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New Enhancements to Konnect to Fuel API-Driven Innovation

APIs are the lifeblood of disruption. . . when leveraged correctly. The best, most disruptive businesses are able to harness API growth as a strategic opportunity. But how? With an API platform that drives innovation, faster delivery, and top-tier customer experiences alongside a top-notch developer experience. To that end, the Kong Konnect team has been busy executing against these goals in the new year.

Test sharding: elevate code quality without slowing down your team

Sometimes teams avoid introducing more tests (particularly UI tests) because they fear slowing down their CI pipeline. Should you have to sacrifice software quality for the sake of fast cycle times? Absolutely not. So, how can you introduce more tests without slowing down your CI pipeline? The answer: employ test sharding. In this post, we’ll dive into what test sharding is and why you should consider it.

Oracle Cloud's 25B release is coming: Here's how it will affect your testing strategy

Oracle recently published the release notes for Oracle Cloud’s 25B release, which will be available in late April. That means you only have a few weeks to get your test plan in place to ensure new features don’t impact your existing customizations or integrations. This release introduces several significant updates that will benefit your Oracle users, including Project Cost Distribution using available award funding and managing roles in Custom OAuth Apps.

GDPR Compliance in Headless CMS Environments: What You Need to Know

Headless Content Management Systems (CMS) have taken the digital world by storm, providing developers and marketers with amazing flexibility and scalability options. But when it comes to GDPR compliance in a headless CMS, the extended complexities are troubling. This information is useful for any company concerned with GDPR or companies of intent that do business in Europe, as failure to comply with GDPR can lead to severe penalties and adverse consumer relationships.
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Modernize Test Data Management with Traffic Replay

In software testing or platform engineering, having realistic data is crucial. For years, teams have relied on Test Data Management (TDM) to copy entire production databases, scrub any sensitive information, and then spin up test environments from these sanitized data sets. While TDM gets the job done, it can be costly, time-consuming, and can quickly become outdated. The issue of outdated data becomes more pronounced as deployment velocity increases and back end dependencies become more diverse (think: microservices).

What is Automated Business Monitoring? Everything You Should Know

Today, organizations need to know what data they have, what it means, when it changes, and how it delivers value faster than ever before. Modern businesses have a problem, though – a continuously growing mountain of data, made up of many different operational processes and performance metrics, which users must proactively monitor to ensure business goals are met, and insights are deciphered. Embedded dashboards are one way for your users to keep track of key information while using your application.

Is No PaaS really a good idea for Rails?

Rails 8 shipped with a bold premise: “No PaaS Required.” As cloud platforms have grown more costly, Ruby on Rails has shifted to reducing external infrastructure dependencies so that developers can deploy and run applications with fewer ever service dependencies. Traditionally, deploying a Rails app to the internet has meant provisioning a database server (e.g., PostgreSQL) and additional services like Redis for caching, background jobs, or WebSockets.

Guaranteed Faster Deployments: The Vital LoadFocus-CircleCI Connection

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) performance testing involves automatically testing your application’s performance as part of your development pipeline. By integrating performance tests into your CI/CD workflow, you can catch performance issues early, before they reach production. This approach ensures that every code change is verified not just for functionality, but also for performance impact.

Integrating LoadFocus API with GitHub Actions

Conventional testing methodologies falter where CI/CD performance testing triumphs. This revolutionary approach weaves performance validation intrinsically into your development lifecycle, transforming performance from an afterthought into a perpetual cornerstone throughout development. By vigilantly scrutinizing performance with every code alteration, you’ll preemptively neutralize issues before they cascade to users, ensuring flawless performance consistency across every release.

Ai Coding Tools: What'S Working, What'S Not, And Where It'S Headed

AI coding tools are no longer a novelty. From startups to enterprises, developers are using them to accelerate development, auto-generate tests, and build products faster than ever. Some engineering teams claim they’ve become up to 10x more productive with the right AI coding tool in their workflow. To get a real-world understanding of how these tools are being used, we hosted a community discussion with over 70 tech leaders—CEOs, CTOs, and engineering managers.