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When learning a new technology, there is no better approach than starting with a side project, getting your hands dirty with the code, and stumbling upon a dozen errors, which make the whole process memorable (and frankly enjoyable). In this tutorial, we will showcase how to build a simple URL Shortener application using only Go

RocksDB is a high-performance, embeddable storage engine originally developed by Facebook and is now widely adopted across the tech industry and used at Stream as a data storage engine. This powerful database solution has gained significant traction due to its exceptional speed, reliability, and versatility and is used by large companies such as LinkedIn, Meta,

Setting up a new project can be tedious and repetitive from multiple angles. As end-users, we are learning a new platform, new paradigms, and maybe a new framework to build our next dream project. As a company, we want to get our potential users up and running as quickly as possible and make it easy

In the previous article, we learned the benefits of using tools like Nitric and Ionic to increase productivity. Then we built a simple full-stack application to display a personalized greeting to a user based on a URL parameter. This article will extend our application with authentication and further integrate it with the API. The final

Cross-platform development provides significant advantages, especially in mobile development, where Android and iOS operate on fundamentally different ecosystems. Developing native apps for each platform can be resource-intensive since it requires separate developers with expertise in different programming languages (Kotlin for Android and Swift/Objective-C for iOS). Managing two distinct codebases also increases development and maintenance costs

As September comes to a close, we thought we'd recap all of the exciting new features and improvements we made across Stream Video, Chat, Feeds, and Moderation this month. Improved Video Calling & Usage-by-Bandwidth Tracking in the Dashboard 🎥 Thanks to Dynascale, Stream automatically detects the displayed video resolution and adjusts based on CPU and

Challenge: Good Doctor needed to improve communication efficiency between doctors and patients while reducing queue times and enhancing usability. Strategy: They integrated Stream's scalable chat infrastructure for Android and iOS, supported by comprehensive documentation and live engineering assistance. Result: Stream enabled faster doctor responses, reduced queue times, and significantly improved the overall user experience for

Apps like WhatsApp and Zoom allow anyone worldwide to have face-to-face conversations as if they were in the same room. But this functionality can benefit more than just communication-focused apps. Enabling your users to initiate video calls without having to switch to external apps enhances their experience with each other. And it can strengthen network