Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

Solving ETL Challenges with Apache Kafka, Confluent Tableflow, and Zero ETL

Operational and analytical estates have been separated since data warehouses were first introduced in the 1990s. The operational estate includes microservices, software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps, and enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) that have become the beating heart of an organization. The analytical estate consists of the data warehouses, lakehouses, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) platforms, and other custom batch workloads that support business analysis and reporting.

Sauce Labs Community Office Hours: From Flaky to Reliable - Building Trust in Your Test Automation

Sauce Labs Community Office Hours: From Flaky to Reliable – Building Trust in Your Test Automation Is flaky test behavior eroding confidence in your automation? In this Sauce Labs Office Hours session, we’ll walk through how thoughtful synchronization strategies and edge-case awareness can transform brittle test suites into robust, reliable automation that teams trust. This session will equip you with practical techniques to transform unreliable tests into a reliable source of truth in your CI/CD pipeline.

Beyond the cloud: Inside Bitrise's data center for faster mobile CI

In this webinar, Arpad Kun, VP of Infrastructure and Engineering at Bitrise, sat down with Solutions Architect Lex Zavala to reveal how our team addressed the pain points of traditional cloud-hosted CI and how Bitrise went all-in on a hybrid model—anchored in custom-built infrastructure. The Bitrise engineering team brought software and hardware together and built a vertically integrated, hybrid macOS/Linux private cloud in strategically located data centers to solve the biggest challenges of managing mobile CI/CD at scale.

Best Practices for GDPR Compliance Testing

Imagine your development team just released a new feature to collect user preferences. Within hours, a data protection complaint from the EU lands on your legal team’s desk. The user claims they can’t delete their account—and worse, their data is being shared without consent. This isn’t a rare occurrence in today’s data-rich world. When GDPR compliance breaks, it’s not just about fines; it’s also about damaged reputation and lost customer trust.

AI is Reshaping Data Centers - Is it Time to Rethink Storage?

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes industries, it’s quietly revolutionizing the heart of IT: The data center. The explosive growth of AI workloads is driving up power usage, challenging cooling systems, and demanding a fundamental rethink of how we store and move data. In this new landscape, flash storage stands out – delivering the performance, efficiency, and scalability that AI needs to truly accelerate.

WWDC 2025: Apple's AI, Swift on Android & Liquid Glass

At the 2025 instalment of its WWDC event, Apple set out its long-term vision for how we think about platform strategy, AI integration and multi-device architecture. If you’re a CTO, staff engineer, or mobile lead, this wasn’t just a conference to watch, it was one to plan your entire roadmap around. What Apple revealed at this year’s WWDS will affect everything from your frontend stack to how your systems talk to hardware.

How Database Cloning Eliminates Database Provisioning Bottlenecks for Faster Releases

Dev teams often face delays of days or even weeks waiting for database refreshes. The result? Blocked sprint deadlines and delayed releases. Traditional database provisioning methods often create bottlenecks in DevOps pipelines where speed matters most. But there is a solution to this problem: database cloning. It provides fast, space-efficient copies that speed up development velocity.

CVE Funding Disruption: How Security Teams Can Prepare

The longstanding Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) database has vitally guided security teams for over 20 years, connecting cybersecurity experts, developers, vendors, and researchers in their shared ability to track unknown vulnerabilities in software. But in April of 2025, the MITRE CVE database program was in jeopardy. U.S. government funding for CVE, managed by MITRE and sponsored by CISA, was set to expire. Only in the 11th hour was funding secured, and the contract extended — for now.

The Quality vs. Speed Dilemma: Strategies for High-Performance Teams | Mark Hrynczak | Fireside Chat

In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, teams are constantly confronted with the dilemma of balancing quality and speed. Mark Hrynczak, with his extensive experience leading teams at Canva and Atlassian, will share insights on how high-performing teams can effectively navigate this challenge. With a proven track record in driving agile transformations and optimizing processes, we will explore actionable strategies to strike the right balance without compromising on either side.