Laravel comes packed with many ways to authenticate users. When installing a new application and wanting to add authentication to it, your choices are not limited. The options available for user authentication within Laravel include: As we can see, there are many installable packages that aim to make the whole process of Laravel authentication simple and easy for any software developer to get started.

Note: A version of this article was originally published on CIO Influence. Burnout is widespread in the world of software engineering. According to a 2023 report, 73% of developers have experienced burnout at least once in their careers, and work-life balance has been cited as a key driver of developer satisfaction. Luckily, there are tools and strategies that teams can implement to reduce mental load, prevent burnout, and improve overall developer wellbeing.

Boosting testing efficiency, using AI wisely, and aligning testing with business goals can help you build a business that’s ready for anything.

API traffic now accounts for 57% of all Internet activity, fueled by AI adoption and the growing demand for real-time data. But this surge comes with challenges: complex development, lack of standardization, and security risks. Automated API generation is the solution.

When you’ve worked with data at scale, you come to appreciate the beauty and the complexity of systems like Kafka. With nearly 30 years of experience navigating the evolution of technology and data platforms, I’ve seen firsthand how Kafka has revolutionized real-time data processing - and where it can challenge even the best teams. The real question is: How do you move past those challenges to unleash everything Kafka has to offer?

From automating routine tasks to providing real-time insights to inform complex decisions, AI agents and copilots are poised to become an integral part of enterprise operations. At least that’s true for the organizations that can figure out how to supply large language models (LLMs) with real-time, contextualized, and trustworthy data in a secure and scalable way.

Low-code testing tools simplify the testing process. All of the complexity of coding is taken care of by the features designed by the development team of the tool. Thanks to these low-code tools, a little bit of technical know-how is more than enough to start testing. It opens up QA to a broader audience. In this article, we review the top low-code testing tools in 2025.

Hackers will never cease seeking out vulnerabilities to penetrate. To keep your SaaS platform unprotected is to keep your front door unlocked—it just needs one weak link for someone to break through. SaaS companies hold confidential data, which automatically makes them vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited. Just one breach could result in leaked data, losses, and eroded trust. Ignoring vulnerability risks is simply waiting for tragedy to unfold.

Tracing is a critical feature in N|Solid that allows developers to analyze application performance by visualizing the relationships between different processes through spans and traces. Without proper tracing, debugging performance issues becomes significantly more challenging, as developers lack visibility into how requests flow through an application. Tracing helps pinpoint bottlenecks, optimize request execution, and improve overall application efficiency.

This article was originally published on InfoWorld on Jan. 28, 2025 While large language models (LLMs) are useful, their real power emerges when they can act on insights, automating a broader range of problems. Reasoning agents have a long history in artificial intelligence (AI) research—they refer to a piece of software that can generalize what it has previously seen to apply in situations it hasn’t seen before.