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It’s a long tradition at Bitrise that we compile the biggest learnings from the previous year in our annual State of App Development blog post. Let’s take a look at what 2021 brought our way, shall we?

Fitness app development is exploding — what health company isn’t trying to create a fitness app for their customers? According to Allied Market Research, the global fitness app market size was valued at $13.78 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach $120.37 billion by 2030. With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people at home, consumers are looking for new ways to keep exercise interesting. Adaptable brands are rushing to provide the next best service.

Digital transformation in the financial services industry is driving rapid change in the way financial institutions do business. Consumer expectations are growing. Managing money and investments through digital mediums is the new normal. But financial institutions face heavy regulations that can make it difficult to keep up with transformation. To stay competitive and digitally transform, financial organizations can prioritize these imperatives for a differentiated customer experience. 1.

Azure Synapse Analytics, still commonly known as Azure Data Warehouse, is Microsoft's cloud data warehouse that processes relational and non-relational data for analytics. As one of the most popular data warehousing tools, Azure lets you generate real-time insights into almost every aspect of your business, from sales to customer service. But how do you get data to Azure in the first place? That's where an Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) tool proves useful.

Mulesoft is often considered one of the leading names in data integration. It has a wide range of features that allow companies to integrate their applications, run analytics, and automate business processes. However, before you consider Mulesoft for your company’s needs, here are some reasons why Mulesoft may not be right for you.

Today we’re excited to announce the general availability of the Snowpark API for Scala and Java UDFs on AWS. Snowpark is the developer framework for Snowflake, bringing deep, language-integrated data programmability to users in the languages they love. At its core, Snowpark is all about extensibility.

In a recently posted article on DZone, “Microservices: Good for Developers’ Mental Health,” Sauce Labs engineer, Simone Pezzano, addresses the link between developer confidence and mental health in today’s new workplace. Pezzano tells the story of his team’s bumpy start on their journey from monolith to microservices. Initially, Pezzano viewed microservices as a scary concept with rapid release cycles and shorter testing times.