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SQL analytics - unified querying across any API

SQL is just for querying relational data, right? Well, not necessarily! With our SQL Analytics feature, you can run SQL queries over all types of data from all kinds of backend stores. This gives you incredible flexibility and power – you can even combine different types of entity (e.g. a pull request and a pipeline run) in a single query. Equally, I could have datasets with job tickets from Jira, ServiceNow and Zendesk and combine them in a single query.

Third party API Monitoring Powered by OpenTelemetry Semantics

Is it the third-party API or my code? Your service suddenly slows down, or errors spike, and you’re stuck guessing if it’s your own logic or an external API you don’t control. We’ve seen this pain across teams: dashboards don’t tell you which vendor or endpoint is the culprit, and debugging turns into a maze of guesswork. Rate limiting, vendor errors, or integration issues often slip through until users complain.

Eliminating Flaky Tests with Traffic Replay

There are few things that can derail developer productivity and undermine your pipeline like a flaky test. Testing is the backbone of a good development process, ensuring that your code is as accurate and usable as possible. When these tests point towards faulty development, the impacts can be significant. This information is predicated on an assumption, however – the assumption that what the test says is accurate.

REST v. GraphQL v. gRPC #speedscale #developers #softwaredevelopment #shorts #softwaretesting #api

When it comes to building APIs and enabling communication between different software components, three prominent architectural styles and frameworks often come up: REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Each has its own approach, strengths, and weaknesses, making them suitable for different use cases.

Easy Cross-Platform cgo Builds

When I first started writing Go software a little over a decade ago, one of the features I found particularly intriguing was the ability to build statically-linked binaries for multiple operating systems and architectures without a lot of headache. This build toolchain feature is widely relied upon by nearly all Go developers, especially when needing to build multi-arch container images destined to be run in a Kubernetes cluster consisting of amd64 and/or arm64 nodes.

What is API Monitoring and How to Build API Metrics Dashboards

In today's connected world, APIs are the backbone of modern applications. Whether you're working on a microservices architecture, a mobile app, or a SaaS platform, APIs are what keep everything talking to each other. But how do you know if your APIs are healthy, performing well, and delivering what your users need? That's where API monitoring comes in. Let's break down what API monitoring is, why it matters, and how you can build effective API metrics dashboards to keep your systems running smoothly.

Investigating External API Slowdowns

Oftentimes we need to depend on external APIs to achieve the functionality your app offers. And as we all know, dependencies = points of failure. You don’t own what you don’t control. That’s why it’s super important to keep an eye on them. In this video we’re going to see how we can use Sentry to monitor third party APIs to figure out if they’re causing slowdowns in our own app.