History Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) were first introduced and coined as a concept by Google’s Chrome team in 2015. The term “Progressive Web App” was introduced by Alex Russell in a blog post titled “Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul”. This blog post outlined the key characteristics and…

WebTransport may redefine the way web applications communicate with servers over the internet. — As the digital world continues to reshape our daily lives, from communication and entertainment to business and education, the demand for more efficient, low-latency, and adaptable web communication solutions has grown stronger than ever. In response to these evolving needs, WebTransport has stepped onto the stage, determined to redefine the…

In recent years, the tech industry has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the allure of big tech companies. From the mesmerizing campuses to the alluring perks and generous compensation packages, it’s no wonder that aspiring engineers and professionals flock to join these giants of innovation. However, amidst the glamour and…

It combines the ease of use of Python with the speed of C or Fortran. — If you are a budding programmer looking to dive into the world of data science and scientific computing or want a modern and powerful language to build applications, then Julia might be the perfect fit for you. Julia is a high-level, high-performance programming language designed explicitly for numerical and technical…

I was looking for an alternative to Spring Boot once, and a fellow programmer on Twitter suggested I try Quarkus. Spring Boot is still my favorite to develop Java-based services, but there is no harm in exploring alternatives. From my analysis so far, Quarkus is aimed at cloud-native, microservices, and…

Before we get into the business of how let’s first understand why — Why do we need to pay attention to the performance of our API? API performance testing is crucial for several reasons: User experience API performance directly impacts the user experience of an application or system that relies on…

How is bi-directional communication from a browser supported? — Socket.IO is a JavaScript library that enables real-time, bidirectional communication between web clients (typically browsers) and servers. It provides a WebSocket-like API but with additional features to handle fallback mechanisms for older browsers that do not support WebSocket directly. I hear you — but how does a WebSocket work? And…

Vector databases, also known as vector stores or vector indexes, are specialized databases designed for efficient storage, retrieval, and querying of high-dimensional vector data. What is High-dimensional Vector Data? High-dimensional vector data refers to data points that are represented as vectors in a space with a large number of dimensions…

In this article, we will explore tokenizers in the AI context. We have briefly covered this topic in an older article that explored the basic features of Apache OpenNLP. If you haven’t already, do check that as well. In AI, tokenizers are tools or algorithms that break down natural language…