The retail industry is constantly evolving, and so is the way that businesses use BI tools. Retail business intelligence (BI) dashboards are now more important than ever, as they allow businesses to monitor their operations in a more comprehensive way. In this article, we explore the benefits of using BI dashboards in the retail industry, and discuss some of the ways in which they are transforming how it operates.

Streaming ETL is a modern approach to extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) that processes and moves data from source to destination in real-time. It relies on real-time data pipelines that process events as they occur. Events refer to various individual pieces of information within the data stream. Depending on the source and purpose of the data, an event could be a single user visit to a website, a new post on a social media platform, or a data point from a temperature sensor.

It's hard to overstate the importance of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all websites. Since the first CSS standards were published in late 1996, we have come quite far regarding features and ecosystems. Several frameworks have appeared and proved popular, one of the most recent being Tailwind CSS. In this post, we'll first examine Tailwind's utility-first approach before diving into how to use it in a Ruby on Rails application.

Imagine finding yourself in an airport, receiving a message from your travel app: “Due to severe weather conditions, your flight is delayed by 3 hours. We anticipate your gate opening within the next hour. Here’s a $30 voucher for refreshments while you wait.” While this scenario might seem like something out of a Hollywood movie, in reality, it could lead to tense confrontations and disruptions. That’s why clear communication and support before travel are crucial.

The concept of insurance predates the printing press and the steam engine. So it's likely no surprise that the industry — as obviously adaptable as it is — often faces challenges related to the modernization of legacy systems. In the age of AI and APIs (application programming interfaces), streamlining operations and modernizing are paramount to success.

As organizations build more APIs, manual processes and frequent handoffs in the API development workflow can lead to a slower time to market, higher development costs, and poor-quality APIs. They can also result in APIs being poorly documented, causing poor API adoption and lower revenues. APIOps aims to address these issues by automating the entire API lifecycle, leveraging DevOps and GitOps principles. But what is DevOps, and what is GitOps?