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Data Sovereignty: What Infrastructure Leaders Must Know

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that data is subject to the laws and governance of the country in which it is stored or processed. Put simply: where your data lives determines who has jurisdiction over it. This isn’t a new concept, but the urgency around it has intensified significantly. The geopolitical climate has pushed governments to treat data infrastructure as a strategic national asset. The EU has GDPR with strict cross-border transfer restrictions.

Solving the Cartesian Count Problem: Efficient Multi-Table Aggregation in Complex Databases

Short Summary: Counting related records across multiple dependent tables can produce wrong totals or slow queries when standard joins are used. This article explains a more reliable way to do this by counting each table separately, applying date filters, and checking that the query still runs well on large datasets. Tools such as dbForge Edge can also help if needed.

Mastering Cross-Database Date Manipulation: Subtracting Days in MySQL and H2

Short Summary: Different databases use different SQL syntax for simple tasks like subtracting days from a date. In this post, we show how these differences appear across databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and H2. We also explain how dbForge Edge helps teams work with them in one place while keeping application logic consistent.

The Tide of AI - Surfing the Tsunami of Binaries

AI is creating an overwhelming surge of digital artifacts and software components. The key to success is learning how to ride, secure, govern, and manage that wave – rather than being overwhelmed by it. This weekend, I asked my team to watch Chasing Mavericks. Jay Moriarity (not J-Frog, but stay with me) was one of the most driven and determined surfers imaginable. His courage and spirit were extraordinary. But those virtues were shaped and refined by his mentor, Frosty Hesson.

Cloud-native Android infotainment: your CI pipeline shouldn't depend on hardware

More and more often, infotainment systems are being developed and delivered like software, yet often they are still tested and validated using hardware-centric processes. This is far from ideal: access to devices is limited, environments are difficult to reproduce, and iteration slows down as soon as multiple teams need to work in parallel. These challenges become even more visible as cockpit systems move toward wide displays and high resolutions.

Step 1 to Web App Deployment: Front-End Deployment

Front-end deployment is usually introduced as the easy part of web app deployment. "Build the assets and push them." Seems simple, right? Yet on the contrary, those 6 words have most likely caused more production issues than most error messages. Because while front ends do look simple, they are actually a delicate stack of assumptions wearing a UI that is misleadingly easy to use.

Stop Managing Infrastructure: How BHS Corrugated Scaled Artifact Management with Cloudsmith

Are you spending more time maintaining your artifact servers than building software? In this video, we explore how BHS Corrugated–a global leader in manufacturing technology with a presence in 20 countries–transformed their developer experience by moving from fragmented, self-hosted GitHub repositories to Cloudsmith: the world’s leading cloud-native artifact management platform.

The modern JFrog alternative: Why ConstructConnect switched to Cloudsmith

Is your artifact management slowing down your development velocity? In this video, we dive into how ConstructConnect migrated from JFrog Cloud to Cloudsmith–the world’s leading cloud-native artifact management platform–to eliminate hidden costs, simplify their CI/CD pipelines, and secure their software supply chain.