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Developers are always looking for new ways to make their applications more secure and efficient. Blockchain APIs are one way to do this. A blockchain API is an application programming interface that allows developers to interact with a blockchain. By using a blockchain API, developers can access the data and functionality of a blockchain without having to build their own blockchain platform. This can save time and resources, as well as provide a more secure environment for development.

Notifications are a typical cross-cutting concern shared by many web applications. The Noticed gem makes developing notifications fantastically easy by providing a database-backed model and pluggable delivery methods for your Ruby on Rails application. It comes with built-in support for mailers, websockets, and a couple of other delivery methods. We'll also examine the merits of using the CableReady gem for triggering system notifications in your Ruby on Rails application. Let's get into it!

Architecting a maintainable, readable, and reliable codebase is important not only for the people who will work on the code after you, but also for your own sanity. I’ve worked on dozens of production Node.js backend services and will share my experience of architecture pitfalls to avoid when building yours.

We’d all love more efficiency in our lives. If it were possible to eliminate the time we spend waiting in lines at the grocery store, checking in at the airport, or making our way home in rush hour traffic, the world would be a happier place. Some inefficiency is inevitable. But in business, we don’t have to accept it all. There are ways to root out the causes of many inefficiencies in business processes, minimizing, if not eliminating them. The way to do this is with process mining.

With the rise of the wide spectrum of web and mobile platforms catering to only one has become a restrictive compromise for online business owners. As this only allows them to reach out to a limited spectrum of target users with their products and services. This can constrain businesses in terms of their growth and accessibility. One of the best ways to solve this is to adapt cross-platform programming methods.

With the explosion of digital innovation, there has been an equal explosion in tools and techniques to wrangle the ever growing amount of data. Maybe you’ve heard of But among the hottest new trends is building a Data Fabric. A data fabric connects data across systems to create a unified view without needing to move data from where it currently lives. This provides a core capability for the composable design of business applications leveraging multiple systems.

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world today. Its open-source code, powerful development libraries and object-oriented programming style render it an ever favorable option for developers. Not only its immaculate build but the relevant ease with which it can be learned by even beginners make it an indomitable programming language at present. Web development, building software, data analysis and visualization are some of the routine tasks generally operated in python.

The human brain processes image 60,000 times faster than text. This should explain why we love graphs more than data tables in math or statistics or literally any subject of consideration. Easier said than done, it is not a cakewalk to draw a perfect graph. But now we can put all those worries to rest since the new fl_chart library in Flutter is a total blessing. Flutter is an open-source UI software development kit built by Google.

Focusing on customer success could be the difference between your SaaS business ticking along nicely or achieving stratospheric growth. Increasingly, customer success is seen as a foundation of growth for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. If your enterprise isn’t achieving the desired outcome in terms of growth, perhaps it’s time to reassess your thoughts around the customer relationship and the importance of happy customers.