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September 2023

An Introduction to Sidekiq for Ruby on Rails

Sidekiq allows Ruby developers to maintain fast and responsive web applications by moving time-consuming tasks into the background. With multithreading at its core, Sidekiq can process many jobs at once. This makes Sidekiq an important part of Ruby or Rails applications that handle heavy loads or perform tasks like sending emails or processing files.

When to Use Playwright Over Puppeteer in Node.js

Playwright and Puppeteer have emerged as two of the most powerful end-to-end testing Node.js libraries. Their robust APIs make it easier to test the UI and workflows of sites and web applications. Although they are similar tools that offer comparable features, there are circumstances in which one is better to use than the other. In this article, we'll look at scenarios where it's better to use Playwright than Puppeteer for functionality and performance reasons.

8 Things You Can Do With Data Apps in Keboola

Imagine this: data consumers in your organization no longer anxiously wait for essential data, self-serving data with ease and confidence. Data engineers, freed from dull routine tasks and ad-hoc requests, tackling strategic projects at speed. Meet Data Apps. This new Keboola feature empowers business teams with self-serve data while freeing data engineers to focus on high-impact work. How?

AI Like a Rockstar

Although it might seem a little early, I was just thinking: what will 2023 be remembered for? For many it will be the year that Beyonce and Taylor Swift took to stages around the world and pushed the boundaries of live music (I’m a confirmed Swiftie if you didn’t know). It is also the year of AI. When I speak with customers, they all talk about how they are steering towards AI adoption.

PostgreSQL vs MySQL: The Critical Differences

MySQL and PostgreSQL offer many of the same features and capabilities—but there are critical differences between these two Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) that cannot be ignored. If you’re not familiar with these differences, here’s a quick and easy overview: In this guide, we provide a brief history and overview of each database system.

A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Mobile-Friendly Website

The trend of mobile users is increasing day after day. The websites that are compatible with mobile are getting more customers and conversions compared to websites that have only desktop versions or are not properly compatible with mobile phones. In order to get more visibility and credibility, it is advised to have mobile mobile-friendly design. A recent survey has shown that around 33% of users visit websites from mobile and around 67% of users search through desktops. So, if you need to get 100% of users on your websites, you need to ensure mobile-friendly website design.

Elevate Your Digital Infrastructure with Cigniti's Site Reliability Engineering

Did you know that our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) service has helped Fortune 500 companies predict issues by 92%? In today's fast-paced digital landscape, ensuring your software applications' reliability, performance, and agility is critical for business success. Cigniti's SRE service empowers organizations with the tools, processes, and expertise to achieve these objectives seamlessly. Whether you want to modernize your infrastructure, automate workflows, or improve incident response, we have the SRE expertise and solutions to drive your success.

Top 5 Best Practices for Building Event-Driven Architectures Using Confluent and AWS Lambda

Confluent and AWS Lambda can be used for building real-time, scalable, fault-tolerant event-driven architectures, ensuring that your application logic is executed reliably in response to specific business events. Confluent provides a streaming SaaS solution based on Apache Kafka® and built on Kora: The Cloud Native Apache Kafka Engine, allowing you to focus on building event-driven applications without operating the underlying infrastructure.