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Top 3 Challenges for Automated Loan Underwriting

Automation and artificial intelligence have been key players in financial services for years. Financial institutions have automated routine tasks across fraud detection and prevention, loan application processing, and customer service, to name just a few. But the pace and breadth of adoption will only increase. In the lending market, automated underwriting can be a game-changer.

UI-driven GitOps: Opening up Kafka without giving up governance

As Kafka evolves in your business, adopting best practices becomes a must. The GitOps methodology makes sure deployments match intended outcomes, anchored by a single source of truth. When integrating Apache Kafka with GitOps, many will think of Strimzi. Strimzi uses the Operator pattern for synchronization. This approach, whilst effective, primarily caters to Kubernetes-based Kafka resources (e.g. Topics). But this isn’t ideal.

Understanding and Overcoming Test Data Management Challenges

Test data is a critical component of software testing, referring to the input values, files, or other resources used to exercise a software application or system during testing. In other words, test data is the fuel that powers software testing, enabling teams to validate the functionality, performance, and security of a software product.

A Software Engineer's Tips and Tricks #2: Template Databases in PostgreSQL

Hey there! We're back for our second edition of Tips and Tricks. As we said in our first post on Drizzle ORM, our new Tips and Tricks mini blog series is going to share some helpful insights and cool tech that we've stumbled upon while working on technical stuff. Today, we're going to talk about the template databases of PostgreSQL. Remember, these posts will be super short reads. If you don’t like the topic of one of the posts, no problem! Just skip it and check out the next one.

Interview With Google Software Engineer Michael Muinos

In this edition of our series dedicated to spotlighting the movers and shakers in the tech world, we're thrilled to welcome Michael Muinos, an experienced Software Engineer currently residing at Google who is also the founder of Algos With Michael. Through this conversation, we aim to dive deep into the experiences that have defined Michael's career, alongside exploring the challenges and triumphs encountered, we will also share advice for aspiring software engineering professionals in this piece.

Understanding Data Archiving: Importance and Fundamentals

For businesses and organizations of all sizes, data archiving is a critical but often underappreciated process that leadership and IT professionals need to prioritize.While moving inactive data from primary storage to long-term archival systems may seem like a back-office operational task, it has strategic importance. Archiving is essential for remaining compliant with data retention regulations like HIPAA, SOX and GDPR, which can carry heavy fines and legal risks if mishandled.