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The Sliding Doors for ESG Reporting

In my first post of this new blog series, I introduced the concept of “sliding doors” for creating value with data: the divergent paths that organizations can take which can lead to great - or not so great - outcomes. In this post, I want to explore this for what has become a new data imperative for organizations today: effectively reporting their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to meet new regulations.

Inside DataOps: 3 Ways DevOps Analytics Can Create Better Products

Can DataOps help data consumers reveal and take action on powerful product insights hidden in operational data? For many companies, the answer is yes! The emerging practice of DataOps applies Agile development principles and DevOps best practices (e.g. collaboration, automation, monitoring and logging, observability) to data science and engineering, making it faster and easier for organizations to uncover valuable product insights that enable innovation.

Test Coverage: Balancing Perfection and Reality

Get ready to debunk testing myths with Ross Radford in the latest 'Test Case Scenario' episode! Ross, Director of Software Engineering at BarSign, joins Jason, Nikolay, Marcus, and Evelyn, as they banter about the roles of testing in professional workflow and management, how to communicate the importance of testing to leadership, and the question of speed versus thorough testing. We even get a sneak peek into an upcoming must-read, 'Software Testing for Managers,' by Ross himself!

Moving Data Into Snowflake From SAP NetWeaver Using SNP Glue Connector

Benjamin Deaver, Senior Solutions Architect at SNP Group, sits down with "Powered by Snowflake" host Felipe Hoffa to demonstrate the operation of SNP Glue Connector for SAP, a Snowflake Native Application. Its purpose is to push data to Snowflake from the SAP NetWeaver stack and then consolidate it and merge it together.

What is the Listen to Yourself Pattern? | Designing Event-Driven Microservices

The Listen to Yourself pattern is implemented by having a microservice emit an event to a platform such as Apache Kafka, and then consuming its own events to perform internal updates. It can be used as a solution to the dual-write problem since it separates Kafka and database writes into different processes. However, it also provides added benefits because it allows microservices to respond quickly to requests by deferring processing to a later time.

Node.js Timeout Tactics: A Complete Handbook

Node.js is a powerful platform for building scalable and efficient server-side applications. One essential feature of Node.js development is managing timeouts effectively. Timeouts help handle various scenarios, such as preventing requests from hanging indefinitely or executing tasks within a specific timeframe. Let's get into the timeouts as time is out, what timeouts mean, and why they are necessary for Node.js applications.

Enhancing Software Testing with Large Language Models: Navigating the Challenge of Hallucinations

Software testing is an indispensable stage in the software development lifecycle, tasked with verifying application reliability, security, and performance before deployment. This process evaluates software components to ensure they adhere to specified requirements and perform reliably under varied conditions.

Emerging Tech Trends: Navigating the Most In-Demand Technical Careers for 2024

As we step into 2024, the tech industry continues to be a whirlwind of innovation and growth. With every passing year, technology reshapes not just how we live our daily lives but also the very fabric of our career landscapes. This year, certain tech roles are standing out, fueled by advancements in AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

Communicating the Value of Testing Internally

Get ready to debunk testing myths with Ross Radford in the latest 'Test Case Scenario' episode! Ross, Director of Software Engineering at BarSign, joins Jason, Nikolay, Marcus, and Evelyn, as they banter about the roles of testing in professional workflow and management, how to communicate the importance of testing to leadership, and the question of speed versus thorough testing. We even get a sneak peek into an upcoming must-read, 'Software Testing for Managers,' by Ross himself!

Announcing Insomnia's New Storage Control To Mandate Local-Only, Cloud, or Git Storage for APIs in the Organization

Today we’re excited to announce that Kong Insomnia has shipped Storage Control, a new enterprise capability that allows administrators in an Insomnia organization to mandate what type of backend storage developers are allowed to use when creating API assets like API collections, API specifications, environments configuration, authentications data, and more.