Halfway through each month, our newsletter for developers: The Dev Times, brings three reads that our own developers found interesting on the web, and two Transloadit updates that may interest you.

SolidStart - the modern meta-framework for Solid apps

Whilst Solid doesn't sit next to React, Vue and Svelte in terms of developer recognition, its ideas around reactivity and signals have been pervasive. That's why we're so excited about the recent release of SolidStart, an open-source meta-framework that aims to avoid opinionated development, and simply provides everything you need for a "solid start" to your project. Explore more ›

Seamless full-stack development with Inertia.js

Inertia.js is a unique piece of technology that sits between your server and client, acting as a glue to connect the two, without the complexity of client-side routing inside of a single-page application. It works by leveraging existing server-side frameworks alongside modern web frameworks. We love Inertia for quickly spinning up small projects, and we think you'll find it similarly useful. Dive in ›

Accelerating EC2 boot times

This next blog was especially appreciated by our developer team, as we rely on AWS EC2 instances to power our formidable Assembly Engine. As such, we managed to gain some useful insights from Jacob Gillespie about how to bring down our EC2 instance boot times. By following a simple workflow, you can expect to see a reduction in boot time from 40 seconds all the way down to only 5 seconds – an almost incredible x8 increase in speed! Check it out ›

Community Plan changes

We are introducing important updates to our Community Plan, effective May 24, 2024. Alongside adding powerful features, we are implementing a change to sustain and expand this free Plan — a watermark on all media processed under the Community Plan. Read more ›

How to upload files with React and Uppy

As of 2023, React was the second most popular web technology, solidifying itself as an invaluable technology for any developer to have in their arsenal. As we are sure every developer who has used React will tell you, file uploads can provide a few hours of head-scratching entertainment. Thankfully, Uppy and Transloadit provide a powerful and user-friendly solution to simplify file uploads in your React applications. In this blog post, we'll take a plunge into how you can easily integrate Uppy with Transloadit to handle file uploads with ease. Find out more ›