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API Summit 2024: Kong News and Announcements Recap

API Summit 2024 is underway! The seventh-annual Kong event kicked off today with 7 tracks and 60+ sessions from industry trailblazers. And, of course, the two-day event is packed with Kong-related news and product updates. Looking for a quick rundown of all the big Kong news? Here's a round-up of the Kong announcements dropped today.

Success story: Brickeye Platform Enhancement

Introducing our partner Brickeye, who delivers advanced monitoring and management solutions in construction, ranging from water mitigation to concrete monitoring and environmental risk management. Brickeye teamed up with ORIL to streamline interfaces across its apps. By creating a cohesive design system, we ensured that Brickeye’s future products would maintain consistency and benefit from accelerated deployment timelines.

Digital Transformation in Banking & Finance: How Digital Assurance Paves the Way

The financial services industry is in the midst of a significant transformation. As customers demand more seamless, agile, and innovative services, banks and financial institutions must evolve to meet these new expectations. But digital transformation is not just about implementing the latest technology—it’s a comprehensive, multi-dimensional shift that impacts everything from operations to customer experience.

Automated Software Testing: A Definitive Guide

Imagine a world where your software tests run themselves, freeing you from the tedious grind of repetitive tasks, and catching bugs long before they wreak havoc on your code. This is the magic of automated software testing. Deadlines to ship software are tighter than ever. Users expect flawless experiences, and relying solely on manual testing just doesn’t cut it anymore.

How to Use Azure Blob Storage with Ruby on Rails

Azure Blob Storage is an object storage service that is very similar to AWS S3. ActiveStorage from Rails has built-in support for both ActiveStorage and S3 for file storage, making it easy to integrate and even swap out providers. The Honeybadger Blog has already explored using S3 for file storage in Rails, and in this article, we'll explore using Azure to allow users to upload files in a Rails application. You can find the final code here on Github.

AI in Quality Assurance: How AI is Transforming Future of Quality Assurance

‍ ‍John McCarthy, an American computer scientist, stated this belief more than 40 years ago. Surely, his commitment to understanding the human mental process led him to ideate one of the most revolutionary ideas in computer science—artificial Intelligence (AI). Since then, AI has helped us develop software, utilize it to streamline our business offerings and maintain another essential aspect of digital ecosystems—quality assurance.

Embrace Greener Practices in Quality Engineering | Soumen Deb | #qualityassurance #softwaretesting

In this insightful talk, Soumen Deb explores the integration of sustainability into software quality engineering. Learn how greener practices, like reducing energy consumption and optimizing resource use, can align software development with environmental goals. Discover strategies for efficient testing, automation, and code optimization that not only reduce your carbon footprint but also provide cost savings and boost your organization's reputation. Join us to explore the intersection of quality engineering and corporate social responsibility for a sustainable future.

Kong Konnect Observability and Advanced Analytics with Dynatrace

Understanding and monitoring the performance and health of applications and systems is critical. This is where observability comes into play. Observability is about gaining a comprehensive understanding of a system's internal state by analyzing the data it generates within the context of real-time events and actions across the infrastructure.

Navigating Continuous Quality and Shift-Left Strategies with Indeed's David Morgenthaler

What does it really mean to shift left, and are we overburdening our developers in the process? In this episode, Jason Baum, Marcus Merrell, and Evelyn Coleman sit down with David Morgenthaler, a Software Engineering Manager at Indeed, to explore the real-world implications of shift-left testing. Together, they dissect the challenges of integrating continuous quality into CI/CD workflows and the potential pitfalls of placing more responsibility on developers' shoulders.