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Boosting Developer Productivity: Specific Metrics to Measure and Improve

As we close out 2024, developer productivity and happiness continue to be a focus for many organizations. Platform engineering can play a pivotal role in shaping the developer experience. With the growing complexity of distributed systems and the ever-pressing need for faster delivery cycles, platform engineers are uniquely positioned to enable developers to focus on what they do best: shipping high-quality code.

What is Perforce Helix DAM?

Helix DAM is an intuitive digital asset management solution from Perforce — makers of the industry standard version control platform, Helix Core. Why You Need Digital Asset Management Helix DAM is specialized for today’s popular 3D file formats (including.fbx, .usd, .glb, and.gltf). Helix DAM gives your art and design teams a central place to find, review, and get feedback on every version of the models, textures, and materials they create—while giving your studio the speed and security to collaborate with contractors and vendors.

Rightsizing Your Data Infrastructure: Optimizing Databricks Cluster and Workspace Configurations

Join us for another enlightening session in our Weekly Walkthrough series, "FinOps Metrics That Matter," where we focus on the critical aspect of rightsizing your Databricks infrastructure for optimal performance and cost-efficiency. Achieving the right balance between performance and cost is paramount. However, a striking 80% of data management experts grapple with precise cost forecasting and management (Forrester). The primary culprits? Insufficient granular visibility, data silos, and a lack of AI-driven predictive tools.

CDC and Data Streaming: Capture Database Changes in Real Time with Debezium PostgreSQL Connector

In today's data-driven world, staying ahead means acting on the most up-to-date information. That's where change data capture (CDC) comes in. CDC is a design pattern that tracks your database tables, capturing every row-level insert, update, and delete as it happens. This real-time monitoring allows downstream systems to react to changes instantly, without batch-based updates and resource-intensive full scans.

What's new in PHP 8.4 in terms of performance, debugging and operations

The close of 2024 is near, and that also means a new version of PHP is about to be released: 8.4! There has already been some discussion regarding the latest features and modifications affecting developers, for example on either stitcher.io or php.watch. We wrote this post with a totally different angle, highlighting the performance, debugging, and operations-related changes in PHP 8.4 that are usually less publicized. Several of these changes were even contributed by Tideways.

Kong Raises $175M to Power the API World

No AI without APIs — as we say here at Kong. I’m excited to officially share our oversubscribed Kong Series E financing at a $2 billion valuation! We raised $175 million in both primary and secondary, led again by Tiger Global and co-led by new investor Balderton as well as new strong participation from long-only Teachers’ Venture Growth (the late-stage growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan).

Why Your Chatbot Needs AI Testing Services and How to Do It Right

The introduction of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots is altering how businesses interact with their customers. By 2027, one-quarter of all firms are predicted to adopt them as their primary customer service channel, potentially saving 30% on support costs. However, one essential component is required for this efficiency: reliable AI testing services.