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Build a GitHub Slack Bot With AWS Bedrock and MCP, Part 2

Build a Slack bot using AWS Bedrock and MCP to answer GitHub questions. Learn setup, architecture, and how to extend it with new tools and data sources.

June 4, 2026

by Sangharsh Agarwal

· 3,135 Views

Compliance Automated Standard Solution (COMPASS), Part 11: Compliance as Code, the OSCAL MCP Server Way

How AI-native tooling is finally closing the loop between compliance personas and OSCAL artifacts with an MCP-standardized, AI-agent-ready interface.

June 4, 2026

by Yuji Watanabe

· 3,179 Views · 1 Like

Building Threat Intelligence Pipelines Using Python, APIs, and Elasticsearch

STIX/TAXII in, ECS normalized, provenance preserved deterministic IDs, correct bulk writes, ingest pipelines keep threat indicator data reliable and queryable under load.

June 3, 2026

by Krishnaveni Musku

· 3,470 Views

Build a GitHub Slack Bot With AWS Bedrock and MCP, Part 1

Building a Slack bot with traditional APIs led to 400 lines of code. Using MCP and AWS Bedrock reduced complexity, enabling scalable, tool-driven automation.

June 3, 2026

by Sangharsh Agarwal

· 3,496 Views · 2 Likes

Securing the AI Host: Spring AI MCP Server Communication With API Keys

Part 2 of a step-by-step tutorial that integrates an AI assistant with two dedicated MCP servers and secures the communication.

June 3, 2026

by Horatiu Dan

CORE

· 2,876 Views · 3 Likes

When Snowflake Lies to You: Understanding False Failures in dbt Pipelines

Your pipeline failed. Your code is fine. This article will walk you through why both things can be true at the same time.

June 2, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 2,613 Views · 1 Like

Building a Spring AI Assistant With MCP Servers: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Part 1 of a step-by-step tutorial that integrates an AI assistant with two dedicated MCP servers and sets the foundation for going to production.

June 2, 2026

by Horatiu Dan

CORE

· 2,647 Views · 4 Likes

How SaaS Architectures Break at Scale — and the Engineering Decisions That Prevent It

A practical guide to SaaS architecture decisions that determine whether platforms scale cleanly or collapse under technical debt, security, and growth pressure.

June 1, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 1,768 Views · 1 Like

Implementing Secure API Gateways for Microservices Architecture

Use Kong as an API gateway to centralize JWT auth, rate limiting, and access control across all microservices, keeping individual services focused on business logic.

May 29, 2026

by Mugunth Chandran

· 4,712 Views · 3 Likes

Contract-First Integration: Building Scalable Systems With Flyway, OpenAPI, and Kafka

Define API, event, and DB contracts upfront to enable parallel development, catch breaking changes in CI, and maintain consistent, reliable integrations.

May 29, 2026

by Wallace Espindola

· 3,054 Views

Building a Zero-Cost Approval Workflow With AWS Lambda Durable Functions

Learn how to build an ETL pipeline with human-in-the-loop approval that costs nothing while waiting — and see real cost data from processing 1,000 documents.

May 28, 2026

by Harpreet Siddhu

· 4,998 Views · 1 Like

AI Paradigm Shift: Analytics Without SQL

An AI-native analytics agent sits between users and the data warehouse, translating natural-language questions into governed SQL or Python workflows and dashboards.

May 28, 2026

by Haricharan Shivram Suresh Chandra Kumar

· 2,782 Views

Master-Class: Understanding Database Replication (Single, Multi, and Leaderless)

This article walks through the different database replication strategies, provides practical insights, identifies common pitfalls, and explains how to overcome them.

May 28, 2026

by Piyush Gupta

· 2,036 Views

Stateless JWT Auth Microservice Architecture With Spring Boot 3 and Redis Sentinel

Design a stateless JWT auth service with Spring Boot 3, Redis caching, and Sentinel for high availability, faster token validation, and reduced DB load.

May 27, 2026

by Erkin Karanlık

· 4,444 Views · 1 Like

Programmatic Brand Extraction: Pulling Logos, Colors, and Assets from Any URL

OpenBrand is an open-source library that extracts structured brand assets from any URL - available as an npm package, API, or AI agent skill.

May 27, 2026

by Yixing Jiang

· 2,674 Views

You Don't Get to Retrofit Trust: Why API Security Must Be Designed In, Not Bolted On

A field-level examination of how one startup got it right — and what the rest of the industry keeps getting catastrophically wrong.

May 27, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 3,530 Views

Setting Up a Data Catalog With Azure Purview and Collibra: What Three Attempts Taught Me

Setting up a data catalog isn’t just a tool problem. My work with Azure Purview and Collibra showed success depends on governance, metadata, and adoption.

May 27, 2026

by Kuladeep Sandra

· 4,972 Views

Beyond Partitioning and Z-Order: A Deep Dive into Liquid Clustering for Unity Catalog Managed Tables

Liquid Clustering replaces rigid partitioning and Z-Order with adaptive clustering in Unity Catalog, improving performance with less maintenance.

May 26, 2026

by Seshendranath Balla Venkata

· 3,400 Views · 1 Like

Designing API-First EMR Architectures in .NET: Enabling Modular Growth in Compliance-Driven Systems

API-first .NET architecture lets EMR platforms evolve safely — enforcing compliance, stabilizing contracts, and isolating UI changes from critical business logic.

May 26, 2026

by Ronak Pavasiya

· 1,785 Views

Scaling Cloud Data Automation: A Practical Guide to Open Table Formats

Leverage open table formats with cloud automation and scalable analytics to build reliable, high-performance data platforms.

May 25, 2026

by Sandeep Batchu

· 3,683 Views

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