In recent years, both Docker and Laravel have exploded in popularity. In this step-by-step tutorial, we will dive into how to dockerize an existing Laravel app to run it locally. Then, we'll make it ready to run in a production environment, like for a web server. We will also deploy it to Google Cloud Run without getting into Kubernetes or any YAML configs, taking advantage of our Laravel Docker container. Let’s dig in!

Modern data systems demand flexibility, tool interoperability, and strong data integrity. Legacy formats often create barriers with rigid schemas, inefficient partitioning, and weak transactional guarantees. Apache Iceberg overcomes these limitations with a modular design that decouples metadata from data storage, enabling smooth-schema changes, efficient query pruning, and ACID compliance across engines. This article explores Iceberg’s technical foundations.

Debugging is a vital part of software development, ensuring that code behaves as intended, identifying errors early, and preventing small fixes from escalating into larger problems. Developers risk releasing unreliable, inefficient, or even unusable code without proper debugging techniques. This tutorial covers the fundamentals of Python’s assert statement, practical ways to use assertions for testing and debugging, and best practices for using assertions effectively while avoiding common pitfalls.

In light of the recent deprecation of MongoDB Atlas Device Sync (ADS), developers are seeking alternative solutions to synchronize on-device data with cloud databases. Ably LiveSync offers a potential alternative and can replace some of ADS’s functionality, enabling realtime synchronization of database changes to devices at scale.

Part 1 of a 3-part series IT teams are increasingly tasked with supporting the unprecedented growth in data across their organizations. Businesses are constantly seeking innovative solutions to manage their growing data needs efficiently and cost-effectively. Software-defined storage (SDS) is seen as a game-changer and competitive edge for many teams, offering unprecedented flexibility and scalability. Consider this: How many great ideas have been put on hold because your storage couldn't keep up?

The development of SmartBear API Hub, powered by Swagger, represents a significant advancement in how teams manage, test, and optimize API workflows. Our journey to create a cohesive, unified suite – API Hub – required integrating standalone products into a single, robust ecosystem, establishing a seamless user experience that bridges workflows across each product.

We’re excited to announce that BugSnag is now officially SmartBear Insight Hub. This evolution reflects the broadening of our capabilities beyond error monitoring to encompass full-stack observability with real-user monitoring, backend performance monitoring, and distributed tracing.

As we move into 2025, software testing is not just about identifying defects. Organizations strive for scalability, efficiency, UX, and security to meet modern software engineering practices. The software testing world is transforming at its peak, initiated by innovations, advanced technologies like Artificial intelligence, and higher business expectations.

Welcome to 2025! We are now officially a quarter of the way through the 21st century – and isn’t that a crazy thing to wrap your head around? We’ve survived a lot in the last 25 years. The early 2000s saw the dotcom bubble, the Enron scandal, and passage of the SOX Act. By 2010 the world was deep in the Great Recession and working hard on recovery. More recently we suffered the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent market instability.