A technical guide to managing digital collectibles with Infura — Digital collectibles (or NFTs, which stands for “non-fungible tokens”) have arguably been one of the biggest breakthrough applications of web3. If you’re a creator building with digital collectibles, however, you’ve probably noticed that working with them from code can be complicated! Creating NFTs, minting NFTs, writing smart contracts … even…

Building customer trust when handling customer PHI — With the rising adoption of healthcare apps and wearable devices that gather medical data, the importance of data privacy for healthtech companies is greater than ever. Broadly defined, “healthtech” is any technology that assists with someone’s healthcare. While this includes applications from traditional healthcare providers, it also includes technology that…

Exploring the tools that bring DevOps methodologies and practices to web3 development — As web3 engineering grows in complexity, there is an increasing need for DevOps practices and philosophies that have proven proficiency with web2 apps at scale, sometimes to billions of users. In this article, we’ll explore how DevOps — an engineering philosophy that facilitates fast and efficient collaboration, maintenance, and release…

Getting Hands-On with Ganache and the Truffle Suite — Since Satoshi Nakomoto introduced Bitcoin and the blockchain in his seminal 2009 whitepaper, the number of innovations brought to life has been staggering. Today, we have cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other digital assets that can be created, owned, and transferred without intermediaries. However, perhaps one of the most significant advancements achieved…

Debug your web application with ease, using Datadog and Log Streams — Render is a one-stop shop for web application infrastructure, simplifying the hosting of static content, databases, microservices, and more. …

If your organization builds or maintains an application stack that processes customer data, then you know that protecting sensitive data like personal identifiable information (PII) and personal healthcare information (PHI) is essential to keeping your business going and trusted by your customers. You might think it’s enough to store PII…

The M5Stack, the New York City MTA, and Gravitee Designer — For years the world has been abuzz with IoT devices. These devices range from alarm clocks that show the current weather to refrigerators that list the prices of nearby groceries. Whatever the specifics, these devices rely on APIs to communicate with data sources. …

Not a fan of shell scripting? Build CLI tools with Node.js! — Salesforce developers have contributed much to the open-source community. Among their many contributions is an important, but perhaps lesser-known, project named oclif. The Open CLI Framework was announced in early 2018 and has since grown to become the foundation for the Salesforce CLI and the Heroku CLI. In this post…

How to use low-code and no-code chatbot solutions from platforms like Infobip Answers — Helping users help themselves is one of the biggest wins a customer support team can achieve. When this happens, support has fewer tickets, and users can get their answers quickly. …