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To keep your app secure, you need to control who and what can access it. Access control can be categorized into authentication — "who" to allow — and authorization — "what" they can access. Authentication is a subject for another day, but when it comes to user authorization, you generally have two ways to go about it: using a role-based or resource-based strategy. In this two-part series, we'll take a deep dive into using the Action Policy gem for a Ruby on Rails blog application.

Complex functionality can take a while to load. Users, in general, don't like to wait, so solutions must evolve. If you are already familiar with async/await in JavaScript, think of await as the place where blocking logically occurs. This forces the algorithm to wait, and technically, it's still synchronous code. Step functions allow long-running processes to run in the background asynchronously, so the logic does not get blocked and force people to wait.

Fast moving data and real time analysis present us with some amazing opportunities. Don’t blink—or you’ll miss it! Every organization has some data that happens in real time, whether it is understanding what our users are doing on our websites or watching our systems and equipment as they perform mission critical tasks for us. This real-time data, when captured and analyzed in a timely manner, may deliver tremendous business value.

This post will walk through the creation of a realtime chat application with Next.js and deploying it to Vercel.

Bitrise addresses the 25% test execution slowdown in Xcode 15, offering solutions like using the yeetd open-source tool and M1 Max machines for faster test execution, while awaiting anticipated fixes in upcoming Xcode 15.1.

A staggering 85% of the global population owns a smartphone, and 73% of total e-commerce revenue is generated from mobile devices. Ridesharing, food delivery, social media, online bookings, banking transactions, virtual meetings — we’re practically living on our smartphones. The mobile revolution has also affected field service management in the oil and gas, logistics, and transportation industries, where mobile apps are used for real-time tracking and monitoring.