Learn what observability is and why it matters to Site Reliability Engineers.

Are you tired of typing out long lines of code? Do you wish there was a faster way to write code without sacrificing readability? Look no further than shorthand programming! Shorthand allows you to write code in a more abbreviated syntax, saving your time and effort. But what exactly is shorthand programming and how can you use it to your advantage? In programming, shorthand refers to a way of writing code using abbreviated syntax.

How is the modern data stack evolving and what will it look like in the future? Experts from Andreessen Horowitz, Accenture and Fivetran weigh in.

This is Part 2 of the Requirement Gathering Blog series by Rahul Parwal. We’d like to thank him for sharing his expertise with the community through this information-packed piece. In the Agile methodology, the requirement-gathering “phase” is not as rigid and formal as in the traditional Waterfall method.

Databases are organized collections of data stored in a server or a system elsewhere and can be retrieved upon need. They can be managed and even updated as and when the need arises. This data can be in the form of texts, images, integers, or multimedia files. SQL uses a standard query language to manage relational databases. You must have heard of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL servers.

Application Modernization projects often require their workloads to run on multiple platforms which requires a hybrid model. Kong Konnect is an API lifecycle management platform delivered as a service. The Control Plane, responsible for admin tasks, is hosted in the cloud by Kong. The Data Plane, totally based on Kong Gateway, can be deployed across multiple environments including VMs, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

The banking and financial services industry is evolving rapidly with the advent of new technologies and digital platforms. To stay competitive, banks need to focus on providing superior customer experience to their institutional and retail customers. This should start with the initial Know Your Customer (KYC) process and continue through the entire customer lifecycle. Here are five keys to transforming practices for heightened customer experience in banking and finance.

Today, many web applications will feature pages that are publicly available — like a homepage — and more secure ones where a user has to log in to get access. The process of user registration, logging in, and tracking user session state is called "authentication". At the same time, when dealing with logged-in users, it's necessary to separate actions and resources that are available to them depending on their user roles. For example, "admins" generally have more access than normal users.

Platform engineering is a growing field focused on building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports the development and deployment of software applications. What do developers need to know about platform engineering?

We’re excited to announce the latest release in our product lineup — WSO2 API Manager 4.2. The product now comes with enhanced features to support a wider range of practical applications around API service design, creation, integration, development, and exposure.