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Managing a delivery team that supports any complex business requires aligning people and technology with the needs of your customers in order to deliver the software they need to run the business. Firms that operate within regulated environments like financial services, including capital markets also have to contend with external influence from regulatory partners—which can shape not only what you’re asked to do but also how you need to do it.

In-camera VFX (ICVFX) and LED wall virtual production methods — sometimes also referred to as on-set virtual production — are being used to create some of the most cutting-edge media today. Global creative studio Final Pixel has been using in-camera VFX and LED walls since 2020. Read on to learn more about their execution of these virtual production methods from their CEO and Co-Founder, Michael McKenna. First, let’s cover some basics.

Brain Reed from NowSecure explains the core ideas of the Mobile DevSecOps Framework: Learn how to quickly release high-quality mobile apps while simultaneously building in the necessary security and privacy.

In this article, Julie Kent discusses using associations in Rails when the underlying data model spans multiple databases. We didn't even know Rails could do this!

With the evolution of technology, the way users interact with websites has drastically evolved. Functionalities such as filling out a form and login now take just a few clicks instead of manual efforts from the user’s end making interaction with websites and web applications more rapid, reliable, and interactive.

As artificial intelligence (AI) has shifted from a movie concept to a real-world phenomenon, it’s become clear that AI will change how we do business. Smart factories, connected shop floors, and supply chain automation are already commonplace, yet manufacturing and shipping are not the only sectors adopting AI and machine learning (ML). AI is also revolutionizing software development in surprising ways.

ActionCable allows developers to move away from the typical request/response paradigm of old to one where persistent WebSocket connections are maintained from clients to your Rails servers. Event-driven and low-latency, WebSockets are an excellent choice for use cases like live chat, alerts & notifications, and realtime data broadcast.

This is the most fertile time for app development since the launch of the App Store 15 years ago. Our industry is in the grip of several simultaneous revolutions, each of them bending, flexing and moulding to the others. 5G promises to make our apps 10 times faster; wearable technology lets them wrap themselves around our bodies; artificial intelligence enables them to learn from us and get smarter every day. But this torrent of innovation brings challenges, too.

The underwriting process is notoriously inefficient. Today, underwriters typically spend 40% of their time on non-core activities such as gathering and entering data for submissions and renewals, issuing policies, and administrative tasks. The result of such manual underwriting is lost productivity and higher costs, with an expected price tag for insurers of $85–$160 billion in lost business over the next five years. In the current economic climate, efficiency is more important than ever.