Some time ago, the concept of event streaming was not that widespread. In addition to that, the platforms provided were much fewer than today, and required more technical depth to set up and operate. However, as time passed, those platforms matured, community grew, the documentation was improved and the rest of the world started to wake up to the advantages these platforms can bring to address the real-time experiences businesses need. And Apache Pulsar is a great example.

Systems fail from time to time. And there is nothing worse than being unaware a system is down at all. Which is why we wrote the email alerts from Lenses.io tutorial. But what about those evenings where you are enjoying a documentary or just having an email-free evening? After all, system failures rarely happen at a magically convenient time.

In software testing, open-source tools have existed for quite a while and they will keep existing in the future. New testing frameworks and tools appear every single day, so how do you know what works best for you? Are commercial tools better than open-source alternatives or the other way around? There is no clear answer and “it depends” highly on your needs. Teams are unique and should use whatever tools they want in order to be more efficient, productive, and happy.

If you want to jump straight to installing the marketplace extension, you can find it here. Performance issues can quickly turn expensive. Reasons can vary from unexpected traffic surges, pieces of non-performant code acting as bottlenecks, or misconfigured network components. Integrating load- and performance testing into your CI pipeline will allow you to know about performance degradations early, in most cases, even before it has any impact on your users in the production environment.

These days, all around the world, mobile development is mostly performed by fully remote teams. Under these challenging circumstances, maintaining a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility can easily become overwhelming.

Open source is great but sometimes it misses the mark for security at enterprise levels. Take Kafka Connect, I’ve built a few connectors in my time and prior to its introduction to Apache Kafka back in 2017 I used other hand cranked pieces of software and security was always a primary concern. One feature that will quickly put a blocker on your project being successful is not reaching production. There’s a number of reasons for this but high up, usually top, is security.

Events and Conferences are a core element of any growing industry and ours is no different. It’s the easiest way to learn what’s new and to gain a better understanding of any technology. After all, we might love blogs and online courses, but at the end of the day, is there a better way to process any type of information than a passionately delivered speech or a lively discussion?