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Ever wondered how you can walk out of a modern store, without even scanning a single item, and still get a perfectly accurate bill on your phone? Or how retailers seem to know exactly when shelves need restocking before you even notice they’re empty? Well, that’s the power of computer vision in retail, an AI that gives machines the ability to see, interpret, and make decisions in real time. And it’s not emerging anymore because it’s scaling fast.

When your application suddenly fails at 3 AM, logs will be your best friend the next morning. But until this happens, we often treat logs as an afterthought. Sometimes there is a discussion on log levels or wording of the message, but we rarely go beyond that. After all, what's so interesting in pushing out a bunch of letters, perhaps with some additional metadata, which we will not use 95% of the time? The Elixir Logger module has us covered well. It's a solid foundation for our basic logging needs.

In modern applications, real-time interactions have become the norm. Users demand immediate communication in apps like chat platforms, collaborative tools, live streaming services, and games. WebSocket APIs provide an effective means of creating interactive real-time apps by allowing persistent, bidirectional communication between the client and the server. We’re thrilled to announce support for exposing and managing WebSocket APIs with OAuth 2.0 security and other capabilities with Bijira.

Epic (EpicCare) is the clinical backbone for most major healthcare organizations. Yet, for developers, analysts, and innovators, accessing and using Epic data remains one of the most complex challenges in health IT.

Code stability and reliability can be a concern when building front-end applications. As web applications become more complex, web developers require a test framework that is simple yet incredibly powerful. This is where Jest testing comes in handy. Jest is a testing type designed and maintained by Facebook, which is already the ideal tool for most front-end programmers needing precise, fast, and robust test coverage.

‍ Every year, billions of dollars crisscross the globe, not through exotic trades but everyday remittances. In 2024, global remittance flows reached around USD 905 billion, growing at a CAGR of 4.6% over 2023. These flows now exceed foreign direct investment in many developing countries, underlining how critical remittances are for economies and families. ‍

The stakes for AI and data privacy are high. Risks in non-production environments are increasing. Regulatory bodies enact new privacy regulations each year. And concerns are rising as the AI/ML boom continues. Businesses like yours must be aware of key AI data privacy challenges. Read on to learn what these challenges are and how to address them.