The old ways of monitoring and managing applications have become inefficient due to the rise of cloud applications’ complexity and the sheer amount of processed data. To address this problem, observability comes into play. Observability refers to the ability to understand what is happening inside a system based on the…

Open Source Software (OSS) refers to a computer source code that is publicly available so that anyone can see, modify, and distribute it. OSS development happens in a decentralized and collaborative manner by open source communities. Due to that, OSS is cheaper and more flexible if compared to software developed…

Machine learning (ML) models are being increasingly used in different fields, such as financial services (e.g. stock price prediction), law (e.g. case summarization), and even medicine (e.g. drug development). …

A hybrid architecture based on microservices and container-based infrastructure require different testing strategies since a microservice architecture relies less on in-process components and more on remote dependencies. That means that testing the connections between microservices becomes more time-consuming when there is more remote communication. Taking the time to test a…

The regulatory framework that financial services must comply with, complex payment architectures, and fraud are some of the reasons why financial services are difficult and expensive to build [1]. Banking as a service was created to address some of the hurdles of building financial services, by rebuilding existing financial products…

Business networks use blockchains to track assets, record transactions, and keep track of their assets [1]. There are tangible and intangible assets (a house, car, cash, land), as well as intellectual property, patents, copyrights, and branding. With a blockchain network, anything of value can be tracked and traded, reducing risk…

Whether you want to contribute to open source projects or you want to have your own open source project, it is important to know/find out which project’s contributor has the authority to help you make a contribution, for example. In open source, this is called project governance. Project governance is…

Never before in human history have we been richer, more advanced and powerful. Yet, we feel overwhelmed with rapid climate change. As we all know, climate change is widespread and intensifying. The plot below, extracted from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NORA) 2021 annual climate report, shows how the…

You might have already heard about “the cloud”. The term cloud refers to servers that are accessed over the Internet as well as the software and databases that run on those servers. Files and applications stored in the cloud can be accessed from almost any device because the computing and…