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Underwriting Technology: What Insurance Leaders Need to Know

Automated underwriting technology is helping insurers reimagine what’s possible for replacing manual underwriting processes. Gone is the workbench of the 80s and 90s—incomplete data, sluggish page loads, time-consuming workflows and all. And in its place? A modern, connected solution that unifies your data, automates your underwriting process, and improves decision-making for a better customer experience and a stronger bottom line.

Swift Closures Explained: A Comprehensive Guide for iOS Developers

Closures provide a powerful, flexible way for iOS developers to define and use functions in Swift, replacing the blocks used in its predecessor Objective-C. They provide self-contained modules of functionality that you can move around in your code, similar to the lambdas found in other programming languages. Crucially, closures can capture and store references to any constants and variables from the context in which they’re defined.

Create, Edit and Convert PDFs Easier Than Ever with DocFly

In today’s digital age, PDFs have become the go-to format for sharing and storing documents. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who deals with electronic documents regularly, you’ve likely encountered the need to create, edit, or convert PDFs. The process, however, can often be cumbersome and time-consuming. That’s where DocFly comes in, promising to streamline your PDF workflow and make managing PDF documents a breeze.

Shaping the Future of Ruby and Kafka Together with rdkafka-ruby

Hello there! My name is Maciej Mensfeld, and some of you might recognize me from my involvement in RubyGems Security, OSS commitments, or perhaps from Karafka: a multi-threaded, efficient Kafka processing framework tailored for Ruby and Rails. While I generally pen my thoughts on my personal blog, today's post is unique. This article results from a collaborative effort with the brilliant people over at AppSignal. To set the record straight, I don't work for AppSignal.

Low-Code Features: 8 Can't-Live-Withouts of a Good Development Platform

If you’re not using low-code, you’re already behind the curve. These platforms empower organizations to adapt quickly to the unforeseen crises and dynamic market conditions we’re all too familiar with. In this article, we'll delve into eight essential low-code features you need to have to keep up. Download the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP) for an unbiased evaluation of LCAP vendors.

11 Most Popular Tools for Logging and Monitoring API Calls

Monitoring and API logging is no longer a nice-to-have – for many API providers, it has become a key part of ensuring growth and success in the ever-evolving API landscape. There are as many API monitoring tool providers as there are approaches to this topic, but we’ve gathered together a list of the top 11 in the market today.

A Beginners Guide to Monetization Models

The art of turning a product or service into profit is not always a straightforward path. ‘Monetization models’ serve as a crucial strategy for businesses to generate revenue. As simple as it sounds, choosing the right monetization model can be a game changer, a “make-or-break” piece that impacts the sustainability and growth of a business.

Implementing Volume-Based Pricing

When monetizing APIs, a popular approach is volume-based pricing. Of all the monetization models you can apply to your APIs, volume-based pricing is one of the easiest to implement. This blog will cover the basics of applying volume-based pricing to your APIs so your customers can be billed accordingly. Let’s start by looking at the finer details of volume-based pricing regarding monetized APIs.

How to build an avatar stack with Ably Spaces

Tom Camp, DevRel Engineer at Ably takes you through a tutorial of adding an avatar stack to your application using Ably's latest product, Spaces. An avatar stack is a visual representation of a user’s presence - showing them as online and connected. They are the most common way of showing the online status of members in an application by displaying an avatar for each member. Events are emitted whenever a member enters or leaves a space, or updates their profile data.

Implications of the AI Executive Order for Government Procurement Systems

Artificial intelligence holds the potential to enhance efficiency, streamline processes, and improve decision-making across various government sectors. But without robust safeguards, there is a heightened risk of biased decision-making, privacy breaches, and misuse of sensitive data. The Biden administration’s AI executive order establishes new standards for AI safety and security as well as for responsible use of AI at federal agencies and in state and local governments.