The True Cost of DIY Data Streaming
Ethan Chan, CEO of Allium, reveals the hidden costs of self-managing data streaming and why Confluent Cloud saved him and his team from late-night pager duty.#datastreaming.
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DreamFactory MCP - Securely Expose Data to LLMs
In this live demonstration, DreamFactory's CTO walks us through creating a secure access layer for LLMs to communicate with our databases. This innovative way of exposing data via MCP and robust RBAC policies ensures AI is not able to reach any of your sensitive data.
What's New in Katalon - May 2025 | Katalon Studio 10.2 & TrueTest Feature Updates
Discover the most powerful updates in Katalon Studio 10.2 and TrueTest in this comprehensive product webinar. Join Lucio, Mai Le (Director of Product Management), and Philip Becker (Sr. Product Manager) as they walk you through Katalon’s newest capabilities, including enhanced AI-powered test generation, smarter StudioAssist context handling, improved security for global variables, and multi-environment data tracking. Learn how TrueTest helps QA teams close testing gaps and streamline automation with minimal manual effort.
4 use cases for Fivetran's Connector SDK
Extend your data pipelines to custom tools, niche systems, and internal APIs.
Angular Vs React : Complete Guide For Development In 2025
Frontend coding has been transformed by JavaScript frameworks for more than a decade, with developers leaning on the robust tools to create interactive, responsive web applications. The advent of single-page applications and demand for improved user experiences have rendered frameworks indispensable in contemporary web development. In this detailed guide, we’ll delve deeply into the two most used frontend frameworks: Angular and React.
app.build by Neon: Spawning 1000s of AI-generated apps at scale with Koyeb
It's 2025, you can build a full-stack app by telling an AI what you want. Inspired by projects and tools like v0, Create, Replit, and Same, Neon built app.build: an open-source AI agent that builds and deploys full-stack web apps, straight from your terminal. Built for developers, app.build is local-first, extensible, and fully open source.
Top 7 quality assurance software services & how to choose
Engineering leaders usually outsource quality assurance (QA) to a software testing service to reduce developer workload, accelerate releases, and avoid the complexity of in-house QA teams. However, many engineering leaders mistakenly assume outsourcing automatically solves test creation and maintenance burdens and guarantees faster shipping. In reality, choosing the wrong service can exacerbate these problems.
Top 5 QA outsourcing services (how to evaluate before choosing)
Choosing the right QA outsourcing service isn’t just about considering the basics, such as their experience, certifications, and client feedback and reviews. You should evaluate their process for writing and maintaining tests, as this directly impacts your ability to ship fast and with confidence. From what we’ve seen, most QA outsourcing services use outdated, legacy frameworks like Selenium to write automated tests.
The Fastest Way to Create a Smart Appointment Booking AI Agent | Demo
Imagine an AI agent that can handle patient appointment scheduling from start to finish. That’s exactly what our AI Product Strategist Ayesha Amjad built using Astera AI Agent Builder. With Astera’s low-code and drag and drag-and-drop interface, she created an intelligent agent that can: Ask for symptoms and recommend the right doctor Verify insurance and calculate co-pay details Show available appointment slots Schedule appointments and send confirmation Manage the entire experience without human involvement.
Deploying Phoenix Applications with Kamal
Deploying Phoenix applications in production environments poses unique challenges due to Elixir and the Erlang Virtual Machine (VM). The ecosystem offers multiple strategies — ranging from releases to mix-based approaches (as detailed in the Phoenix Deployment Guide) — and various platforms employ different methods. While some rely on buildpacks (for example, Heroku and Gigalixir), others use containerization (like Fly).