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How We Improved Table Performance in AppSignal - Back-end Changes

In our last development cycle, we spent time improving our table performance in AppSignal. As customers stay around for longer, data starts piling up. A view with just 10 items in the beginning gathers hundreds of items, and keeps growing. Besides filtering data in the front-end to reduce the returned data, we wanted to ensure our data could keep growing without timeouts in our GraphQL API or slow-loading pages in our app.

Extending BigQuery Functions beyond SQL with Remote Functions, now in preview

Today we are announcing the Preview of BigQuery Remote Functions. Remote Functions are user-defined functions (UDF) that let you extend BigQuery SQL with your own custom code, written and hosted in Cloud Functions, Google Cloud’s scalable pay-as-you-go functions as a service. A remote UDF accepts columns from BigQuery as input, performs actions on that input using a Cloud Function, and returns the result of those actions as a value in the query result.

Top Twitter Analytics Tools to Help You Create Your Twitter Strategy

Twitter is a social media platform for professionals. Its use of limited characters helps followers to stick to the message. It is also a platform for brands to engage their customers and publicize their products easily. To achieve publicity and communication goals, you need analytical tools. The tools help you to understand how people are engaging with your handle. The tools also enable you to develop customized messages for each cluster of followers.

Processing Unstructured Data 101

Here are five things to know about processing unstructured data: Unstructured data is big. Really big. According to an MIT Sloan School of Management study, 80-90 percent of data is unstructured information such as photos, text, audio, emails, and social media posts. This should come as no surprise to e-commerce retailers who collect and store unstructured data from invoices, online product reviews, sales presentations, and chatbot conversations with customers.

7 Reasons to Use an API for Video Delivery

Video delivery is more complex than ever. OTT providers need to ensure a quality experience for their customers while also delivering video that meets the expectations of advertisers. This can be a challenge, but using an API for video delivery can help make it easier. An API for video delivery can help you manage your content more effectively and deliver it to the right people at the right time. It can also help you keep track of who is watching your video and how they are interacting with it.

API monetization: How to get started

One of the most common questions we’re asked by prospective customers is “what’s the right way to get started with API monetization?” In this article, we’ll do our best to lay out what we’ve seen work most frequently — and call out a few common pitfalls as well. What we can say with certainty is that, “Build it and they will come,” doesn’t work as an API monetization strategy.