LiveView is a compelling choice for building modern web apps. Built on top of Elixir's OTP tooling, and leveraging WebSockets, it offers super fast real-time, interactive features alongside impressive developer productivity. In this post, we'll show you how to secure your live view routes with function plugs and group live routes in a secure live session. Let's dive straight in!

From viral social media posts to spambots, marketers weigh in with the most common causes of direct traffic spikes (and how to address it).

Data has long been a critical asset for businesses like yours to understand customers, operate more efficiently, inform go-to-market strategies, and retain your best employees. In a digital world, capturing and creating data-driven insights provides a major competitive advantage for those who can turn insights into action.

This short post by a member of Ably's engineering team describes how we resolved a problem that is typical of the challenges we face each week. We thrive on solving hard distributed system problems that are mostly platform agnostic and theoretical in nature, and this is the first post in a long-term series of articles about things we've learned recently.

TL; DR: Based on the APM benchmarks results is evident that one of the main performance problems for a Node.js application in a production environment is the usage of the very same applications in charge of monitoring the performance for the application itself. This article explains the reasons with an in-depth analysis to show why using most APMs in a Node.js application is that expensive performance-wise.

Video games helped us all stay sane since 2020. Amid the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, and off-and-on stay-at-home orders around the globe, new games have emerged. So, what were the best video games of 2021? And who were the best game developers of 2021?

Data has long been a critical asset for businesses like yours to understand customers, operate more efficiently, inform go-to-market strategies, and retain your best employees. In a digital world, capturing and creating data-driven insights provides a major competitive advantage for those who can turn insights into action.

When trying to find the perfect database to store your company’s valuable information and data, there are many elements to consider. And, while there are a number of great databases available for companies to choose from, the process of choosing the right database for your company’s needs and goals can still be a difficult process. However, as you weigh your options, one database that needs to be on your list of considerations is Vertica.

The API economy is growing rapidly. According to research by Coleman Parkes enterprises were twice as likely as their peers to be confident they are differentiating themselves by using Application Programming Interfaces. The same report showed that companies with advanced API management processes experience up to 47 percent better business results than those with basic API management.

Since its conception, DreamFactory has always consistently provided value to its customers with its on demand, custom generated API management tools, and we’re proud of how we’ve been able to support our customers.