Maya Angelou once said, “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot—it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” Experiences matter. They matter to us in our personal lives but also in our work lives as employees, customers, and software users. That’s why total experience is such an effective business strategy.

Soft deletes in Laravel can be really useful for building "recycle bin" features and for analytical purposes. But what are soft deletes? In this article, we dive into what they are, the pros and cons of using them, and how to use them in your Laravel app.

Having a good test case template comes with tons of benefits. Not having to re-invent the wheel is one of them. Drawing from years of experience in the software testing industry, we have created a detailed template for you to note down your test case in the most organized manner, so that you can dedicate your time and effort to other high-value tasks. Scroll down and download your template, and if you want to get some tips on how to best write a test case, read on, we got you covered!

With the emergence of new creative AI algorithms like large language models (LLM) fromOpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, Meta’s LLaMa, and Bloomberg’s BloombergGPT—awareness, interest and adoption of AI use cases across industries is at an all time high. But in highly regulated industries where these technologies may be prohibited, the focus is less on off the shelf generative AI, and more on the relationship between their data and how AI can transform their business.

Data integration methods are critical for maintaining operational efficiency and a competitive edge as the digital world evolves. Two popular methods—Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)—offer unique benefits depending on your needs.

I think most C# developers would agree that LINQ is an integral part of the experience of writing code with the language. LINQ provides a fluent, intuitive, and consistent way to query data sets. In this post, we’ll help in your LINQ-mastering quest by covering the LINQ join operator. We’ll start the post with a definition of LINQ itself, so we’re all on the same page. After that, you’ll see an explanation of join operations in LINQ.

From poor landing page designs to flawed keyword research strategies, 68 PPC pros share how to find and fix high CTR low conversion issues.

Speed and efficiency are paramount during the build process. If you use a Dockerfile to build your container images from source code, you want to know about build cache. In this blog post, we’ll talk about what happens when you create a Docker image using a Dockerfile, how caching works with Docker, and how to optimize your Dockerfiles to maximize the benefits of build cache with Docker and on Koyeb.

Success. We all seek it. However, what defines success? It all depends on the goals we have established. We often hear that testing is about ensuring there are no bugs. That's wrong in many ways. First, testing doesn't assure; testing gives information about quality so the team can decide what to do next, hopefully using it to improve its current status.