In today's data-driven world, Business Intelligence (BI) has become indispensable for organizations seeking to gain insights from their data. Traditionally, BI solutions have been associated with hefty price tags and complex implementations. However, the landscape is rapidly changing with the emergence of open-source BI solutions that are flexible in adoption, run on commodity hardware, integrate with multiple existing data sources, and leverage a code-first approach. This shift is not only making BI more accessible but also more flexible, innovative, and powerful than ever before. Open source BI solutions are democratizing data analytics, allowing organizations of all sizes to harness the power of their data. Furthermore, the integration of cutting-edge, in-memory database technologies like DuckDB is supercharging these solutions. DuckDB's ability to process large datasets with lightning speed, coupled with its low memory footprint and seamless integration capabilities, is enabling real-time analytics and complex data manipulations that were once the domain of expensive, enterprise-grade systems. This powerful combination of open-source BI tools and efficient in-memory databases is truly revolutionizing the way organizations approach data analysis, making sophisticated BI capabilities accessible and affordable for businesses of all sizes.

The world of API development tools is experiencing a major shift, fueled by new technologies and changing developer preferences. In this blog post, I dive into the dynamic ecosystem of API clients, highlighting well-known names like Postman and Insomnia, alongside innovative open-source alternates such as Bruno and HURL. We'll explore how these developments are impacting enterprise IT strategies, boosting developer productivity, and enhancing overall business agility.

Introduction​

Starting a career as a software developer in the fast-paced and ever-evolving IT industry can be both exciting and challenging. To thrive in this field, it is essential to equip yourself with the right skills, tools, and technologies. In this article, we will highlight key areas of focus that will help you establish a solid foundation as a software developer.

Open Source is a great way to learn and contribute to the community. With a nearly endless array of open source projects available to consume and contribute to these days, Need some inspiration? Whether you’re new to the world of open source, are gearing up for Open Source in the new year, or just want to see what other folks are excited about, check out a few of my favorite open source projects i discovered during 2022.

Documentation is the most critical activity of any product development. The engineer and user experience improve when there is up-to-date Documentation. Most often, in organizations and products, Documentation is an afterthought, and this is not a good practice. If we want more engineers to contribute to the product, Documentation should be considered as code and part of the product development. Engineers should be encouraged to write Documentation before writing the source code.

Introduction to REST API​

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for building distributed systems. A Web API conforms to the REST architectural style, called RESTful Web API.

REST APIs are stateless, client-server, cacheable, layered systems designed around resources. The set of resources is known as the REST API's resource model

Introducing Replicasets​

The way to achieve fault tolerance in MongoDB is through the use of replica sets.

Two or more secondary nodes along with a primary node forms a replica set. Application makes all the read/write calls to the primary node which propagate all the write requests synchronously or asynchronously to the secondary nodes.

The Secondary nodes fetches the data via Oplog pull from Primary or other nodes.

An Software Bill of Materials (SBoM) is a formal record containing the details and supply chain relationships of various components used in building the software. These components, including libraries and modules, can be proprietary or open source,free or paid and the data can be widely available or access-restricted.

In this blog post, i will walk you through the steps required to containerize Percona Server for MongoDB, Percona Backup Manager, and Agent from source and configure cloud-native S3(Simple Storage Service) compatible distributed object storage MINIO to backup and restore Percona MongoDB snapshot backups.

As I explored and set up an increased number of FOSS software using containers(Docker and LXD) and virtual machines(Multipass) in my home lab environment, I realized the difficulty in remembering the different ports the applications and containers are running. The solution to address this problem was to have a Domain Name System for the local network, which works to resolve local and external addresses with a reverse proxy to redirect calls based on DNS resolution.