Protect Against Bots, Fraud, And Abuse
tl;dr: Detect, verify, and block harmful behavior in real time. Radar protects your app against AI bots, account abuse, credential theft, and more.featured in #582
How Square Auto-Generated A Go SDK Using Fern
- Jordan Bergero tl;dr: Square has 100s of API endpoints that developers want to call from a Go backend. By partnering with Fern, Square automatically generated a Go client library that's dependency-free, has auto-pagination for lengthy responses, and handles retry requests.featured in #579
Leadership Power Tools: SQL And Statistics
- Matt Blewitt tl;dr: “A common pattern I’ve seen over the years have been folks in engineering leadership positions that are not super comfortable with extracting and interpreting data from stores, be it databases, CSV files in an object store, or even just a spreadsheet. We’re going to cover SQL & DuckDB, then some useful statistical tools: summary stats, distributions, confidence intervals and Bayesian reasoning.”featured in #578
Introducing <Waitlist /> Mode - A Virtual Queue For Your App
tl;dr: Waitlist is a new sign-up mode and component that lets users register interest and join a waitlist for early access to your product. Manage user access and onboarding all within your Clerk Dashboard. Read our changelog announcement for more details.featured in #575
Auto-Translating Videos to 130+ Languages
tl;dr: Ever wished you could dub videos as easily as you translate text? Rask AI's new API handles everything – transcription, translation, dubbing, and even lip-syncing – in a single integration. Tech teams love how simple it is! Want to see it in action? Book a demo this week and grab a $500 welcome bonus, exclusively for Pointer readers. Check out the docs or get your free demo! See Rask AI in action.featured in #572
Why Cohere Chose Fern To Auto-Generate And Maintain Its SDKs
tl;dr: Prior to using Fern, Cohere dealt with a classic SDK challenge. Like most dev-products, their users utilized a variety of languages. This created a design problem: each language had different type systems, primitives, and concurrency models. Read more about how Cohere was able to solve this by leveraging Fern's generators to build and maintain type-safe, idiomatic SDKs across multiple languages.featured in #571
Rough Notes On Learning Wardley Mapping
- Will Larson tl;dr: Wardley Mapping is a strategic planning tool that helps visualize how business components evolve over time, from novel ideas to industry standards. Will shares resources that guide might be useful for leaders.featured in #571
Clerk Launches EASIE SSO, An Alternative To SAML Built Atop OIDC
tl;dr: Built atop OIDC, EASIE works through Sign in with Google (and Microsoft) and includes just-in-time provisioning and automatic deprovisioning. EASIE requires Clerk's Enhanced Authentication add-on (+$100/month) but they've eliminated SSO connection fees, allowing you to add as many connections as you'd like. Click to learn more.featured in #570
Jujutsu: A Haven For Mercurial Users At Mozilla
- Andrew Halberstadt tl;dr: “There are many standout features, but if I had to distill it down, I’d say Jujutsu is good because it is equal parts simple and powerful. Simple both in terms of the UI (which is stellar), but also in terms of cognitive load (the ability to keep track of your changes). Powerful because of the fantastic history re-writing and conflict resolution capabilities.”featured in #566
AI-Powered Meeting Company Supernormal Launches Customizable Voice Agents
- Kelsey Foster tl;dr: The AI landscape has evolved rapidly, with a shift from basic automation to more sophisticated, conversational experiences. Read the inspiration behind Supernormal's latest product and more, some initial post-launch metrics, and what’s next for its AI products. Read the full story.featured in #557