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Writing complex SQL queries can be challenging, but BigQuery's new pipe syntax offers a more intuitive way to structure your code. Learn how pipe syntax simplifies both exploratory analysis and complex log analytics tasks, helping you gain insights faster. Watch along and discover how to leverage pipe syntax in BigQuery for a more efficient analytics experience. Chapters: Speaker: Jeff Nelson Products Mentioned: Cloud - Data Analytics - BigQuery.

Are you facing frequent challenges in your build and deployment processes? Enter Jenkins - an invaluable tool for automating various tasks such as compiling, testing, packaging, and deploying software. Today, our guest is Kohsuke Kawaguchi, the visionary creator of Jenkins. We’re gonna delve into the capabilities of Jenkins and its role in modern software development.

Special episode alert! We're thrilled to share an exclusive episode featuring one of our hosts, Cristiano Cunha! Cristiano is more than a Solution Architect at Xray. He’s also a passionate enthusiast for software testing and automation. Get ready to hear stories and insights about Cristiano's career experiences. But that's not all - get ready for a round of rapid-fire questions that promise to bring out some laughs.

Special episode alert! Today, it's Sérgio's turn in the hot seat! In this episode, Sérgio, Solution Architect at Xray, shares his career experiences and stories in the software testing industry. From test management tool features to what a Solution Architect does outside of work, this episode is packed with QA knowledge and insightful experiences. Plus, enjoy a round of rapid-fire questions that will make you laugh (and think)!

Discover how the new Terraform provider for Kong Konnect empowers platform teams to automate the deployment of a feature-rich API platform. In this webinar, we’ll walk through a real-world scenario, showing how a fictional organization sets up a federated API platform on Kong Konnect and automates its provisioning process using Terraform. Join us to learn best practices and unleash the full potential of APIOps automation with Kong Konnect and Terraform.

Your partners can make or break critical moments. @Marcus Merrell shares a story about a Black Friday mishap that cost $200,000 due to a partner’s system failure. Customers faced errors with no clear alternatives, leaving them frustrated and the business scrambling. It raises an important question: Are you prepared for when things go wrong, or are you leaving your users stranded without options? It’s not just about the tech—it’s about how you build trust and ensure your users feel supported, no matter what.

Your testing choices impact customer relationships. @Marcus Merrel shares a story about a teammate being unable to pay a simple bridge toll online—Safari, Chrome, incognito mode, nothing worked. No chat support, no phone number. His only option? Wait for a collection letter to arrive in the mail. That’s so frustrating. But what stands out most is the bigger question: Are your users forced to stay because they have no choice, or are you actively earning their loyalty by providing a seamless, supportive experience?

Learn how replication works in Apache Kafka. Deep dive into its critical aspects, including: Whether you're a systems architect, developer, or just curious about Kafka, this video provides valuable insights and hands-on examples. Don't forget to check out our GitHub repo to get all of the code used in the demo, and to contribute your own enhancements.

Testers, how can you prepare for Black Friday? @MarcusMerrell suggests running real practice drills. Build an environment as close to production as possible and simulate an outage with your team to see how prepared you really are. These drills help reveal issues in your response process that you might not realize until it’s too late. By practicing in a realistic environment, your teams get more confidence handling real-world outages.

In this video, we will learn how to add tags to a Data Asset in Astera's Data Governance Platform.