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We're excited to announce the Koyeb Serverless Postgres public preview - a fully managed, fault-tolerant, and scalable serverless Postgres Database Service. What do all modern applications have in common? They all have APIs, workers, and databases. Deploying APIs and workers with Koyeb has long been possible. Starting today, you can spin up databases too! Using Koyeb Serverless Postgres, you can easily start a resilient Database Service alongside your apps in a few seconds.

Authenticating WebSocket connections from the browser is a lot trickier than it should be. Cookie authentication isn’t suitable for every app, and the WebSocket browser API makes it impossible to set an Authorization header with a token. It’s actually all a bit of a mess! That is the last thing you want to hear when it comes to security, so I’ve done the research to present this tidy list of methods to send credentials from the browser.

When your user base is the size of a small country, how do you ensure you're not missing the nuances of their diverse needs? Exploratory testing lets you see the software from the user's perspective, but with diverse users, maintaining effectiveness is challenging. Persona testing enhances exploratory tests by focusing on unique user experiences, allowing you to wear multiple hats and understand the software through various user perspectives.

Along with approximately 70,000 other souls from around the globe, the NodeSource team attended Web Summit 2023 earlier this month. Famous for being the largest European tech event (or even the world), Web Summit was full of riveting AI conversations, more than 2,600 startups, and plenty of tasty food trucks and, of course, amazing local cuisine.

Data mesh, it’s one of the hottest data science topics among software engineering teams, data scientists, and anyone interested in building a more effective data infrastructure. This concept is a relatively new model for data management, helping large enterprises scale their data footprint to accelerate digital transformation. Many industries, like retail and banking, see how crucial data is, yet few have mastered ways to harness it. API generation for data mesh is one of the ways you can start.

Launched in 2006, Salesforce Apex revolutionized the CRM landscape, offering unprecedented customization capabilities that transformed how organizations interact with their customer data. Today, its potent and intricate features continue to make it a cornerstone in CRM management, though navigating its complexities often demands dedicated training and extensive experience, underscoring its sophistication in the realm of advanced CRM solutions.

On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden issued a landmark Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Executive Order represents a comprehensive statement of intent for AI regulation, mandating transparency from firms that use AI and establishing safety and security standards. Moreover, it compels AI developers to disclose the outcomes of safety evaluations to the U.S. government, especially if the results indicate a potential threat to national security.

At TCS, we help companies shift their enterprise data warehouse (EDW) platforms to the cloud as well as offering IT services. We’re extremely familiar with just how tricky a cloud migration can be, especially when it involves moving historical business data.