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Measuring the Impact of Feature Flags in Ruby on Rails with AppSignal

Feature flags are a powerful tool in software development, allowing developers to control the behavior of an application at runtime without deploying new code. They enable teams to test new features, perform A/B testing, and roll out changes gradually. In Ruby on Rails, feature flags can be managed using diverse tools, the most popular being the Flipper gem.

Data Management and the Four Principles of Data Mesh

A relatively new term in the world of data management, data mesh refers to the process of creating a single, unified view of all enterprise data. This process can happen in several ways, giving business users easy access to the data they require for decision-making. Several principles guide data mesh design and implementation. This article will discuss the principles of data mesh and how they can help your business get the most out of its data.

REST vs. GraphQL: Which API Design Style Is Right for Your Organization?

The evolution of APIs (application programming interfaces) has been all the hype in recent years. In many ways, they're powering the modern internet as they open doors to organizations and developers around the globe. Data shows that 98% of enterprise leaders believe APIs are essential for survival concerning digital transformation, yet most struggle to develop a comprehensive rollout strategy.

Tideways joins the Open Source Pledge

Tideways is joining the Open Source Pledge because we want to make a public commitment on our various open source contributions. Not only do we rely on open source software in our product Tideways, we are also building our business on top of the open source language PHP and its continued success. The mission of the recently started Open Source Pledge initiative is to establish a new social norm in the tech industry of companies paying Open Source maintainers.

What Is Low-Code Integration and Is It Right for Your Enterprise?

Enterprises have complex IT and technology needs. To reach business goals, organizations must often stitch together a patchwork of software and IT systems. So, it’s understandable that the thought of adding yet another technology—low-code—might cause trepidation. But low-code excels at integrating seamlessly with any technology. Low-code tools speed up development work and enable rapid application development.

A practical guide to web scraping with Ruby

One of the benefits of Ruby's developer-friendly syntax is that it's straightforward to quickly build scripts to automate tasks. Web scraping with Ruby is fun, useful, and straightforward. In this article, we'll explore using HTTParty to pull a web page and check it for a given string. To be specific, we'll build a cron job in Ruby to check if a product is in stock on a website!

Orchestrating Konnect's Great API Renaming with Kong Gateway Transformer Plugins

Before we dive in, we want to remind our readers that the Konnect engineering team actively uses Kong products like Kong Gateway, Kong Mesh, and Insomnia. In this post, we'll showcase the power of Kong Gateway and two plugins — the JQ and Request Transformer Advanced Plugins — to govern and configure APIs, and explain how it played, and continues to play, a crucial role in the release of a new v2 Konnect API specification. The key takeaway here is: don’t do more work than is necessary.

Using AI in Insurance Underwriting for Accelerated Time-to-Value

For insurance companies, balancing customer expectations with the rigorous requirements necessary to mitigate risks poses a challenge. Especially when you’re using manual underwriting processes. By turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in insurance underwriting, you avoid costly delays, streamline your employees’ processes, improve accuracy, and create an optimal customer experience. In this blog post, you’ll learn how AI facilitates greater efficiency in underwriting.

Mastering Choreo: A Comprehensive In-Depth Demo

Dive into an in-depth walkthrough of Choreo (An Internal Developer Platform as a Service), showcasing how this powerful Internal Developer Platform simplifies development workflows, automates deployments, enhances API security, and streamlines cloud-native application delivery. From code to production, learn how Choreo helps developers accelerate app modernization with ease, offering real-time monitoring, multi-cloud Kubernetes support, and seamless integrations. Whether you're new to Choreo or looking to leverage its full potential, this demo will guide you through every step.

The Fall and Rise of Embedded Plugins: How Custom UI Integrations Are Making a Comeback

As APIs become an expected feature of software businesses, the most popular web services extend their developer platforms beyond external API, allowing partners to integrate right into their interfaces. With Salesforce’s Lightning platform, Google Docs’ connecting tools like Balsamiq and ShiftEdit, and Trello’s PowerUps, custom experiences powered by third parties is proving itself to be a great way to improve one’s product and grow your business.