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Today, we're pleased to announce another packed release for Kong Insomnia with many new features and improvements.

Developer operational efficiency is crucial for streamlining API management processes and empowering development teams to work more effectively. In this blog post, we'll explore three key tips to unlock developer operational efficiency — leveraging API documentation and self-service credential management, automating API lifecycle management, and optimizing resources and performance — using Kong Konnect and Kong Kubernetes Ingress Controller (KIC).

Get the cake, Tideways is turning ten! Exactly on this day ten years ago, we lifted the veil on Tideways’ predecessor and thus began our exciting journey that continues to this day. We would like to celebrate by presenting interesting new features to you. Summary: Don’t miss out on our webinar that will guide you through these new features, taking place July 3rd starting at 3 pm.

Quality gates are just what they sound like: They ensure the delivery of high-quality software by serving as quality milestones (or “gates”) during various stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), preventing bad code from passing through. Here, we explain what are quality gates, how they work, and how to implement them using static analysis. Read along or jump ahead to the section that interests you most: Manage Your ci/cd pipeline with Static Analysis.

At the latest WWDC, Apple unveiled an exciting new feature: dynamic tinting for app icons. This update calls for developers to adjust their app icons to support this functionality, ensuring a more visually consistent experience across iOS. This change is significant for maintaining a seamless user interface, allowing app icons to adapt to various system-wide themes, including dark mode, and providing a cohesive look throughout the operating system.

It’s 3 a.m., and your system just went down—again. That’s a nightmare scenario for any IT leader, whether due to a technical glitch or a security incident. This is exactly why incident case management matters. Think of it as air traffic control for your IT environment. Planes in the sky, tickets in the system—both must land safely. Incident case management is about tracking and managing those tickets—incidents—to ensure they get resolved swiftly.

Are you seeking to ensure robust communication between APIs and applications? Contract testing plays a crucial role in ensuring this robust communication. The key lies in the API contract. Serving as a definitive guide, API contracts align expectations, prevent errors, and cement the reliability of software interactions. This article breaks down the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of API contracts, including creation, benefits, and maintenance strategies for developer and consumer success.

If you’re not building with AI, are you even building these days? Sometimes, it seems not. AI has become such an integral part of workflows throughout many tools that a clear understanding of integrating it into your product and framework is critical. Django is such a framework that powers thousands of products across the web: Instagram, Pinterest, and Mozilla are all services built on Django.

In the world of Python frameworks, FastAPI is the new kid on the block and a great choice for building APIs. Equally, Render is a good option for developers who want to quickly test their applications in a production environment for free. In this post, we'll run through how to deploy a FastAPI app to Render. First, though, let's explore why FastAPI and Render are often chosen by developers.