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Automatic APIs With PostgREST for PostgreSQL

Storing information in a relational database and sharing it via a RESTful API is a very common scenario these days. Depending on your RDBMS (relational database management system), this may take a lot of development effort. One solution that attempts to simplify the process is the PostgREST web server add-on for PostgreSQL. If your organization uses the PostgreSQL database, PostgREST quickly adds basic CRUD (create, read, update, delete) functions in an easy-to-use RESTful HTTP interface.

Faster, More Efficient Queries at a Lower Cost: Snowflake's Latest Performance Improvements

At Snowflake, our product philosophy is centered on a single unified platform, and thus, a single core engine. To support all your workload needs with unmatched performance and efficiency, we continuously enhance and deliver performance improvements on this core engine. This approach allows you to benefit from enhanced performance effortlessly, without incurring additional costs or requiring migrations, upgrades or manual intervention.

Join Ken on SMC Journal - Scaling Kubernetes, Microservices, and Ephemeral Environments

Check out Ken Ahrens and Scott Moore as they discuss some blockers of developer productivity when building in Kubernetes, and how removing environment and data challenges can reduce toil and frustration! You can catch the full podcast on Scott’s page here: Scott Moore: Hey everybody out there in internet meme land. It’s time to hide your kids and hide your wife because it’s time for the SMC Journal podcast. Some of you will get that joke. Others will not.

What is Workflow Orchestration? A Complete Guide

Workflows determine how organizations conduct processes. These workflows can initially be very straightforward—just a simple series of steps that must be completed sequentially to achieve a particular outcome. However, the steps can become more complicated as business processes and requirements become more extensive. Your organization needs to keep these workflows running smoothly even as they become more complicated.

How to Write a QA Test Plan

A quality assurance (QA) test plan or a software test plan is a document that outlines the steps, approaches, tools, and best practices for carrying out QA testing for your project. The purpose of a QA test plan is to define testing goals and objectives while considering cost, project requirements, and delivery timelines. Ultimately, this document ensures that all stakeholders are unified in their commitment to delivering a high-quality product.

What is End-to-End Testing? Complete E2E Testing Guide with Example

Imagine launching your software with confidence, knowing that every button click, data transfer, and user interaction works perfectly—no surprises, no last-minute bugs. This level of assurance doesn't happen by chance; it’s the result of accurate End-to-End (E2E) Testing. But what exactly does end-to-end testing mean? How does it ensure that your application not only works but grows under real-world conditions?

Key Differences Between Smoke Testing and Regression Testing

Smoke testing and regression testing play crucial roles in ensuring the functionality and reliability of software applications. Although both test software’s functionality, their purposes differ, and they occur at different stages of development. Understanding the differences between these two testing types can help effectively manage and maintain software quality.

3 Key Findings from the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

The 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey results included critical themes and sentiments around AI and the developer experience. With responses from over 65,000 developers in 180 countries, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of software development. In this article, we’ll examine some of the report’s key trends and highlights and their strategic implications.

Unlock Greater Insights and Productivity using AI in Appian 24.3

In 24.2, we introduced our enterprise copilot. Enterprise copilot allows you to upload business documents and collect them in knowledge sets. From there, you can ask questions about information in these documents and receive answers quickly. For instance, an organization with a heavy regulatory burden could upload legislative and operational documents. Then, these employees could get insights from Appian AI Copilot to ensure they adhere to compliance requirements.