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We talked to Dama Damjanović, Principal Engineer at N26 about how the regulations in finance and banking affect engineering teams behind fintech apps, how they can improve security, and what type of new technology will add the most value to the industry in the coming years.

Customer focus is hugely important for the Appian product management team as we iterate on our solutions to keep pace with customer needs. Hearing directly from those who use the solutions every day is invaluable and offers our team insight into specific use cases and opportunities for optimization and enhancement.

For many, no job will ever come close to the profound experience that is running a company. After all, as an entrepreneur, you get the unique ability to dictate your own course, something virtually impossible to achieve so long as you stay employed under someone else. You’re no longer required to follow the vision of others, as it is you who has the final say in everything. In simple terms, for the first time, you are the master of your professional fate.

In our previous blog post covering our in-house Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) application, we described the data model for the system and basic features allowing security analysts to review events and trends across Appian’s many security monitoring systems.

With the ongoing release of new technologies in the IT market, your choices for programming languages is also changing. This makes the task of choosing one among all the languages a tough job. Java and.Net are two renowned languages that have been involved in a locked horn competition for years. Since both languages offer unique benefits, opting for one is itself a brainstorming tussle.

Test driven development is a development process in which you write your unit tests before you write your implementation. The process looks like this This is sometimes referred to as the Red/Green/Blue cycle

The benefits of technology in the world of business are no secret. What is driving that technology today, however, is the use of APIs in areas like supply chain management. APIs are enabling the supply chain digital transformation from improved processes to forecasting and even being able to build better supply chain relationships. Being proactive versus reactive is the key to successfully managing your supply chain.

Typically, every project that you do will have its own git repository. This approach can be cumbersome when those projects are closely tied. Monorepos promise a more convenient alternative. In this article, Saiharsha Balasubramaniam shows how to set up and manage a monorepo for a JS project using Yarn Workspaces and Lerna.