Databases Resources

Stop Hardcoding Database Checks: Building a Metadata-Driven Data Quality Framework

Decouple validation from code. Learn how to build a dynamic, metadata-driven data quality framework using Databricks, Snowflake, and Python.

September 1, 2026

by Kshitish Nath

· 2,520 Views · 1 Like

How to Detect AI-Generated Images in C# Using an API

Build a C# workflow that analyzes uploaded images for signs of AI generation and turns the returned risk score into a practical application decision.

September 1, 2026

by Brian O'Neill

CORE

· 3,483 Views · 2 Likes

Natural IDs in Your Database. I Am Telling You for the Last Time!

What about natural keys in the database? If I have a column that uniquely identifies a record, should I use it as the Primary Key?

August 31, 2026

by Mikhail Polivakha

· 2,431 Views · 2 Likes

Securing Database Connections With Mutual TLS

Mutual TLS strengthens database security by authenticating both clients and servers, reducing the risks associated with password-based authentication.

August 31, 2026

by Rahul Roy

· 3,039 Views · 1 Like

How I Built a SQL Diagnostic Tool That Works Without Touching Your Database

Learn how I built an open-source SQL query analyzer that generates dialect-correct index recommendations across multiple dialects.

August 31, 2026

by Sudhakararao Sajja

· 2,155 Views · 1 Like

Deliberate Decoupling: 6 Architectural Patterns From a Regulated WAS-to-AWS Migration

Six risk-driven patterns from a Fortune 50 insurer's first WebSphere-to-AWS migration — and why decoupling decided the outcome.

August 28, 2026

by Alka Nimje

· 2,822 Views · 4 Likes

When Guest Access Becomes an Attack Surface: A Technical Analysis of the City-Forum Campaign

Learn how attackers enumerated Salesforce Experience Cloud and ServiceNow portals, and how defenders can detect, audit, and prevent guest-access abuse.

August 27, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 2,824 Views · 1 Like

Running Sentiment Analysis Inside Neo4j With a Java Plugin

A Java UDF that runs sentiment analysis directly inside the Neo4j database engine — no external APIs, no application-layer round-trips, callable from any Cypher query.

August 27, 2026

by Akmal Chaudhri

CORE

· 3,411 Views · 3 Likes

Designing Rayfall: One Expression Language for a Columnar Database

How scalar evaluation, vector operations, lambdas, and relational queries can share one language without hiding expressions from the optimizer.

August 25, 2026

by Anton Kundenko

· 3,341 Views · 4 Likes

Tail-Based Sampling in the OpenTelemetry Collector: Keeping the Traces That Matter

Tail-based sampling keeps error and slow traces instead of a random slice, but it only works if all trace spans reach the same collector. Here's the fix.

August 25, 2026

by Mateen Ali Anjum

· 2,434 Views · 2 Likes

Multi-Account AWS Architecture: Isolating PHI Workloads Without Slowing Down Engineering Teams

Multi-account AWS architecture enforces PHI workload isolation at the boundary level — making access control provable rather than arguable during security reviews.

August 24, 2026

by Garik H

· 2,360 Views · 1 Like

From Chat Completions to Responses: Why Is OpenAI Upgrading Its Core API?

The Responses API simplifies complex agent workflows by unifying context, tool calls, and outputs, while Chat Completions remains suitable for simpler chat use cases.

August 24, 2026

by Jake Tao

· 1,260 Views · 2 Likes

How to Secure Fintech REST APIs Against BOLA Vulnerabilities

Learn how to protect fintech REST APIs from BOLA attacks with object-level authorization, secure identifiers, access controls, and API security testing.

August 24, 2026

by Nanne Parmar

· 1,604 Views · 3 Likes

Building Meeting Audio RAG on Microsoft Foundry With Fast Transcription and Foundry IQ

Build a production-ready meeting audio RAG pipeline with Microsoft Foundry, and connect to a Foundry agent that answers questions with meeting and time citations.

August 21, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 4,774 Views · 3 Likes

From Bottlenecks to Reliability: A Practical Guide to Scaling Temporal in Production

Scale Temporal by right-sizing workers, isolating workloads with task queues, controlling concurrency, and designing regional failover before traffic spikes or outages.

August 21, 2026

by Akhil Madineni

CORE

· 2,045 Views · 3 Likes

Reliability Without Control: Operating SRE Practices in Platform–SaaS and API-Dependent Systems

Modern SRE shifts focus from component health to user experience, relying on accurate signals and human response to sustain reliability despite reduced control.

August 20, 2026

by Oreoluwa Omoike

· 1,882 Views · 3 Likes