Spotlight.io is a new API and modeling tool, and has some neat features. Here's a quick introductory overview of Spotlight, and cool services such as automatic generation of an OpenAPI Spec.
Microservices-based systems are increasingly prevalent. Here's a look at five common microservice-specific performance challenges and how to meet them.
Here;s a look at REST API documentation with the JAXRS-Analyzer. API documents are by default technical catalogs, and developers must have instructions fir requesting service from platforms or systems.
Spring 4 is widely used, but as with any technology, there are loads of questions. Here are the most asked and answered questions on Stackoverflow, like differences in component and controller annotations, and what the Spring framework is actually used for.
OpenCart is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms available on the market today. In this article, we will walk through the simple steps involved in setting up the multi-store feature using a single OpenCart installation.
I’m not an ETL expert. In fact, I haven’t done any professional ETL work for several years. My skills are, at best, rusty. With this in mind, I knew I’d have a hard time extracting data from a local database in order to move it up to Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Read on to hear about my journey.
Barclays Data Scientist Gianmario Spacagna and Harry Powell, Head of Advanced Analytics, describe how they iteratively process raw data directly from the central data warehouse into Spark and how Tachyon is their key enabling technology.
Let’s talk about graph databases. Some industry watchers claim that they are the fastest-growing type of database. If so, maybe it’s useful to know more about them. So, let's start with the basics: what is a graph database, and what is it useful for?
RetroPie is great for your retro gaming needs, but unfortunately, N64 ROM performance is decidedly hit or miss. The Runcommand Launch allows emulator-switching, for selection of the best emulator for a specific ROM. Check out how to install additional emulators, boot into the Runcommand menu, and see a user-aggregated list of ROM performance.
As you plan your analytics and data architecture on AWS, you may get confused between Redshift and Aurora. Both are advertised to be scalable and performant. Both are supposedly better than incumbents. Both have optically inspired names. So, what’s the difference?
Wearables have infiltrated the IoT space, but they're relegated mainly to the consumer market. However, 2016 may see wider adoption in the enterprise. Check out what APX Labs discovered in a recent report, "What's Next in Wearable Technology."
Recently, AWS announced that they’ve added support for triggering AWS Lambda functions into AWS CodePipeline–AWS’ Continuous Delivery service. In this article, I’ll describe how I codified the provisioning of all of the AWS resources in the documentation using CloudFormation.