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When we launched Ably in 2016, we set out to solve a fundamental problem: delivering reliable, low-latency real-time experiences at scale. So we set out to build a globally distributed system that didn't force developers to choose between latency, integrity, and reliability – trade-offs that had defined the realtime infrastructure space for years.

We're entering a new era of anticipatory customer experience – one that's not just reactive, not just responsive, but truly predictive. In this new model, systems don't wait for friction to appear; they recognise signals early and step in before the user ever feels a slowdown or moment of uncertainty. The bar has shifted: customers now expect brands to predict their needs and act before friction even surfaces.

How AI pair programming changes the way developers design, build, and ship data connectors.

Global Capability Centers (GCCs) have evolved from cost-efficient offshore units into strategic engines of innovation, transformation, and enterprise resilience. Today, India sits at the center of this shift, hosting the world’s most advanced GCC ecosystems and enabling global enterprises to scale talent, technology, and operations at speed. India is home to 1,700+ GCCs, employing 1.9 million+ professionals, and contributing over USD 64.6 billion annually to the economy.

I still remember when our CI/CD pipeline crashed at 3 AM because one tiny UI element moved two pixels and every automated test failed. That single night proved how fragile traditional testing and script-based automation really are. AI-powered testing tools changed everything for our team almost overnight. They brought AI test automation, self-healing tests, and intelligent test generation that actually adapted instead of breaking.

Software teams today are challenged to provide high quality releases at a much faster pace than ever before. As software development cycles become shorter, user expectations continue to increase and products become more complicated, testing becomes a bottleneck in the overall delivery process. Rather than reducing testing, the goal is to evolve testing to be faster, smarter, more automated and more dependable.

Software development is complex, but your workflow doesn't have to be. As teams grow and projects scale, it's important to manage the frequent integration of code changes from multiple developers into a shared source code repository. Modern DevOps practices, including Continuous Integration, become essential for maintaining speed without sacrificing quality. In this blog, we explain what is continuous integration (CI), how continuous integration works, and how to successfully implement it.

Strapi Cloud delivers fully-managed, cloud-hosted instances of Strapi in minutes. With thousands of projects deploying every day, the team needed high-performance infrastructure to provide a seamless, production-ready experience. Strapi wanted to focus on innovation and improving Strapi, not managing infrastructure. In just weeks, Strapi Cloud moved to Koyeb, gaining a serverless, multi-tenant cloud offering with zero operational overhead.

Everybody knows working with Kubernetes is really hard. It’s highly complicated. You have to know how to work with YAMLs, there’s lots of stuff to deal with. The classic developer experience with YAML. But what if you could get complete visibility into your Kubernetes workloads and run realistic load tests without touching a single YAML file or running kubectl commands?

Real-time features are becoming increasingly important in web applications, but not every Rails developer is familiar with Action Cable, the framework's built-in WebSocket library. Rails Action Cable has long supported web sockets, but comes with some additional complexity. Rails 8 introduces Solid Cable, a new database-backed adapter for Action Cable that eliminates the need for Redis. In this guide, I'll walk you through Action Cable by way of Solid Cable and show you how to build a real-time feature.