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Heroku Ruby Migration
April 17, 2025

Heroku Ruby Migration In Less Than 2 Weeks

Migrating legacy systems to contemporary stacks is an inevitability for CTOs and technically inclined CEOs managing scalable operations. Beyond simply maintaining security updates, these upgrades offer strategic opportunities for application modernisation, performance optimisation, and infrastructure…

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Vector Databases
April 7, 2025

Vector Databases Without the Fluff

What Is a Vector?A vector is a numerical representation of an object. For instance, a two-dimensional vector could look like (2, -3). You can imagine it as a line segment from the origin (0, 0)…

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Are Software Developers Becoming Obsolete
April 1, 2025

Are Software Developers Becoming Obsolete? Welcome to the Future Powered by OpenAI Agents

Imagine a software developer who never tires, writes flawless code, debugs instantly, and deploys seamlessly. Now picture hundreds working simultaneously. This isn't science fiction—it's the new reality offered by OpenAI's revolutionary AI agents, transforming the…

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March 25, 2025

Dependency Roulette: How One Tiny Update Took Down Production

Third-party dependencies are a double-edged sword—convenient until they suddenly break everything. Here’s a real-world incident from our collection that perfectly illustrates this risk.The Setup: How We Managed Python DependenciesWe use the pretty standard and simple…

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Crypto-miner detected
December 11, 2024

Cryptominer Alert: How a Student Exploited a Lab Environment

In today’s digital age, many educational institutions rely on innovative platforms to make hands-on learning more accessible. A client providing a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for educational purposes faced an unexpected challenge. Their…

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Are AI-powered Tools Replacing Developers
November 1, 2024

Are AI-powered Tools Replacing Developers?

As OpenAI works to enhance ChatGPT, adding new functionalities and capabilities with each iteration, other large language models (LLMs) are springing up. Many are hot on the heels of ChatGPT, striving to revolutionise various industries.…

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Lambda Functions and shared storage
June 18, 2024

The Case of the Disappearing Files in AWS Lambda

Ah, the joys of cloud computing! Our FinTech project, bustling with activity, had us working extensively with files on AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage. From PDFs containing insurance information to ancient fixed-length formats from…

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Frameworks Choose the Right Tools and Use Them Wisely
June 4, 2024

Frameworks: Choose the Right Tools and Use Them Wisely

When selecting a technology stack for a new project, we all look for frameworks and libraries that can speed up delivery and simplify our lives. Sometimes, in our eagerness to streamline things, we overlook the…

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May 21, 2024

Common Issues and Robust Solutions: Enhancing Security in Fintech Projects

Why Analyse Your Code?Security is paramount in RegTech and FinTech projects. Even when designed with security in mind, software solutions become vulnerable and less secure over time. For example, problems may arise in used libraries…

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Four Inconvenient Truths About Product Development
May 13, 2024

Four Inconvenient Truths About Product Development

According to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, the failure rate for new product launches ranges from 25% to 45%, with the consumer goods industry experiencing the highest failure rate of around 45% (‘Reviving…

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