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No QA team? 5 ways to automate your tests and what to consider

Is your startup operating with no QA team and trying to figure out your options for improving software quality? Perhaps you’re proactively thinking about your QA process before quality becomes a problem. Our maybe quality issues have forced you to finally address your QA process (or lack thereof). Either way, end-to-end (e2e) automated software testing is always part of the answer.

How Important is AI Right Now?

Are we in an AI bubble? We can't stop talking about AI in tech. It's at every conference and in every startup pitch. But is the rest of the world as enamored as we are? In this conversation, we explore AI’s impact beyond the echo chamber of the tech industry. We look at attitudes toward AI in other spaces, from healthcare to finance, weighing the risks and benefits of its application. We also look to the future, questioning whether we’ve reached the limits of AI given compute power constraints.

AI is Being Used as More Than Just an LLM

Are we in an AI bubble? We can't stop talking about AI in tech. It's at every conference and in every startup pitch. But is the rest of the world as enamored as we are? In this conversation, we explore AI’s impact beyond the echo chamber of the tech industry. We look at attitudes toward AI in other spaces, from healthcare to finance, weighing the risks and benefits of its application. We also look to the future, questioning whether we’ve reached the limits of AI given compute power constraints.

Snowflake Horizon Demo for Security Admins

In this demo targeted at security admins, Ravi Kumar, Senior Partner Sales Engineer at Snowflake, demonstrates how to govern and discover data, apps, and more in Snowflake Horizon. Learn and try the core capabilities of Snowflake Horizon, such as using the Trust Center to discover security risks with recommendations to resolve them.

Improving Healthcare Data Governance and Integration with Astera

One of the key processes in healthcare data management is integrating data from many patient information sources into a centralized repository. This data comes from various sources, ranging from electronic health records (EHRs) and diagnostic reports to patient feedback and insurance details.

Streamlining Financial Reporting with Spreadsheet Server's GXE Formulas Tutorial

If you've ever needed to retrieve a single text description in Excel for your financial reports, the GXE formula is your go-to solution. In this video, we'll guide you through the process of creating and modifying a GXE formula, demonstrating how it can seamlessly integrate with GXL formulas to provide specific account segment descriptions. Learn how to set up cell references for dynamic updates, ensuring that your account descriptions automatically update when account numbers change.

How to Create a Collapsible Filter Panel - Do More with Qlik

In my last blog / video. I showed you how to easily create visual buttons to apply selections and change their visual selection state so they can appear enabled or disabled (selected, not-selected). In this video I'll show you how to setup a filter panel using buttons and the layout container to create a simple collapsible filter panel that is both esthetic and functional while also providing real estate for your dashboard objects.

Web design trends to keep an eye on in 2024

What if your website still looked like it belonged on the older websites? Web design has come a long way from the days of heavy textures and 3D effects. Today, the field is all about sleek, user-friendly interfaces that cater to modern user needs. As we venture into 2024, staying ahead with the latest trends is more important than ever. In the early 2010s, a significant shift occurred in web design with the rise of mobile devices and responsive design.

Managing Go Processes

While working on an application that required executing a command to run a blocking program, such as a TCP/HTTP server, I encountered an interesting challenge. I needed a way to stop the application and its child processes when a signal was sent to the main program, such as SIGINT (Ctrl+C) or SIGTERM. This blog post shares my journey and the solutions I found to manage processes effectively in a Go application, focusing on Linux environments.

What Is Functional Testing

Functional testing is a type of software testing that validates web or mobile applications against pre-determined specifications and requirements. The goal is to ensure that the software performs as expected by both developers and end-users. Functional testers aim to emulate real-world scenarios and user pathways, testing not only for functionality but also for non-functionality, such as how the app behaves in airplane mode or when a video buffers.