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Behind every smooth user experience is a maze of APIs quietly handling requests, responses, and data flows. This makes APIs critical connectors that enable applications to communicate and share data seamlessly. When these vital conduits fail, the consequences can be severe—system outages, data breaches, and frustrated users. API testing is the unsung hero ensuring your digital world runs smoothly and securely.

Ever been confused about OpenAPI and Swagger? You’re definitely not alone. I were on the same line. These two terms get thrown around a lot in the API world, and honestly, it’s pretty easy to mix them up. It was driving me crazy! In this blog, we are going to talk about what is OpenAPI and Swagger Schema, how they are different from each other, their advantages and disadvantages and lots more. Trust me, by the end of this, you’ll be the one helping other people understand this mess.

With vibe coding, you can build complex applications using powerful AI tools that offer a conversational experience, letting AI handle the heavy lifting. But what happens after you've built your app? You might have a three-tier web application connected to a database running locally, but taking it live—ensuring it’s connected, secure, and production-ready—can be a complex process that disrupts your flow. What if deploying your app was just as easy as building it?

Developer experience (DX) — the ability for developers to easily do their essential tasks — has become crucial for attracting and retaining talent. Skilled developers are in short supply, but demand for their expertise continues growing. I've seen companies forced to maximize their current workforce while competing globally for talent. I also consistently see companies unknowingly damaging their DX through poor processes in overlooked areas.

Industries like manufacturing and smart cities rely on connected devices to generate data streams for predictive maintenance, automation, and efficiency. But moving this data between systems can be slow, insecure, and inefficient. Here's the solution: smart data flows powered by edge computing and automated APIs.

Joe Reis, author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering, known for practical education and his YouTube content — formerly CEO/co-founder of Ternary Data — is reviewing our Keboola MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server with Claude to list Shopify his tables, run exploratory analysis, export data to BigQuery, and generate a star schema. And you can do the same in minutes! We will go through everything here from one-click setup to best propmts to use MCP with.

DevOps stands for Development and Operations. The term is a combination of: DevOps originated from the growing need to connect the silos between software development and IT operations. The adoption of agile practices in software development teams enabled developers to release software faster and more reliably. As developers sped up their processes, the Operations side of the organization started to struggle with the impact of agile on deployment, maintenance and stability.

In this day and age of the world wide web, users don’t wait around – neither should your app. Imagine your site going viral overnight, or a flash sale that generates thousands of users overnight. Will your server crash or expand with confidence? Welcome to Spike Testing. In this blog, we’ll explore what spike testing is, why it matters, how to do it right, and how tools like Keploy can help make your tests more stable and meaningful.