You've heard of metaprogramming: code you write that generates other code dynamically. Without it, Rails as we know it wouldn't (and couldn't) exist. But there's a good chance you've never done it yourself, and it's not hard to see why; even a brief excursion into the realm of metaprogramming can leave you beset with strange and foreign methods, unfamiliar syntax, and downright mystifying blocks of code.
The nursing profession is in crisis. According to McKinsey, over 30% of surveyed nurses said they may leave their current patient care jobs in the next year, and for inpatient nurses it’s higher at 45%. Meanwhile, the average professional tenure of nurses dropped from 3.6 years to 2.8 years between 2020 and 2023. These alarming trends have healthcare systems on red alert. Ninety-four percent of surveyed health system senior executives said the nursing shortage is critical.
Elasticity, as the term implies, is the ability for software infrastructure to stretch and shrink in line with fluctuating usage. Elasticity is important in many contexts – because usage can always fluctuate – but it’s especially important for sports, media, and entertainment apps, which frequently serve user bases that grow and shrink rapidly depending on events, trends, and breaking news.
Startups face numerous challenges on their path to success, and two key aspects that significantly impact their growth are code quality and user experience. In today's fast-paced technological landscape, startups must prioritize these areas to build robust, scalable, and secure applications. This is where N|Solid can be a dynamic solution by providing powerful telemetry, insights, and security alerts for Node.js apps.
To attract more users and improve the overall user experience, it is crucial to have a visually appealing and well-designed user interface (UI) for our websites, applications, blogs, products, etc. The UI serves as the point of interaction between the user and the application. For example, consider the eCommerce portal. This user interface displays how the e-commerce application connects with its users through an attractive, accessible, and easy-to-understand design.
Why is private AI so hot right now? Organizations are reluctant to share their data with public cloud AI providers who might use it to train their own models. Private AI offers an alternative that lets them reap the transformative benefits of AI on process efficiency while maintaining ownership of their data.
Is the generative AI honeymoon over already? After months of buzz around its transformative possibilities, excitement is now starting to be tampered by a growing concern on trust and data privacy. Just in the last few weeks, there have been several lawsuits launched against AI companies, including a well publicized charge of copyright infringement.
We are thrilled to announce that we have reached a significant milestone in our journey to provide the best possible developer experience to our Kong user community. We have added a host of new functionality to decK, our declarative management tool for Kong Gateway. These new functions enhance API lifecycle automation (APIOps) capabilities and provide a smoother path to federated API management. These features are now available to everyone and can be found in decK 1.24.0.
