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.

Introducing Zod 4 Beta

Introducing Zod 4 Beta

After over a year of active development, Zod 4 has reached the beta stage. With this new major version, Zod 4 resolves a few of the community's longest standing requests, whilst also providing a sustainable foundation for the Zod team to build on in the coming years. On top of closing 9 out of the 10 most upvoted open issues, the Zod team has managed to squeeze out some seriously impressive performance improvements, with certain benchmarks showing a 20x speed-up. Find out more ›

Refined GitHub

Refined GitHub

As many developers know, GitHub is an almost essential part of any project. On the flipside, when any given tool is such a crucial part of your daily work-life, there are bound to be subtle snags that slow you down just enough to annoy you. This is where Refined GitHub comes in. It's a collection of small wins and improvements that add up to an overall smoother GitHub experience, which we're sure many developers will be delighted to use. Dive in ›

Object Storage – it's more than just another disk

Object Storage – it's more than just another disk

Over the past 19 years, Object Storage has become the standard for storing large amounts of data in the cloud. However, as with any solution, it has its drawbacks. In this case, when you're dealing with large distributed systems, latencies can compound into a slow experience for some of your users. These latency issues are often caused by unlucky routing that results in requests taking hundreds of milliseconds. Adam Gutglick presents several different solutions to combat this problem. Follow his advice and take your p99 latency to a far more impressive p99.99 latency. Read more ›

Generate stunning images from text using AI

Generate stunning images from text using AI

We've just welcomed an exciting new addition to our fleet of Robots: the /image/generate Robot. This Robot transforms text prompts into visually striking images powered by cutting-edge AI. With this Robot, you can enhance your file processing pipeline to instantly produce customized visuals for any project, unlocking limitless creative potential without needing design expertise or complex software applications. Check it out ›

Automatically generate alt text for images

Automatically generate alt text for images

Providing descriptive alt text for images is crucial for accessibility and SEO, but writing all of it manually can be tedious and error-prone. Check out our DevTip, in which we explain how you can use AWS Rekognition together with Node.js to automate this important, yet monotonous process. Try it out ›