ
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Harper @harper.fast · 03/07/2025
🚀 Harper 4.6 now has native vector search with HNSW built-in 🚨 No more external vector databases. Build semantic search, RAG pipelines, and recommendation engines all in one runtime. 🤩 ✨ Fast queries, accurate results, zero infrastructure overhead. 🩵 🔗 buff.ly/QbTrjMW
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Harper @harper.fast · 02/07/2025
Harper now has an officially listed MCP server. Unlike others, our MCP runs in-process with the database — no external fetches, no I/O lag. You get lower latency, higher throughput, and a simpler architecture. See the announcement: buff.ly/rDq6ble #MCP #LLMInfra
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Harper @harper.fast · 30/06/2025
Harper 4.6 is here—and it’s built for AI at the edge. ➤ Vector search, built in ➤ Semantic caching, simplified ➤ Live component updates via Plugins API Smarter apps. Faster queries. No added complexity. Full post → buff.ly/eqqegyE
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Harper @harper.fast · 25/06/2025
In case you missed it, Ethan and Austin shared what it really takes to self-host Next.js at RenderATL. This goes way beyond "next start" Check out their talk: buff.ly/26sgTwN
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Harper @harper.fast · 24/06/2025
Harper 4.6 is almost here. Join our webinar on July 8 to explore native vector indexing, better logging, and performance upgrades—built for real-time AI apps. Hosted by Nenne & Jaxon 📍July 8th - 12pm ET / 9am PT Register: buff.ly/pwzeepX
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Harper @harper.fast · 18/06/2025
🔥 What if your database tables were MQTT topics? Instead of juggling separate systems: ❌ Database + Message Broker + Sync Logic ✅ Database tables AS message topics No more polling. No more sync issues. Just pure real-time data. Read more: buff.ly/Iug28pQ
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Harper @harper.fast · 17/06/2025
Mid-June feels early to talk holiday traffic… Until your product pages are melting under 40× load, and some bot is draining your gift card API. Smart devs start prepping now. Here are 7 no-BS strategies to help you survive the surge: buff.ly/VzM83YG
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Harper @harper.fast · 12/06/2025
We didn’t ask for this. We didn’t sponsor it. Jim O’Connell found Harper, explored our fused stack, and built a working radiation monitor. This is exactly the kind of creative energy we’re here to support 💜 👉 buff.ly/zBuy60c
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Harper @harper.fast · 05/06/2025
Want better LCP + SEO? Learn how Preload, Preconnect, and Early Hints speed up your site with this demo from Joe Yoo. buff.ly/7RlBXwm
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Harper @harper.fast · 03/06/2025
Monolith? Microservices? There’s a better way. 🔥 Meet the Microlith — the future of high-performance architecture. ▶ Less latency ▶ Less code ▶ More scale Especially valuable for data-heavy apps that need to move FAST. 🧠 Read the Blog → buff.ly/tcjosbD
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Harper @harper.fast · 27/05/2025
🚨 New article: Building Multi-Tenant Asset Management with Harper Blobs ✨ Here, we covered the following: ✅ Schema design for tenant isolation ✅ Streaming large files efficiently ✅ Edge distribution strategies ✅ Security models that scale Read here ➡️ buff.ly/zgqLcOb
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Harper @harper.fast · 22/05/2025
Your e-commerce product pages may be leaving money on the table. AI personalization lets you rewrite product copy, reorder features, and target cohorts with personalizations that boost conversions. And no, it doesn’t have to slow down your site. Learn how: buff.ly/86HyHlI #ecommerce #AI
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Harper @harper.fast · 20/05/2025
Still reaching for Redis? What if your database just handled caching—no extra setup, no glue code, no ops? Harper does exactly that. Learn why devs are ditching Redis for Harper. 👉 buff.ly/fYO0Mue #webdev #backend #Redis #developers #startups #caching #Harper
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