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We're Moving! NodeSource Distributions Now Have a New Home - With Extended Support

At NodeSource, we’ve always been committed to making the Node.js experience secure, stable, and production-ready for teams around the world. Today, we're announcing a key change to how we serve and support our Node.js binary distributions, and it comes with something new: Extended Support.

MCP Tutorial | Securely Connect Any Database with Claude + DreamFactory AI Data Gateway

In this MCP Tutorial, you’ll learn how to securely connect any database using Claude Desktop and the DreamFactory AI Data Gateway (MCP server). This step-by-step guide shows how to integrate MCP with Claude to streamline data access while applying enterprise-grade security controls. What you’ll discover in this tutorial: How to use Claude Desktop with DreamFactory MCP to connect to SQL & NoSQL databases.

How to Write a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) Document

A detailed Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document is key to building software that meets both business needs and user expectations. Clear, concise, and executable requirements align project teams, offer clarity on functionality, and act as a single source of truth throughout development. Whether you're using agile, waterfall, or a hybrid approach, this guide will help you craft clear, complete, and testable requirements.

Build Real-Time Android Apps with WebSockets and Kotlin

Before we get started on WebSocket integration, it’s worth quickly explaining how building real-time mobile apps used to work – and why issues with lag and latency led engineers to turn to WebSockets instead. Engineers building real-time Android apps struggled to make sure updates were reflected immediately when a user sent them. To solve this, they tried polling, which meant firing off a GET request to the server, say every five seconds, to a /messages endpoint.

Perfecto AI: Financial Trading App Stock Simulator

This video demonstrates Perfecto AI in action, showcasing its advanced test automation capabilities within a financial trading app stock simulator. See how Perfecto AI, powered by Perforce Intelligence, eliminates the need for brittle scripts and manual frameworks — instead delivering AI-driven actions and natural language prompts that automate testing processes from setup to validation. Observe how it verifies critical components like graphs, colors, and trends, delivering consistent and reliable results even as user interfaces evolve.

Beyond the Buzz: Predicting the Next Five Years of Data AI Gateways

Data AI Gateways are reshaping how businesses manage APIs by automating key processes like creation, security, and scaling. These platforms simplify API operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency, making them essential for enterprises navigating AI adoption. Here's what you need to know: What They Do: Automatically generate APIs, enforce security (e.g., RBAC), and integrate multiple databases. Why They Matter: Tackle challenges like siloed systems, scaling, and AI governance.

How to Securely Use LLMs with Your Data | DreamFactory AI Gateway

How can I securely connect an LLM to my database?! Get ready to unlock the full power of AI with DreamFactory’s upcoming AI Data Gateway! This new capability empowers teams to securely expose data to AI clients, tools, and agents—without sacrificing enterprise-grade control. RBAC-protected dataset access Fine-grained, zero-trust data exposure Seamless integration with OpenAI, Claude, LangChain & more Machine learning-ready APIs with instant insight delivery.

It's time to start prioritizing every side of API discovery

Join us for a deep dive into API discovery – and why it’s time to treat it like a first-class priority. In this session, we’ll explore what we mean by the “two sides of API discovery” and why unifying both sides with a comprehensive solution is critical to driving API adoption and reuse, strengthening your organization’s security posture, and mitigating the financial and developer productivity-related costs associated with API sprawl.

Kong AI Gateway 3.11: Reduce Token Spend, Unlock Multimodal Innovation

Today, I'm excited to announce one of our largest Kong AI Gateway releases (3.11), which ships with several new features critical in building modern and reliable AI agents in production. We strongly recommend updating to this version to get access to the latest and greatest that AI infrastructure has to offer.