Too many cars, too few parking spots, and never enough time! Does that sound familiar? Well, this chaotic hustle-bustle gave rise to urban transportation apps like Uber. The mere mention of its name brings a sigh of relief to daily commuters like us, isn’t it? But wait a minute. Have you ever wondered how this magical app came to be? Do questions like- ‘How can I make an app like uber, and how much is the cost to build app like uber?’ ever crossed your mind?

A very common request we get from analytics users across all industries is the ability to export dashboard and analytic content to external files for collaboration and sharing. Whether the requirement is to export to PDF or export to XLS, exporting dashboard content to another popular media format remains an expected and important feature of modern business intelligence (BI). However, many analytics vendors lack options in exporting content, limiting the ability to share reports with non-analytics users.

Agile and Waterfall are two popular project management methodologies. Agile suits projects that require flexibility and frequent updates, while Waterfall is ideal for projects with clear, unchanging requirements. Let’s explore further the differences between these 2 approaches!

Hey, you! Yeah, you! The puzzled-looking Spring Boot developer, scouring the web for a guide on integrating your microservices with Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud with Stream Governance. Admit it, you’ve been Googling nonstop for the past hour and all you’ve found are examples using StringSerializer/StringDeserializer with not even the slightest mention of "schema registry-aware" serialization methods. And I bet the examples you found are implemented in Java.

Whether you’re working in the marketing department or the operations department, you’ve probably heard a lot about APIs and API integrations. API integration is the process of connecting different software systems or applications through their respective APIs to enable them to communicate and share data seamlessly. These have become the “buzz” terms of IT departments in recent years as more enterprises embrace the trend toward digital transformation.

Digitalization, as we’re talking about in this article, refers to the strategic use of digital technologies and analytics to shift customer interactions from physical locations to digital platforms like apps and online services.

At Snowflake, our product philosophy is centered on a single unified platform, and thus, a single core engine. To support all your workload needs with unmatched performance and efficiency, we continuously enhance and deliver performance improvements on this core engine. This approach allows you to benefit from enhanced performance effortlessly, without incurring additional costs or requiring migrations, upgrades or manual intervention.

Storing information in a relational database and sharing it via a RESTful API is a very common scenario these days. Depending on your RDBMS (relational database management system), this may take a lot of development effort. One solution that attempts to simplify the process is the PostgREST web server add-on for PostgreSQL. If your organization uses the PostgreSQL database, PostgREST quickly adds basic CRUD (create, read, update, delete) functions in an easy-to-use RESTful HTTP interface.

This summer marks five years since we announced our first fully managed connector on Confluent Cloud in 2019, the Amazon S3 Sink Connector. Since then, our connector offerings have not only expanded significantly but also enabled teams to send hundreds of petabytes of data throughput. Today, we support over 80 pre-built, fully managed connectors, custom connectors, and secure private networking.