Author
FAST Data Generation With The Capella Eventing Service
Every application developer has faced the need for sample data. Whether it’s for functional testing or stress testing at scale, a large volume of meaningful data is required to see how an app actually performs under real world conditions. In...
Cloud to Edge AI with a Mobile Database Platform
Edge computing is a technical architecture that extends data processing from the cloud to the edge, moving it closer to the point of interaction, including onto mobile devices. From the database perspective, a typical architecture includes a database in the cloud,...
Offline-first: a mindset for developing faster, more reliable mobile apps
What does offline-first mean? The term “offline-first” describes a mobile app that is built to perform most, or all, of its core functionality without access to the Internet. The concept is simple enough, but all too often this is not...
Don’t REST – Use a Mobile Database for Apps: Couchbase Webcast Recap
I was recently honored to co-present on a webcast with my colleague and good friend, Aaron LaBeau, Sr. Developer Advocate at Couchbase. Aaron has nearly 30 years of development experience and specializes in building mobile apps, and so seemed the...
So, you want to build a data sync solution….
Mobile apps depend on data to operate, and as a developer, how you decide to handle that data can have huge implications on app performance. To provide the best possible experience, you must ensure fast and ready access to data...
Supercharge your Data Mesh strategy with Couchbase Capella
“Data as a Product” In the face of challenging economics and intensified customer focus, organizations are trying to lower costs and maximize efficiency – and one way they hope to do it is by treating data as a product, that...
The Right Stuff for Edge Computing in Space
AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase Capella = More uptime, lower latency and better bandwidth usage at the edge Apps Must be Always Fast and Always on Suppose you operate popup clinics in rural villages and remote locations where...
What is Native Mobile Development? (Benefits, Tools, Resources)
What is native mobile application development? When talking about native mobile app development, it’s good to first understand the landscape. There are approximately 6.5 billion smartphone users worldwide, and that number is growing. As smartphones become more ubiquitous and, at...
Why You Need a Mobile Database
Mobile app usage is increasing worldwide, not only in user volume, but in daily time spent on apps. TechCrunch recently reported that mobile users now spend between four and five hours – roughly ⅓ of waking hours – on smartphone...
How Couchbase Customers Build Offline First Apps That Work Anywhere, All The Time
Consider the following questions: Are the mobile apps that you deliver suffering poor adoption or bad reviews on app stores? Can the mobile apps that you build be used anywhere, including the middle of nowhere? Are you losing business due...
A Guide to Mobile Cross-Platform Development With Couchbase
Mobile app usage is increasing to an amazing extent worldwide. In fact, TechCrunch recently reported that users now spend between four and five hours on mobile apps every day – that’s nearly a third of most peoples waking hours. And...
Powering the Gaming Industry’s Most Popular Titles with Couchbase
The gaming market is bigger than ever and growing. According to BusinessOfApps, over 55 billion games were downloaded in 2021 between Google Play and the Apple App Store alone, and in a recent blog on mobile gaming industry statistics, mobile...