The growing importance of AI in business is undeniable, with more than 50% of businesses employing artificial intelligence for security and combating fraud. Additionally, beyond the practical applications for businesses externally, AI can be used internally to deliver better customer experiences through competitive tools and features. As the role of AI within an API business’ operations expands, so do the associated AI infrastructure costs.
In today's evolving technology landscape, businesses are increasingly recognizing the potential of migrating legacy systems to the cloud. Even though they are the backbone of many organizations, legacy systems and services deployed via on-premises servers often need help to keep up with modern business requirements. Cloud migration offers a transformative opportunity to enhance scalability, flexibility, and efficiency, while enabling access to a wealth of innovative services.
Deno and Bun are two JavaScript runtime newcomers that aim to undermine Node.js. These alternatives have gained popularity for their innovative approach to server-side development with JavaScript. But the real question is: what do they bring to the table compared to Node.js? In this post, you'll learn what Deno and Bun are, what they offer, and how they address some long-standing drawbacks in Node.js. We'll shed light on specific use cases where Deno and Bun excel.
In the second post of our series covering LiteStack (an alternative way to build Rails applications entirely based on SQLite), we'll explore the database's concepts of flexible typing and type affinity. We'll not only discover how SQLite's data handling differs from other SQL databases, but also how we efficiently process and store binary data, like images, directly in a database column. Note: LiteDB is essentially SQLite, but fine-tuned for usage in Rails.
