Languages and Frameworks Thoughtworks Technology Radar that the changes in your application’s primary data store are reflected in SpiceDB. Among other Zanzibar-inspired implementations, we find SpiceDB to be an interesting framework to assess for your authorization needs. 90. sqlc Assess sqlc is a compiler that generates type-safe idiomatic Go code from SQL. Unlike other approaches based on object-relational mapping (ORM), you continue to write plain SQL for your needs. Once invoked, sqlc checks the correctness of the SQL and generates performant Go code, which can be directly called from the rest of the application. With stable support for both PostgreSQL and MySQL, sqlc is worth a look, and we encourage you to assess it. 91. The Composable Architecture Assess Developing apps for iOS has become more streamlined over time, and SwiftUI moving into Adopt is a sign of that. Going beyond the general nature of SwiftUI and other common frameworks, The Composable Architecture (TCA) is both a library and an architectural style for building apps. It was designed over the course of a series of videos, and the authors state that they had composition, testing and ergonomics in mind, building on a foundation of ideas from The Elm Architecture and Redux. As expected, the narrow scope and opinionatedness is both a strength and a weakness of TCA. We feel that teams who don’t have a lot of expertise in writing iOS apps, which are often teams who may be looking after multiple related codebases with different tech stacks, stand to benefit the most from using an opinionated framework like TCA, and we like the opinions expressed in TCA. 92. WebAssembly Assess WebAssembly (WASM) is the W3C standard that provides capabilities of executing code in the browser. Supported by all major browsers and backward compatible, it’s a binary compilation format designed to run in the browser at near native speeds. It opens up the range of languages you can use to write front-end functionality, with early focus on C, C++ and Rust, and it’s also an LLVM compilation target. When run in the sandbox, it can interact with JavaScript and shares the same permissions and security model. Portability and security are key capabilities that will enable most platforms, including mobile and IoT. 93. Zig Assess Zig is a new language that shares many attributes with C but with stronger typing, easier memory allocation, support for namespacing and a host of other features. Its syntax, however, is reminiscent of JavaScript rather than C, which some may hold against it. Zig’s aim is to provide a very simple language with straightforward compilation that minimizes side-effects and delivers predictable, easy-to-trace execution. Zig also provides simplified access to LLVM’s cross-compilation capability. Some of our developers have found this feature so viable, they’re using Zig as a cross-compiler even though they aren’t writing Zig code. Zig is a novel language and worth looking into for applications where C is being considered or already in use as well as for low-level systems applications that require explicit memory manipulation. © Thoughtworks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 38