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Hybrid Infrastructure Load Balancing with Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh

Kong’s Wanny Morellato and Deepak Mohandas recently joined Justin and Autumn on the ShipIt podcast to talk hybrid infrastructure with Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh. They unravel the complexities of hybrid infrastructure at scale, discussing the processes, strategies, and philosophies that drive continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and more.

Navigating Workplace Accident Claims with Astera

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the incidence rate of nonfatal workplace accidents has decreased over the years, which can be attributed to the implementation of preventive measures in private industry. Despite this positive trend, companies deal with large volumes of unstructured data that demand effective management. Addressing these complexities is easier with Astera’s unstructured data extraction solution.

ETL Testing: Processes, Types, and Best Practices

ETL testing is a set of procedures used to evaluate and validate the data integration process in a data warehouse environment. In other words, it’s a way to verify that the data from your source systems is extracted, transformed, and loaded into the target storage as required by your business rules. ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is how data integration tools and BI platforms primarily turn data into actionable insights.

What is RAG? Retrieval-Augmented Generation for AI

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is an AI framework and powerful approach in NLP (Natural Language Processing) where generative AI models are enhanced with external knowledge sources and retrieval-based mechanisms. These appended pieces of outside knowledge provide the model with accurate, up-to-date information that supplements the LLM’s existing internal representation of information. As the name suggests, RAG models have a retrieval component and a generation component.

Dashboard design: 5 essential tips and considerations for 2024

A beautiful dashboard requires careful consideration for the audience throughout its design. Here are 5 essential considerations and tips for better looking dashboards. For many people, it can be hard to interpret data if it isn’t presented in a simplified way. They get cognitive overload, intimidated by what’s on screen, or misinterpret what you intend to communicate. Often, they may not use dashboards for their work altogether.

A Modular Approach for Fast, Flexible Case Management

Aligning HR practices with business objectives improves operational efficiency and enhances employee engagement. HR casework usually spans multiple disconnected departments and systems—exactly the kind of process end-to-end case management can help you connect. Some common use cases for HR case management include: Staying compliant with complex and evolving regulatory environments requires speed, flexibility, and a unified view of data and workflows that can be easily audited.

Active Record or Sequel: Which Best Fits The Needs of Your Ruby App?

When it comes to choosing an object-relational mapping (ORM) library for your Ruby application, Active Record is usually the favorite choice. It's an easy-to-use ORM library that allows for lots of data wrangling without resorting to SQL. All the same, you might wonder: "Is Active Record the only Ruby ORM library I can use?".