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Understanding Parquet Scans: How Readers Skip Work and Stay Fast

Parquet accelerates scans by skipping data through metadata driven pushdowns. This article explains how the main mechanisms work in practice.

January 6, 2026

by Hitarth Trivedi

· 2,412 Views · 1 Like

6 Software Development and DevOps Trends Shaping 2026

In 2026, software teams scale delivery safely and efficiently using AI agents, semantic layers, platform engineering, supply-chain security, observability, and FinOps.

January 6, 2026

by Boris Zaikin

CORE

· 27,519 Views · 6 Likes

A Practical Guide to Semantic Caching With Redis LangCache

Learn how to use Redis LangCache to semantically cache LLM prompts and responses, reducing inference costs and improving performance.

January 6, 2026

by Subhashini Raman

· 2,811 Views · 2 Likes

Effectively Managing AI Agents for Testing

Agentic AI can transform testing—but only if it’s controlled. Start small, add guardrails, integrate tools, and scale autonomy once reliability and cost are proven.

January 6, 2026

by John Vester

CORE

· 4,395 Views · 1 Like

Unlocking Hidden Value in Dirty Data: A Practical NLP Pattern for Legacy Records

Legacy systems are full of free-text fields where valuable business data goes to die. NLP pipelines turn messy maintenance logs into structured, actionable insights.

January 5, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,299 Views · 5 Likes

Securing Verifiable Credentials With DPoP: A Spring Boot Implementation

DPoP binds access tokens to a client's key so even if intercepted, they can't be misused. It's mandatory for EUDI/HAIP 1.0 and supported since Spring Boot 3.5.

January 5, 2026

by Kyriakos Mandalas

CORE

· 3,871 Views · 4 Likes

Beyond the Spec Sheet: Performance Tuning a Massive DWH Migration on AWS

Migrating legacy data warehouses to the cloud is rarely a simple "lift and shift." Here’s a deep dive into solving EBS throughput issues on EC2.

January 5, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 2,835 Views · 2 Likes

Beyond Fuzzy Matching: Engineering a Multi-Signal ML Pipeline for CRM Deduplication

This article explores using blocking, fuzzy matching, geo proximity, and a Random Forest classifier to streamline records.

January 5, 2026

by Punitha Ponnuraj

· 783 Views · 1 Like

Raw Agent Systems Explained: From Single Agents to Multi-Agent Networks

This study examines raw agent systems, from single-agent frameworks to multi-agent networks, and discusses LangGraph implementations and their significant challenges.

January 5, 2026

by Karthik Jeyapal

· 989 Views · 1 Like

How to Perform Response Verification in REST-Assured Java for API Testing

Explore the various methods for extracting and verifying the API response body using the Rest-Assured framework in Java for API Testing.

January 5, 2026

by Faisal Khatri

CORE

· 2,971 Views · 1 Like

Best Date Conversion Approaches in Java 8+

Java 8’s java.time API finally fixed the long-standing problems of Date and Calendar, but real applications still require constant conversion between time zones.

January 5, 2026

by Muhammed Harris Kodavath

· 2,949 Views · 2 Likes

Building Your Own Ledger: A Solo Developer's Answer to Time and Money Chaos

This article provides a look at how developers can track time, manage projects, and link work to invoices without juggling multiple tools.

January 5, 2026

by Konstantin Om

· 1,131 Views

Fine-Tune SLMs for Free: From Google Colab to Ollama in 7 Steps

Want your own custom SLM, but don't have a GPU box humming under your desk? Learn from this article why you actually don’t need one.

January 5, 2026

by Sai Teja Erukude

· 3,327 Views

Tired of Reverse-Engineering Code? A Data-First Pattern for Legacy Modernization

Legacy modernization fails because teams try to decipher millions lines of code. Here is a pattern to slim down systems by reverse-engineering the data.

January 2, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 2,547 Views · 2 Likes

AutoML vs. LLMs: A Developer’s Guide to Efficient ML Pipeline Generation

While large language models (LLMs) dominate the AI conversation, AutoML remains the king for structured data. Here’s how to choose the right tool for your infrastructure.

January 2, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,789 Views · 1 Like

Cloud to Local Copilots: A Hybrid Path to Privacy and Control

Cloud copilots deliver premium experience, while local copilots ensure privacy and control. Hybrid approach may be the future.

January 2, 2026

by Bhala Ranganathan

CORE

· 2,942 Views · 1 Like

5 Challenges and Solutions in Mobile App Testing

Common challenges you must overcome during testing include device fragmentation, app security, connectivity issues, and more.

January 2, 2026

by Zac Amos

· 1,400 Views · 1 Like

Is TOON a Boon for AI Communication, LLM Token Cost Economics?

Token costs are bottlenecking AI systems. Learn how TOON, a token-oriented format, cuts LLM costs and boosts efficiency at scale for high-volume pipelines.

January 2, 2026

by Ram Ghadiyaram

CORE

· 1,458 Views · 2 Likes

Automating Monolith Migration for Resource-Constrained Edge Systems

Automatically transform legacy code into efficient microservices. This approach balances design with hardware limits, ensuring software runs fast on cars and IoT devices.

January 1, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,081 Views · 2 Likes

LLMs in Data Engineering: How Generative AI is Changing ETL and Analytics

LLMs reshape data engineering by automating ETL tasks, enabling natural language analytics, and empowering faster, smarter decision-making without replacing engineers.

January 1, 2026

by harshraj bhoite

· 2,709 Views · 1 Like

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