# Getlarge — Edouard Maleix

> Node.js & architecture consulting for startups scaling past their MVP. Edouard Maleix has spent 10+ years helping startups build products that scale, balancing technical excellence with business reality — architecture, security, and developer productivity.

## Services

- Pick My Brain: A focused consulting session to unblock a specific architecture, security, or scaling decision.
- Architecture audit: A structured review of your system with prioritized, actionable recommendations.
- Strategic partnership: Ongoing hands-on involvement as your team grows from 3 to 30.

## Pages

- [Home](https://getlarge.eu/): Overview, services (Pick My Brain, Architecture audit, Strategic partnership), testimonials, and proof of work.
- [Blog](https://getlarge.eu/blog): Writing on Node.js, architecture, security, AI-first development, and building products that scale.
- [Talks](https://getlarge.eu/talks): Conference talks, meetups, and podcast appearances.

## Blog posts

- [Coding Agents Need a Knowledge Factory, Not Just a Knowledge Base](https://getlarge.eu/blog/coding-agents-need-a-knowledge-factory-not-just-a-knowledge-base): As we automate more engineering, repeated agent mistakes become compounding costs. Teams need a knowledge factory that captures, tests, and retires guidance, not a static pile of rules.
- [Before You Can Evaluate Agent Context, You Need to Generate It](https://getlarge.eu/blog/before-you-can-evaluate-agent-context-you-need-to-generate-it): LeGreffier is my attempt to make the Generate phase of the context lifecycle real: accountable commits, signed memory, semantic retrieval, and a scan skill that turns repo evidence into future context.
- [I Built 3 MCP Servers. The Critics Are Right — About the Wrong Thing.](https://getlarge.eu/blog/3-mcp-servers-later-the-critics-are-right-about-the-wrong-thing): The 'CLIs beat MCP' discourse is arguing against a misuse pattern, not the protocol itself. A rebuttal grounded in the actual spec.
- [Securing MCP Servers with OAuth2: Ory Hydra + Claude Code + ChatGPT](https://getlarge.eu/blog/securing-mcp-servers-with-oauth2-ory-hydra-claude-code-chatgpt): I spent a week debugging OAuth2 flows across Claude and ChatGPT so you don't have to. Here's everything I learned about securing MCP servers with Ory Hydra.
- [How to Protect Your API with OpenFGA: From ReBAC Concepts to Practical Usage](https://getlarge.eu/blog/how-to-protect-your-api-with-openfga): Learn how to implement complex authorization patterns using OpenFGA and Relation-Based Access Control (ReBAC) through a practical example of a cat sitting app.
- [Why Your Startup Needs an Architecture Audit Before Series B](https://getlarge.eu/blog/why-your-startup-needs-an-architecture-audit): The technical debt patterns I see most often in growing startups, and why fixing them before your next funding round saves you months of pain.
- [Building Single Executable Applications with Node.js](https://getlarge.eu/blog/building-single-executable-applications-with-nodejs): Discover how to package your Node.js applications into single executable files, reducing deployment complexity and improving security.
- [Dynamic NestJS Listeners: Discover the Power of Lazy Loading](https://getlarge.eu/blog/dynamic-nestjs-listeners-discover-the-power-of-lazy-loading): Declare lazy-loaded routes in NestJS and in-depth review of the DiscoveryService
- [Create a CI Workflow with Minimal Boilerplate Using Nx, Docker, and GitHub Actions](https://getlarge.eu/blog/create-a-ci-workflow-with-nx-docker-and-github-actions): A blueprint for a hybrid CI workflow using Nx, Docker, and GitHub Actions that works consistently across local and CI environments
- [Exploring DotenvX](https://getlarge.eu/blog/exploring-dotenvx): Evaluate DotenvX to manage environment variables
- [Deployment to Ory Network](https://getlarge.eu/blog/deployment-to-ory-network): Transitioning a NestJS application from local development with self-hosted Ory to production on Ory Network
- [Integrate Ory in a NestJS application](https://getlarge.eu/blog/integrate-ory-in-a-nestjs-application): Practical guide to integrating Ory authentication and authorization into a NestJS application through a CatFoster platform example
- [Create NestJS libraries to interact with Ory API](https://getlarge.eu/blog/create-nestjs-libraries-to-interact-with-ory-api): How to use create NestJS libraries for Ory SDK
- [Creating publishable NestJS Libraries with Nx](https://getlarge.eu/blog/creating-publishable-nestjs-libraries-with-nx): Powerful patterns to build your next NestJS libraries with Nx
- [Integrating Ory in Production with NestJS](https://getlarge.eu/blog/integrating-ory-in-production-with-nestjs): How to use Ory into your future NestJS projects
- [Introduction to Ory](https://getlarge.eu/blog/introduction-to-ory): Discover Ory's core components - Kratos, Keto, and Hydra - and how they provide secure, scalable authentication and authorization for modern applications
- [Implicit Dependencies Management with Nx: A Practical Guide through Real-World Case Studies](https://getlarge.eu/blog/implicit-dependencies-management-with-nx): Two concrete cases of implicit dependencies in Nx workspaces and how to configure your workspace and projects to deal with them

## Talks

- [How AI-First Dev Teams Build Collective Intelligence — AI DevCon 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sYhcsy5OwI)
- [How AI-First Dev Teams Build Collective Intelligence — AI DevCon 2026 (Interview)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emTHGVcLRBQ)
- [How AI-First Dev Teams Build Collective Intelligence — Vibecoding Vienna May 2026](https://www.meetup.com/vibecoding-vienna/events/314180303/)
- [How AI-First Dev Teams Build Collective Intelligence — One Attributed Mistake at a Time — Node.js Vienna May 2026](https://www.meetup.com/nodejs-vienna/events/314314105/)
- [Building Single Executable Applications with Node.js — EnterJS Conf 2025](https://enterjs.de/lecture.php?id=82719&source=0)
- [Building Single Executable Applications with Node.js — Warsaw IT Days 2025](https://youtu.be/Vl2hAn7w9fE)
- [Building Single Executable Applications with Node.js — Vendure Conf 2024](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sqU1z09Gl58)
- [Authentication and Authorization strategies with NestJS and Ory — NestJS Vienna Meetup June 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTVrOlFq9o)
- [Authentication and Authorization strategies with NestJS and Ory — ViennaJS Meetup May 2024](https://viennajs.org/en/meetup/viennajs-may-2024)
- [Scalable Architecture with Nx — Angular Master Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGSrrdn-cA)