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Is self-service BI attainable? Benefits and historical concerns of self-service BI

Whether you call it self-service analytics or self-service business intelligence (BI), there has been much discussion about the perils, myths, promises, and prospects of successfully building self-service capability. Going forward, I’ll use the phrase “self-service BI” but you are welcome to substitute the words “self-service analytics”. So, is self-service BI actually attainable or just snake oil?

API Testing Service: Is Outsourcing the Best Choice for API Testing?

API testing services are becoming increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. With the right API testing service, companies can ensure that their web applications and services are secure, reliable, and performant. But with so many software testing service providers out there, how do you choose the best API testing company? Choosing the best API testing service provider can be a challenging task.

How Have Business Intelligence Tools Evolved Over the Years?

The evolution of business intelligence and analytics has been so successful that it has become fundamental to businesses today. There was a time when analytics was once performed manually with pen and paper; now, businesses utilize powerful Business Intelligence (BI) tools to analyze big data and provide decision-makers with descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics in real time.

Reliable Data Exchange with the Outbox Pattern and Cloudera DiM

In this post, I will demonstrate how to use the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and its streaming solutions to set up reliable data exchange in modern applications between high-scale microservices, and ensure that the internal state will stay consistent even under the highest load.

Exploring Test Case vs Test Script: What's the Difference?

According to recent studies, more than 86% of businesses worldwide now rely on software testing to ensure the quality and reliability of their applications. When a tester begins their testing journey, the first thing they usually learn is how to document test cases. And when they learn test automation, they convert those test cases to test scripts. This blog will take you on a journey to understand the difference between test cases vs test scripts.

More AI Means More APIs

“Software is eating the world” and “APIs are eating software” have become familiar proclamations across the modern-day software industry. Given the resounding hype, interest, and substantial monetary investments happening in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a likely follow-on statement is, “AI is eating APIs, software, and everything else!”

ChatGPT Impact on Software Testing Practices

Open AI developed Chat GPT, an auto-generative technology for AI chatbots to use in providing online customer support. It employs Natural Language Processing (NLP) and has been trained to generate conversational responses. Textbooks, webpages, and other materials serve as its data source, from which it models its own language for reacting to human contact. When it comes to the IT sector, software testing is one area where Chat GPT is predicted to thrive.

A Generalized User-local Container for UI State in Kredis

In our last post, we persisted and restored a collapsed/expanded UI state with Kredis. However, the great pain point with this is that we have to invent a lot of Kredis keys. This time, we'll see how we can avoid this by developing a generalized solution for any DOM node whose attribute states we want to track on the server side. Let's dive straight in!