Not long ago, good design was considered nice to have, but non-essential to a product or company. In today’s market, however, good design has become a commodity.

Did you know that a desktop browser has almost everything you need to make video calls? A client-side web app can use the WebRTC API, which is built into modern browsers, to access a system’s camera(s), start a video stream, and connect to a remote system, all without requiring any third party plugins.

Originally published October 2018. Updated March 2023. This article describes the features and functionality of TypeScript 5.0. One of the most interesting languages for large-scale application development is Microsoft’s TypeScript. TypeScript is unique in that it is a superset of JavaScript, but with optional types, interfaces, generics, and more.

Modern times have seen an explosion in services providing a multitude of serverless possibilities, but what is serverless? Does this mean there are no servers? You’d think, but no.