One of the most important phrases of DevOps practices is “Test early, test often.” It’s crucial to perform functional testing early with unit tests and integration tests. But it’s equally important to perform non-functional testing. That means you should have performance tests. As markets become more saturated with each passing day, you no longer have the luxury to postpone performance testing until all features are developed.
TTFHW is not the most common acronym you’ll hear in the tech and product domain. Even though it’s not extremely common, it can be argued that it is one of the most important acronyms for companies trying to scoop up and deliver value to new users. TTFHW, or Time To First Hello World, is likely something you’ve already thought about. Many product-led enthusiasts refer to it as the customers’ “aha!” moment.
ThoughtSpot provides a rich suite of APIs for search, user controls, and platform metadata. These APIs can be especially useful for sharing data with partners via webhooks, building native mobile apps, providing results in json format for third-party charting libraries like D3, or scripting ThoughtSpot configuration to support devops and continuous integration toolchains.
In Part 1 of this blog series, I broke down the “two generals problem” and shared how it affects IT leaders today. In this post, I will share the details of a specific battle from more modern history that exemplifies this concept.
API-first companies rely on a broad suite of services to build their APIs and generate value for their customers. Multiple teams may develop APIs using different technologies. Through processes and tools, you want those APIs to be consistent with your API consumers (whether internal or external). One tool companies employ to bring multiple APIs together is an API gateway.
