2024 has been a year of intense development for the Countly SDKs, with numerous major and minor releases making it easy to lose track of all the changes (which more than justifies our self-proclaimed title, SDKshians). If you're looking to understand the core themes behind the recent developments without sifting through countless GitHub release notes, this article is for you.

For historical reasons, we have been using dynamic collection creation. This means that each new event creates a new collection in the database. While this provides some benefits, such as managing permissions on the collection level, it also has many downsides. And because we wanted to future-proof Countly, we decided to make this step and change the model, which will potentially allow us to do more in the future.

Today more than ever before, businesses must navigate a complex landscape of regulations to ensure they are compliant with various personal data protection laws. From the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States, and the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) in Saudi Arabia, these regulations set the standards for how businesses collect, store, and process personal data.