March 1, 2022
APIs are ubiquitous in modern microservice architectures. They make it easy to consume data from external apps and reduce the amount of code developers need to write. The general result is easier delivery of useful software products. However, the prevalence of APIs means they represent a large attack surface.
February 1, 2022
With each day, enterprises increasingly rely on data to make decisions. This is true regardless of their industry: finance, media, retail, logistics, etc. Yet, the solutions that provide data to dashboards and ML models continue to grow in complexity. This is due to several reasons, including: The ability to process data from diverse sources at a low cost An explosion in the availability and variety of data tools (impacting collaboration and decision making, beyond technical work) Tight dependencies among data assets managed by different departments within companies
January 31, 2022
While products like GenCoin originated with the purpose of providing a new way to perform financial transactions, the underlying concepts are more powerful than just currency-related tasks. In fact, the distributed nature in how blockchain is designed ties directly to the heart of Web3. Before going any further, let’s recap the three main eras of the web…
October 4, 2021
Modern payment card issuing processes can deliver many different types of cards in a fast, efficient, and secure way. Using open API platforms, card issuers can create customized card products and easily process hundreds of thousands of transactions.
September 27, 2021
Unless you’ve been developing software in a cave, you’ve probably heard people sing the praises of microservices. They’re agile, simple, and an overall improvement on the monolith and service-oriented architecture days. But of course, with all the benefits of microservices comes a new set of challenges.
September 13, 2021
Goodbye request-response, roll out the red carpet for producers and consumers! Read our article on what event-driven architecture is and why it’s a great alternative for building microservice applications.
September 1, 2021
dApps on Ethereum have come a long way over the last several years, both in popularity and in complexity. Unfortunately, the user experience of most dApps is still lacking in comparison to web2 applications.
July 28, 2021
In this article, we’re going to build a fun and simple gRPC server in Node.js. Then we’ll demonstrate how to use Insomnia to make gRPC requests on our server. First, let’s briefly cover some core tech concepts.
July 27, 2021
Similarity search is a subset of the machine learning field that deals with finding items that are closely related to the original input. It’s incredibly useful for things like product, music, or movie recommendations. You watched The Office on Netflix, so here are some other shows you may like. You frequently listen to Bayside on Spotify, so go check out these other pop-punk bands.
July 26, 2021
A common architectural design pattern these days is to break up an application monolith into smaller microservices. Each microservice is then responsible for a specific aspect or feature of your app. For example, one microservice might be responsible for serving external API requests, while another might handle data fetching for your frontend.
