In the business world, gaining the “unfair advantage” often seems like a strike of great luck and timing (think Zoom and the pandemic). But in reality, it’s often the result of deliberate strategies and actions (in Zoom’s case, delivering a superior user experience). One great strategy: getting the unfair advantage through a best-in-class technology ecosystem.

Today, we’re excited to announce the Early Access Program for Confluent for VS Code! Confluent has integrated support for Visual Studio with Confluent for VS Code that streamlines workflows, accelerates development cycles, and enhances real-time data processing, all within a unified environment.

API testing is critical to modern software development, ensuring that applications communicate seamlessly and function as expected. However, setting up testing environments that accurately mimic real-world conditions can be complex, time-consuming, and costly. APIs often change, and dependencies on third-party services or backend systems can delay the development process, making it challenging to conduct reliable tests in real-time.

DreamFactory specialises in REST API generation for any number of database types however an underrepresented benefit is the ability to mount and manage any third party API via a HTTP service connector. This gives you the ability to generate documentation and secure an existing API as if it were created natively within DreamFactory.

Imagine you're a postal worker sorting through a mountain of packages. Some packages are ticking suspiciously, while others are leaking mysterious liquids. As a responsible postal worker, you have two choices: deal with these problematic packages yourself (throw) or slap a big "HANDLE WITH CARE" sticker on them and pass them along to the next person in line (throws). Think of throw as actually creating an error in your program. You use it when something goes wrong and you want to stop the program.

Welcome to the first day of launch week #2! Today, we are excited to introduce our brand new control panel! Our mission at Koyeb is to offer the fastest way to deploy applications globally while delivering an exceptional developer experience. Over the past few months, we totally reimagined how to deliver a simple, reactive, and intuitive experience to deploy, manage, and scale projects to production.

Coding assistants are quickly becoming essential tools in the software development process. By 2028, it’s expected that 75% of enterprise software engineers will rely on AI-powered coding assistants, a huge jump from less than 10% in early 2023, according to Gartner. The reason for this sharp increase is clear — AI coding assistants can boost developer productivity by up to 45%. This helps streamline tasks like code generation, review, and documentation, compared to traditional methods.

Imagine you're at a buffet, eagerly approaching what you think is the dessert table, only to find an empty space where the chocolate cake should be. That disappointing moment? That's pretty much what happens in your code when you encounter the infamous "Cannot read properties of undefined" error. Just as you can't slice a piece of cake that isn't there, JavaScript can't read a property of an object that doesn't exist. But don't worry!

When building web applications, it's handy to break down a feature's complex processes into smaller, more manageable pieces, whether by using separate functions or classes. Doing this helps to keep the code clean, maintainable, and testable. An approach you can take to split out these smaller steps in your Laravel application is to use Laravel pipelines. Pipelines allow you to send data through multiple layers of logic before returning a result.