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Perforce's Approach to Open-Source Communities

Perforce has been contributing and working in open source for decades now. We understand that open source is the linchpin for technology that supports businesses today. Our approach to open source is not unique to the industry at large or a company of our size (we have around 1,700 employees and 800 are on my team), but questions of our approach to open source became much more visible when we acquired Puppet – which has a really dedicated open-source community and a long history with open source.

Appian for Payment Investigations

With the Appian Platform, banks can automate and manage payment investigation processes, from queries to payment failures to reconciliation exceptions and compensation processing. With simple customization, faster delivery, and a future-proofed upgrade path—Appian’s AI process automation platform revolutionizes payment investigations. Watch the demo to learn more about how Appian can make your payment processes seamless.

How to Manage Your API Policies with OPA (Open Policy Agent)

APIs are essential to modern applications, but managing access and security policies can be complex. Traditional access control mechanisms can fall short when flexible, scalable, and fine-grained control over who can access specific resources is needed. This is where OPA (Open Policy Agent) steps in. OPA provides a unified framework for consistently defining and enforcing policies across microservices, APIs, Kubernetes clusters, and beyond. Consistent policy management is essential for enterprises.

Ways to Use Mock Services in Software Development

Mocking APIs is a popular practice in software development. An increasing number of developers are reaping the benefits and no longer using their valuable time to spin up duplicate resources. Many mock services do not require account creation, making them easy to use and privacy-friendly. In the rest of this article, we explain what mock APIs are, when you should think about using them, and what solutions are available within the open-source and proprietary markets.

RAG Application with Kong AI Gateway, AWS Bedrock, Redis and LangChain

For the last couple of years, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures have become a rising trend for AI-based applications. Generally speaking, RAG offers a solution to some of the limitations in traditional generative AI models, such as accuracy and hallucinations, allowing companies to create more contextually relevant AI applications.

A friendly introduction to PHP testing

In the last few years, there has been a lot of movement around new and exciting PHP testing tools. While this is great news, stepping back a little and understanding the underlying concepts before jumping in is vital to writing great PHP tests. When we talk about testing tools and methodologies, we're referring to automated testing tools. Writing code that tests your PHP apps is a great way to build confidence that your application will behave as you expect.

Insomnia 10.1 Adds New Collection Runner CLI, In-App Invites, and More

As a follow-up to our recent Kong Insomnia v10 release that shipped with an unlimited and free Collection Runner and one week after announcing our official SCIM support for automated user provisioning, we're now excited to announce Insomnia v10.1. This release ships with the general availability of the CLI to use the Collection Runner with CI/CD automation, a new in-app invite wizard that simplifies working with collaborators, and many other improvements.

Intro to Service Catalog | Kong Konnect

In this video, Miko Bautista, Staff Product Manager at Kong, introduces the Kong Konnect Service Catalog, your ultimate system of record for managing and discovering all the services and APIs running in your infrastructure. The Kong Konnect Service Catalog helps platform teams gain comprehensive visibility into their entire service ecosystem, whether APIs are powered by Kong Gateway or external systems like AWS API Gateway, Kubernetes, or serverless architectures.