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Squash Your Ruby and Rails Bugs Faster

A bug in software can be disruptive, elusive, maddening, and invasive. Indeed, a developer often needs the tenacity of Edison to find and fix an issue. But grit isn't the only asset a developer requires. One also needs information to debug code: What are the symptoms and effects of the issue? What is its frequency? Pervasiveness? Provenance? The evidence and artifacts of a bug — a core dump, stack trace, log, or test case — are invaluable.

Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies: Benefits, Examples, and What to Look For

In business, speed is key. When facing rapid change, adapting slowly eats into an organization’s revenue, opportunities, and market share. This has led organizations to deploy business process automation technologies to streamline processes, roll out products faster, and deliver services of a higher quality. However, organizations often stitch together disparate automation tools, leading to disjointed IT ecosystems and bloated licensing costs.

The Future of Software Development: Will Eastern Europe Lead the Way?

Eastern Europe has long been a key player in software development outsourcing, with established countries like Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania leading the way. The region continues to expand its market presence, with projections indicating a growth to a market volume of $1.25 billion by 2029. This trend highlights Eastern Europe’s ability to provide high-quality, affordable software development services. Several factors contribute to Eastern Europe’s strong position in this field.

The Hidden Risks in Software Testing with Titus Fortner

What happens when a global outage reveals the cracks in our testing processes? In this episode of Test Case Scenario, Jason Baum, Titus Fortner, and Marcus Merrell dissect the recent CrowdStrike incident that sent shockwaves across the world. They dive into the incident report, uncovering the key failures and oversights that led to the outage.

Monitor Node.js AMQP Brokers with AppSignal

AppSignal's Node.js package now offers out-of-the-box support for the AMQPlib package, enabling monitoring of inbound and outbound messages from popular Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) brokers like RabbitMQ. In this article, we'll show you how to set up and use AppSignal to monitor your AMQP broker's performance.