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.
February 12, 2021
You might already know that frontend development requires just three technologies upon which the entire web is built: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In the not-too-distant past, the feature set of these standards lagged behind the functional wishes of developers and designers. They couldn’t build the web sites they wanted to build with the tools they were given. To work around this, several independent teams each devised their own frameworks to supplement what was officially supported by browsers.
February 9, 2021
In this article, I will show you how I converted my manual hand crank desk into an automated IoT connected desk. I’ll be talking about how to size and pick motors, and how to connect your custom IoT devices to Google using Heroku as a public interface.
February 2, 2021
Earlier this year, a post came out on the Salesforce Developers Blog, entitled “How to Build Progressive Web Apps with Offline Support using Lightning Web Components.” During the post’s discussion about using Lightning Web Components (LWC) to build progressive web apps, it mentioned push notifications. My interest was piqued. How simple would it be to use LWC to build an app for push notifications? It turns out — really simple.
January 29, 2021
In the vast majority of applications, the database is the source of truth. The database stores critical business records along with irreplaceable user data. So it is imperative that developers have visibility into their databases to diagnose and remedy any potential issues before they impact the business. If they don’t, developers will find unexpected bills at the end of the month that they may not understand.
January 26, 2021
When I first heard about RedwoodJS, I thought it was just another front-end JavaScript framework. I wondered whether it would it be like React or more like Angular. As it turned out, I didn’t have a clue what RedwoodJS was, but now I can’t wait to build more projects using it.
