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Kintsugi puts sales tax compliance on autopilot for 7,300 companies selling into 110 countries, and its tax engine sits inside other companies' checkouts. The answer has to arrive before the shopper finishes paying. "Typically, a customer's expectation is that we are returning the sales tax estimate on the invoice within 100 milliseconds." The cost of missing is not abstract: "For every minute that our sales tax API, if it ever goes down, our customers are not able to collect roughly $4 million in sales tax that they should be collecting.".

CircleCI now works with Cursor Origin. Connect your repo, push a commit, and run your existing CircleCI pipeline. Now in beta.

This session walks SQL Server developers through a complete database development workflow, from designing schema changes to testing and deploying them safely, using SQL Toolbelt Essentials. Most database teams don't struggle with SQL itself. The friction comes from process: schema changes made without a clear picture of what's already there, inconsistent code quality across a team, databases left outside version control, and deployments that feel riskier than they should. This session covers all four, with a live demo in SSMS for each one.

Pat Wright sits down with PostgreSQL veteran Hari Kiran – founder of OpenSource DB and co-organizer of PG Day Hyderabad, where this episode was recorded. They talk community building, mentoring the next generation of PostgreSQL contributors, and how a coffee chat with a friend turned into one of India’s biggest PostgreSQL events.

Fixed Hardware Refresh vs. Intelligent Hardware Refresh. Learn how real-time data can help IT make smarter device refresh decisions, reduce costs, and improve the digital employee experience.

In the 4th installment of our series, Leon looks at Cribl’s ability to collect REST API data. By the time the month (and the series) is over, you will have a pretty good idea of what Cribl can do, and how to do it. You’ll also have consumed your body weight in caffeinated beverages...