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Life after App Center: how we rebuilt CodePush from the ground up

In March 2024, Microsoft announced it would retire App Center in March 2025. For a lot of mobile teams, the first question was simple: what now? I was on the Release Management team at the time, and we thought CodePush was worth pursuing. We wrote up the case, got it onto the roadmap, and then waited. Nobody could say yet whether it would become a valuable product, and a team our size has to pick its bets carefully.

Connect Bolt.new to On-Prem SQL Server Without Exposing Sql Server to the Internet

Connect Bolt to an on-prem SQL Server database without opening a single firewall port or handing over a database password. In this video I put DreamFactory in front of a SQL Server database on my local network, generate a REST API from it, lock that API down with a read-only role and a scoped API key, then I have Bolt build a live delivery operations dashboard on top of it. Bolt calls the API from a Bolt server function, so the key never reaches the browser.

8 Leading Platforms for Automated Software Delivery With AI Agents

Software delivery automation is moving beyond pipelines. CI/CD can compile code, run tests, build artifacts, and execute predefined deployment steps. AI agents add something different: the ability to interpret engineering work, gather context, choose what should happen next, respond to failed checks, coordinate tools, and continue working toward an outcome.

When WordPress Connects to Other Tools, Maintain the Connection Too

The form says thank you. The sales team never sees the lead. Somewhere between WordPress and the customer management system, the information has stopped moving, yet both products appear to be online. Connected tools create useful automation, but they also create a maintenance boundary that can be easy to miss. The website's job may continue after the visitor has left the page. That part of the process needs an owner as well.

How to Install Claude Code on Mac (Official Installer, Step by Step) #shorts #coding #claudecode

How to install Claude Code on Mac in under one minute using the official native installer. Claude Code is Anthropic’s AI coding assistant for Terminal. This tutorial follows the official setup process step by step: find the installer, open Terminal, complete the installation, verify the version and sign in.

Cyber Resilience Act: How to Meet CRA Compliance

What is the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), who does it apply to, and what do organizations need to do before enforcement deadlines arrive? In this FAQ-style video, we break down the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), one of the most significant cybersecurity regulations affecting software publishers, technology vendors, manufacturers of connected products, and organizations that develop or distribute software within the EU market.

4 Bugs That Quietly Break Your App Without Crashing (How to Find Them) #Shorts #Debugging #Bugfender

No crash doesn't mean no bug. Bugfender helps you investigate issues on real devices, even when the app doesn't crash. 4 bugs that quietly break your app without crashing it, and how to find each one. No crash report, no error popup, just users who can't do what they came to do. Each example follows the same beginner-friendly method: what the user sees, the evidence to check, and what to try next.

10 Best Marketplace Development Companies for Scaling Platforms in 2026

Most marketplace listicles are written for founders shipping their first MVP. This one is for the team after that: GMV is real, sellers are onboarding weekly, and the platform that got you here is starting to crack. I wrote it for CTOs and product leaders at Series B+ marketplaces choosing a partner for the next stage of growth.

How to Use Shoulda Matchers with RSpec for Ruby on Rails

shoulda-matchers gives you one-line RSpec and Minitest matchers for common Rails behavior — it { should validate_presence_of(:name) } replaces a hand-written validation spec. Add gem "shoulda-matchers", "~> 8.0" to your Gemfile’s test group, then add the configuration block to spec/rails_helper.rb naming your test framework and library. Version 8 works with Rails 8.1 and rspec-rails 8.

API + AI Summit 2026 Recap: Helping the World Move AI

That's a wrap on API + AI Summit 2026, Kong's biggest in-person event yet. The event brought together more than 1,000 engineers, architects, and leaders in Los Angeles to discuss running AI systems in production, tackle shared architecture challenges, and swap real-world insights. Recordings from this year’s event will be available in the coming weeks..