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I’m a Data Streaming Engineer and a developer advocate, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about the day-to-day experience of building applications with data streaming and stream processing. I muse about a world of data in motion where entire organizations have the governance needed to manage, discover, and understand the complex relationships between data streams.

We’re proud to share that Gartner has recognized SmartBear as a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management. We believe this recognition reflects our dedication to API development teams and to delivering practical solutions that drive excellence. APIs are essential, allowing businesses to move faster, integrate easily, and deliver the best experiences for their customers.

By now, most teams experimenting with AI-augmented testing have started with narrow, tactical use cases: writing test cases faster, summarizing logs, or tagging defects. These are useful — and they build trust in the tech. But true value emerges when you stop thinking of agents as plug-ins, and start thinking of them as a virtual QA team, a set of coordinated roles that evolve how testing is done, how it’s governed, and how it delivers value across the delivery lifecycle.

Deploying more than one web application on a single server used to require a lot of infrastructure fiddling. Docker made this better, but some things that are new in Kamal 2 make deploying containerized applications even easier. Kamal is a deployment tool from Basecamp that leans on Docker and its own integrated proxy to simplify deploying web apps. Kamal 2 makes deploying more than one Rails app to the same server easier.

BigQuery Studio’s improved console interface helps streamline your workflows, enhances your productivity, and gives you greater control.

It’s Tuesday morning; the data team at a Fortune 500 manufacturing giant receives an urgent request from the sales organization. Customer territories need to be recalibrated based on real-time market dynamics, competitive intelligence requires immediate integration from external sources, and the executive team demands updated revenue projections by Friday's board meeting.

Real-time analytics has become a cornerstone of modern enterprises. Businesses are no longer satisfied with waiting hours or days for insights—they demand answers in seconds. The rise of AI, machine learning, and generative AI has only accelerated this need, putting immense pressure on data platforms to deliver reliable, scalable, and flexible architectures.

Healthcare organizations are under growing pressure to connect legacy EHR (Electronic Health Record) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems while safeguarding patient privacy and meeting strict compliance standards.

You’re presenting AI-generated analysis in your quarterly strategy meeting. The slides are polished, the insights look solid, and you’re ready to move the conversation forward. Then the CFO leans forward: “Where did this number come from? I reviewed this data last week and something doesn’t add up.”

Fivetran usage and pricing made simple — understand MAR (monthly active rows), syncs, and what drives your data costs.