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Unravel Data Product Update: Boost Databricks productivity, performance, and efficiency

Product Update: Boost Databricks productivity, performance, and efficiency Right now, 88% of companies surveyed are failing to achieve optimal price/performance for their analytics workloads. Why? They don’t have the staff, their skilled engineers spend too much time doing toilsome work, and they are unable to optimize data workloads for performance and efficiency. With this in mind, Unravel is hosting a live event to help you leverage Unravel to achieve productivity, performance, and cost efficiency with Databricks.

Test Coverage: Balancing Perfection and Reality

Get ready to debunk testing myths with Ross Radford in the latest 'Test Case Scenario' episode! Ross, Director of Software Engineering at BarSign, joins Jason, Nikolay, Marcus, and Evelyn, as they banter about the roles of testing in professional workflow and management, how to communicate the importance of testing to leadership, and the question of speed versus thorough testing. We even get a sneak peek into an upcoming must-read, 'Software Testing for Managers,' by Ross himself!

What is the Listen to Yourself Pattern? | Designing Event-Driven Microservices

The Listen to Yourself pattern is implemented by having a microservice emit an event to a platform such as Apache Kafka, and then consuming its own events to perform internal updates. It can be used as a solution to the dual-write problem since it separates Kafka and database writes into different processes. However, it also provides added benefits because it allows microservices to respond quickly to requests by deferring processing to a later time.

Enhancing Software Testing with Large Language Models: Navigating the Challenge of Hallucinations

Software testing is an indispensable stage in the software development lifecycle, tasked with verifying application reliability, security, and performance before deployment. This process evaluates software components to ensure they adhere to specified requirements and perform reliably under varied conditions.

Emerging Tech Trends: Navigating the Most In-Demand Technical Careers for 2024

As we step into 2024, the tech industry continues to be a whirlwind of innovation and growth. With every passing year, technology reshapes not just how we live our daily lives but also the very fabric of our career landscapes. This year, certain tech roles are standing out, fueled by advancements in AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

Track Errors in Your Python Django Application with AppSignal

In this post, we will specifically look at using AppSignal to track errors in a Django application. We'll first create a Django project, install AppSignal, introduce some faulty code, and then use the AppSignal Errors dashboard to debug and resolve errors. Let's get started!

Using Streams Replication Manager Prefixless Replication for Kafka Topic Aggregation

Businesses often need to aggregate topics because it is essential for organizing, simplifying, and optimizing the processing of streaming data. It enables efficient analysis, facilitates modular development, and enhances the overall effectiveness of streaming applications. For example, if there are separate clusters, and there are topics with the same purpose in the different clusters, then it is useful to aggregate the content into one topic.