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Out with GraphQL, in with gRPC

At Speedscale, we’re always trying to find ways to iterate faster and reduce developer toil. In line with that mission, we slant our engineering decisions towards using cutting edge tech because we usually move faster and it also allows us to help our customers later on when they upgrade their own tech stack. Recently, we had the opportunity to upgrade the communication channel between our api-gateway and react front end. This journey provided some unexpected benefits.

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How the technology gap grew during 2020

Even before the emergence of a global pandemic that disrupted and catalysed modern workplace IT, IT professionals were under pressure. In a few years, many have learned to deliver more new technologies and advanced services than perhaps in the previous decade. Today's hybrid, distributed tech environments already pressured even senior admins to equip themselves with new skills to adapt to these changes and manage systems confidently.

Importance of Data Security For Mobile Healthcare Apps

Telemedicine or mobile healthcare apps are unquestionably important in our daily lives, as the world is increasingly shifting to an all-digital landscape. And when you think of the current pandemic scenario when social distancing and wearing masks are the new normal, nothing seems to be safer than using mobile health apps. But are we really safe while using these apps? Well, that brings us to the concern of being safe on the internet while using mobile healthcare apps.

Mobile Devices are Ubiquitous, and so are Cyberattacks

We all like to enjoy untethered freedom, as is shown by the incredible growth of mobile devices we use every day for business and personal activities. We use mobile devices for buying products and services, and banking and investing. We download apps that allow us to connect with our favorite businesses and socially interact with friends and relatives.

Focalboard

Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. It's a project management tool that helps define, organize, track and manage work across teams, using a familiar kanban board view. We're currently in early-access beta, and are looking for feedback. So please download it today and let us know what you think. Focalboard is open source! Check out the source code here, and contribute to the future of this project.

How Can Companies Integrate Ethical AI? | Splunk's Ram Sriharsha & Dr. Rumman Chowdhury

Organizations use AI to be more competitive, deliver better business outcomes and avoid falling behind. However, business leaders should know they pose their organizations’ serious risk if they do not comply with ethical standards. Leadership must enable teams to practice ethical business strategies, up-level talent strategy, and enable organizational resilience. Dr. Rumman Chowdhury and Ram Sriharsha, Head of Machine Learning at Splunk, discuss the challenges companies will face if they do not comply with ethical standards and how to solve for fairness and privacy.

Fintech AI/ML on Ubuntu

The financial services (FS) industry is going through a period of change and disruption. Technology innovation has provided the means for financial institutions to reimagine the way in which they operate and interact with their customers, employees and the wider ecosystem. One significant area of development is the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) which has the potential to positively transform the FS sector.