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Build a versatile query agent with RAG, LlamaIndex, and Google Gemini

As a developer, you often face the challenge of retrieving information from multiple sources with different structures. What if you could create a single interface that automatically routes queries to the right data source? Imagine your application needing to answer both “What’s the population of California?” and “What are popular attractions in Hawaii?”.

Learn to mock your MySQL database and get realistic test data without the hassle of a live server!

Proxymock allows you to record real interactions between your application and a MySQL database. Use proxymock to simulate your database during local development and testing. Get real data without running a live MySQL server. Modify mock responses to fit your testing needs. Simplify your testing workflow and replicate production data easily.

Security vs. ops: the two sides of reliability

Security and ops work together to keep your systems reliable, but why do we treat them so differently? Reliability results start when you proactively take charge of your infrastructure and application risks. Transcript: When we talk about reliability in the software space and the digital operations space, you really end up falling into these two different mindsets.

Why Organizations Choose Cycle for AI

The race on AI is heating up; the next generation of vibe coders and prompt engineers are entering the job market as we speak, and AI is the hottest line item on most IT budgets this year. Building the next great home automation software or adaptive learning platform with cutting-edge machine learning is great and all, but like all great software, it needs to start with the plumbing.

Harness Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms For the Second Consecutive Year

Harness has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms for the second consecutive year. To us, this recognition acknowledges our solutions and capabilities that we offer. . Harness continues to support the full software delivery lifecycle and remains focused on expanding capabilities and improving adoption across industries.

Understanding Variable Costs In The Cloud

Cloud costs don’t wait for your finance team to catch up. They spike on product launches, dip when usage slows, and sometimes blow past forecasts overnight. Every container spun up, every gigabyte stored, and every terabyte transferred adds to the tab. The main culprit is often variable costs. In this guide, we’ll break down how variable costs affect budgeting and the strategies you can use to turn cost variability into a competitive advantage.

GitKraken MCP: Give Copilot & Cursor the Git Context They're Missing

AI assistants like Cursor and GitHub Copilot are fun to play with. They autocomplete code, refactor functions, and occasionally argue with you about whether you really needed that semicolon. But the moment you ask them to do something grounded in your repo, say, “start work on JIRA-123”… you hit a wall. They don’t know your branching conventions. They don’t know how your team links issues.

Kubernetes v1.34: What You Need to Know

Kubernetes v1.34, codenamed “Of Wind & Will (O’ WaW)”, brings a wide range of enhancements aimed at making clusters more efficient, secure, and easier to manage. This release delivers 58 enhancements with 23 graduating to Stable, 22 entering Beta, and 13 in Alpha, reflecting the platform’s continued maturation as enterprises scale their container orchestration needs.