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Advancing ThoughtSpot's Commitment to Apache Ossie (Incubating), the Next Chapter of OSI

When the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) initiative launched last year, it set out to solve a problem every data leader recognizes: the same business metric gets defined a dozen different ways across a company's BI tools, warehouses, and now, AI agents. "Monthly active users" in the CRM rarely matches "monthly active users" in the warehouse, and every new AI copilot added to the stack makes the gap more visible, not less. That initiative has just taken its most consequential step yet.

Ably Pub/Sub now supports React Native push notifications

Until now, sending push notifications to a React Native app with Ably meant registering devices manually through the push admin API, usually from a server. The new plugin moves activation where it belongs: onto the device. We've added first class support for React Native apps receiving push notifications through the Ably PubSub JavaScript SDK.

Updating access timestamps without wrecking the database

When you want to know the last time some user was seen or some resource was accessed/viewed, then usually you reach to a timestamp column and update this to the current time whenever it’s seen or accessed. You may have written this kind of SQL statement (or the equivalent) in your ORM yourself a few times: It looks innocent, but even on reasonably small tables, this can cause slow UPDATE statements regularly.

Playwright API Testing: A Complete Guide (2026)

Playwright is a browser automation framework that also ships a built-in HTTP client for API testing. That HTTP client, called APIRequestContext, lets you send requests and assert on responses directly inside a Playwright test – no browser, no separate tool. If your team already uses Playwright for end-to-end browser tests, the API layer requires no separate testing framework. It runs inside the same suite, the same CI job, the same configuration.

IoT Medical Device Integration: Technical Guide to Devices, Gateways & EHR Systems (2026)

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is growing faster than ever. According to 2026 data from The Business Research Company, the global IoMT market has reached over $124 billion this year and is on track to hit nearly $300 billion by 2030. This growth is happening because healthcare is moving outside hospital walls and into patients' homes through remote monitoring. But for engineering teams, connecting these devices is a massive headache.

MCP Debugging: How to Fix Broken MCP Servers and Tools

Model Context Protocol allows AI models like Claude to communicate with the outside world. But MCP debugging has been one of our steepest learning curves at Bugfender. Several different layers need to work together at the same time and if one thing breaks, it can scupper the whole workflow. That’s why we’re here today. To pass on hard-won knowledge, so you can jump the curve.