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Build data apps with Streamlit + ThoughtSpot APIs

I’ve been following the Streamlit framework for a while, since Snowflake announced that they would acquire it to enable data engineers to quick spin up data apps. I decided to play around with it and see how we could leverage the speed of creating an app along with the benefits that ThoughtSpot provides, especially around the ability to use NLP for search terms. Streamlit is built in Python.

Build limitless workloads on BigQuery: New features beyond SQL

Our mission at Google Cloud is to help our customers fuel data driven transformations. As a step towards this, BigQuery is removing its limit as a SQL-only interface and providing new developer extensions for workloads that require programming beyond SQL. These flexible programming extensions are all offered without the limitations of running virtual servers.

Planetly: Scaling companies' carbon management with data

Planetly uses technology to simplify carbon management for companies at scale. Their data-driven software solution helps companies reach net-zero emission targets in four steps: The entire carbon management life cycle is powered and fueled by data. We talked to Cari Davidson, VP of Engineering and Patricia Montag, the Engineering Lead Analytics, to better understand what role Keboola (and data as a whole) play in the company’s operations and what that means for the engineering team.

Unlocking the value of unstructured data at scale using BigQuery ML and object tables

Most commonly, data teams have worked with structured data. Unstructured data, which includes images, documents, and videos, will account for up to 80 percent of data by 2025. However, organizations currently use only a small percentage of this data to derive useful insights. One of main ways to extract value from unstructured data is by applying ML to the data.

New Features in Choreo Digital Platform as a Service from WSO2 Significantly Expand Development and Deployment Flexibility

New features include Bring Your Own Container supporting developers' languages of choice, deployment flexibility via Choreo DevOps Portal and Private Data Planes, GraphQL, and Internal APIs for enhanced security.

The hidden cost of skipping usability testing

After working in UX for many years across several companies, I can confidently say this: usability testing is always a fragile issue. Companies expect their product to be exceptional and deliver value to their customers but believe that user experience testing is a time/cost sink. I’ve heard the claim (countless times) that user experience testing limits and prevents dev teams from pushing new products and features.

Software Testing Strategy - Prepare your Software for Launch

All software must be tested to ensure that it works as intended before being released to the public. Testing must be rigorous to ensure that users are satisfied with it and have no complaints. A bad review, or negative word of mouth, of your software, can hamper its success on the open market or mean that staff will not use the new software.

Improve Code in Your Ruby Application with RubyCritic

RubyCritic provides visual reports highlighting code smells, code structure, ease of testing, and test coverage in your Ruby application. It's in active development, with new code analysis tools often being introduced as new features. It's well worth keeping track of RubyCritic's releases. This article will touch on some of RubyCritic's benefits, its dependencies, and how to read its code reports. Let's get going!