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June 27, 2019

Broadcasting Messages to WebSocket API Clients

Invoking individual WebSocket connections has been supported since Zato 3.0, and Zato 3.1 adds new functionality on top of it — message broadcasting — which lets one notify all the clients connected to a particular channel. Here is how to use it.

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Let's say that there is a WebSocket channel such as the one here:

January 16, 2019

Best Practices for Handling API Clients

We recently re-designed our API Client UI from scratch. In this post, I want to share best practices on handling Access Secrets, and how these influenced our new design.

Each Service Has Its Own API Client

Every microservice, every front-end, every developer, and whoever else directly accesses your API should get its own API Client. This allows request correlation and the ability to revoke an API Client quickly when you find out it has been leaked. But most importantly, it is the basis for the principle of least privilege.

Build an Advanced RAG App: Query Rewriting
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In the last article, I established the basic architecture for a basic RAG app. In case you missed that, I recommend that you first read that article. That will set the base from which we can improve our RAG system. Also in that last article, I listed s... […]
Contexts in Go: A Comprehensive Guide
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Contexts in Go provide a standard way to pass metadata and control signals between goroutines. They are mainly used to manage task execution time, data passing, and operation cancellation. This article covers different types of contexts in Go and examp... […]
Next-Gen Lie Detector: Stack Selection
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The first lie detector which relied on eye movement appeared in 2014. The Converus team together with Dr. John C. Kircher, Dr. David C. Raskin, and Dr. Anne Cook launched EyeDetect — a brand-new solution to detect deception quickly and accurately. This... […]
Applying the Pareto Principle To Learn a New Programming Language
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In this article, I will discuss how you can apply the Pareto principle to quickly learn a new programming language and start solving real-world problems while you develop a deeper understanding of the programming language. What Is the Pareto Principle?... […]
Enhance IaC Security With Mend Scans
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Whether on the cloud or setting up your AIOps pipeline, automation has simplified the setup, configuration, and installation of your deployment. Infrastructure as Code(IaC) especially plays an important role in setting up the infrastructure. With IaC t... […]