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While APIs are powerful tools, creating them from scratch can be a complex and time-consuming process. Fortunately, the advent of API generation tools has revolutionized this aspect of software development, enabling developers to automate and expedite the API creation process. In this blog post, we will explore some of the top API generation tools available today, each offering unique approaches to simplify and accelerate API creation.

Hey DevSquad! Today, let's embark on a journey into the fascinating realm of code coverage in software testing. Buckle up because we're not just exploring the basics – we're diving deep into the advantages, potential pitfalls, and why this metric should matter in your daily coding escapades.

This year, our fully remote team turned every corner of the world into an office. Zoom calls? More like daily digital adventures, where we navigated projects in our home-office havens (extra points for the coolest virtual backgrounds and accidentally matching outfits). Coffee catch-ups took a global twist, with us sipping our favorite brews in different time zones – talk about a 24/7 café vibe!

Hey there! Let’s talk about load testing. Think of it as the gym session for your website or app, where it lifts weights to see how much it can handle. This year, the game’s changed a bit, and I’m here to share some key lessons we’ve learned, especially with tools like LoadFocus making things a whole lot easier.

The emergence of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR) have enabled the world to immerse into the true digital experiences, blurring the lines between the physical and virtual worlds. While AR overlays digital content in the real world, VR creates entirely immersive digital environments, and MR brings together the elements of both. In the last few years, there has been a dynamic surge in the adoption of AR, VR, and MR technologies.

Adding new features or enhancements to an app is a good thing – unless the changes trigger an unexpected problem. To protect against this risk, QA teams and developers can leverage automated regression testing, which offers a fast and efficient means of confirming that software upgrades or changes don't introduce bugs into applications.

APIs play a crucial role in SaaS product’s ability to communicate with internal and external applications. APIs have revolutionized the ways in which applications communicate, exchange data, and how software developers and providers structure their systems and products. But managing the large flow of data and information while ensuring data protection and minimal downtime is no easy task.

As a Christmas present, we have started rolling out a new feature for the Profiler: flamegraph rendering in addition to the existing Timeline and Callgraph. This is a feature preview and will see more changes in Q1 of 2024. For now, only customers with the most recent plans (Tideways 6) can access them, or you can view them in traces of the „demo“ organization. Let us know what you think of it!

As 2023 gets played off and 2024 eagerly awaits its turn in the spotlight, let’s look back at the past 365-ish days in the land of Kong. It’s the year's final post, and we’re playing nothing but the hits! Read on for a recap of the biggest Kong news from 2023.

This post is part of a series on becoming a secure API-first company. For a deeper dive, check out the eBook Leading Digital Transformation: Best Practices for Becoming a Secure API-First Company. As APIs have become mission-critical, securing them against threats is crucial. APIs are an attractive target for attackers, and a single vulnerability can expose an organization's most sensitive information assets. To properly secure APIs, we have to move beyond basic perimeter defenses.