ServiceStack v8.9 Release

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In this show, we explore the inner workings that goes into each ServiceStack Release and explore the benefits and purpose behind major features and how they can empower your next project and help you build better apps faster. We also dive deep into some of the most popular topics in modern web dev, API design, microservices architecture, and more.

This episode covers ServiceStack v8.9, highlighting significant updates and new features that improve performance, flexibility, and developer experience within the ServiceStack ecosystem.

Primarily centered around database interaction and AI capabilities. Significant updates to OrmLite including a new fluent configuration model, the adoption of JSON serialization for complex types, and new dialect defaults for providers like PostgreSQL and SQL Server.

Furthermore, the release introduces an Async Tasks Builder for effortlessly executing parallel database requests and ports the durable Background Jobs and detailed RDBMS Request Logging and Analytics features to PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MySQL, complete with native table partitioning support.

Finally, the update unveils AI Chat, an OpenAI-compatible API and private, customizable ChatGPT-like UI, built around the core Chat Completion DTO for simplicity and portability, along with enhancements to API security by allowing the same APIs to be protected by both Identity Auth and API Keys.

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