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Microservice Pitfalls: Solving the Dual-Write Problem | Designing Event-Driven Microservices

When building a distributed system, developers are often faced with something known as the dual-write problem. It occurs whenever the system needs to perform individual writes to separate systems that can't be transactionally linked. This situation creates the potential for data loss if the developer isn't careful. However, techniques such as the Transactional Outbox Pattern and Event Sourcing can be used to guard against the potential for data loss while also providing added resilience to the system.

SQL Server API: What It Is and How to Create One

SQL Server is a modern relational database management system. It helps data teams store and manage vast amounts of data. However, organizations need efficient methods to access and manipulate this data to leverage it fully. This is where SQL Server APIs come into play. APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, act as intermediaries enabling different software applications to communicate.

What is API Documentation and Why is it Important?

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) integrate diverse software systems and enable seamless communication. 98% of enterprise leaders agree that APIs are essential to an organization’s digital transformation. But just having APIs isn’t enough; it’s equally important to provide clear instructions on how to use them. Think of API documentation as the user manual that comes with a product—except, in this case, the product is code.

Qlik Connect: A Decade in for me, the Best One Yet

This year’s Qlik Connect was officially my 10th Qlik annual user conference… From Qonnections to Qlik World to Qlik Connect, you could assume I have seen it all already, but I can honestly say that this one was the best (and most fun!) yet. But don’t take my word for it. The buzz from our wonderful community of Qlik partners and customers speaks for itself.

insightsoftware's Jet Reports and Power BI

In this video, we provide a comprehensive comparison between Jet Reports and Power BI. Discover the unique strengths and capabilities of each tool, including how they handle real-time data, user interface, customization options, and more. Learn which reporting solution is best suited for your business needs and how they can enhance your data analysis and reporting efficiency.

TruLens Snowflake OSS

When Snowflake acquired the TruEra AI Observability platform, we committed to keeping TruLens open source. We’re not only keeping that promise; we’re emphasizing it. Our goal remains to support LLM app developers in creating trustworthy generative AI applications. In the weeks since the acquisition, we have already added ecosystem-friendly enhancements including: We plan to continue making enhancements and improvements that benefit the community at large, whether on Snowflake or not.

Build a scalable and up-to-date generative AI chatbot with Amazon Bedrock and Confluent Cloud for business loan specialists

In this post, we demonstrate how a robust and scalable generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbot is built using Amazon Bedrock and Confluent Cloud. We walk through the architecture and implementation of this generative AI chatbot, and see how it uses Confluent's real-time event streaming capabilities along with Amazon's infrastructure to continually stay up to date with the latest advances from the AI landscape.

Tabs or spaces? Merge vs. rebase? Let's settle it with confluent-kafka-javascript

Tabs or spaces? Merge vs. rebase? Flink SQL vs. KStreams? Let’s Settle This is powered by a new Kafka JavaScript client from Confluent: confluent-kafka-javascript (early access). Find out how Lucia used it to make the website in the video above.

Qlik Cloud Analytics - Art of the Possible, Embedding Qlik, Capabilities Recap and Getting Started

Join Principal Technical Marketing Manager Mike Tarallo and Senior Web Developer Ouadie Limouni as the team up once again to show you what is possible and what you may have missed in the Qlik Cloud platform. Witness the art of the possible, sophisticated and simple embedding, and a recent recap of the capabilities that make Qlik a leader for 14 years in the Gartner Magic Quadrant in Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.