r/node • • 16h ago

Running dedicated game servers in Node for a browser racing game, where players open their own

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Voltane is a browser RC-car racing game. The race rooms run in Node, and since this week players can open their own dedicated servers: a name, a programme of tracks (including circuits other players built), their rules, open or private.

A few things that mattered:

  • Rooms go lobby → loading → countdown, and the countdown waits until every connected player has finished loading (with a time limit so one slow phone can't hold everyone).
  • Updates are announced 2 minutes before a new server version, so nobody gets cut mid-race.
  • The same simulation package runs on the server and in the browser.

Play or open a server: playvoltane.com


r/node • • 5h ago

Junior Devs Who Got Hired 2026 - What Made You Get In?

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Hey,

So I self studied full stack development since the beginning of the year, I'm applying for few months already.

I work as a guard in a security company. I created a shift management app with Next.js (JS/Node.js/TS/React), where the guards send their availability with notes for the next week, and the manager sees everything in one place, per building.

I'm having a hard time finding a job. I got one change, I passed home exam with language I didnt work with, but after that I did not pass the HR interview (she told me where I fell, it is fixable for the next interview).

I don't even know what to do, I feel like giving up. I tried to build a task manager app for my home recurring tasks, with AI native, I just told him to give me commit names and I picked what he needs to do, it feels like these days I'm not even needed.

Please help me guys!


r/node • • 20h ago

Built my own TOTP authentication library in Node.js + TypeScript

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r/node • • 4h ago

I built flaregram — a tiny (~19 kB) Telegram bot framework that runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers' free tier

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r/node • • 10h ago

Has anyone recently placed a US Domino’s order with the `dominos` Node package? Validation works; placement requires verification

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I’m building a small keyboard-driven ordering app around `RIAEvangelist/node-dominos-pizza-api` (`dominos` 3.3.1), following its Customer → store → menu → Item → Order → validate → price → payment → place sequence.

On October 26, 2026, US store discovery, menu loading, validation and pricing worked. A carryout order’s card payment matched the returned total. But `POST /power/place-order` returned HTTP 200 with top-level and nested status -1:

```text

recaptchaVerificationRequired

googleRecaptchaScore: TokenMissing

blockedByRecaptcha: true

googleRecaptchaActions: { action: null, expectedAction: null }