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This blog is intended for software system engineers, architects and managers or people generally interested in development, testing and integration of software systems. It is part of profiq’s community effort that has the objective of sharing knowledge and ideas about software system integration, testing and development. In addition to this technical content, we share updates about life at profiq.

What do Startup Tech Leaders need to Know about APIs? Listen now to this MovingFast Tech podcast featuring Jason Harmon, CTO from Stoplight.io

Posted 1 year ago by Anke Corbin

An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of rules and protocols for building software and applications. It specifies how software components should interact and allows for communication between different systems. APIs can be used to allow third-party developers to access certain features or data of an application or service, enabling them to build […]

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Designing REST APIs with Stoplight

Posted 1 year ago by Milos Svana

A well-designed API is both an important business driver and a must if you want to split your software product into smaller modules. Whether you decide to deploy your app as a set of microservices or separate the client-side rendered frontend from the backend, you need to think about how the individual components will interact […]

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What’s working in DevOps and the latest tools and trends? Listen in with Martin Prokeš, VP Engineering at profiq

Posted 2 years ago by Anke Corbin

Over the past ten years DevOps has become the standard for software engineering. DevOps introduced processes of automation that make software development and QA effective and accessible not just for large engineering teams, but startups, as well. However, like all new technologies, DevOps has changed quickly over the past decade. In this episode of the […]

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New Engineering Leadership at profiq

Posted 2 years ago by Eva Bordovská

We are pleased to announce the promotions of Martin Prokes to VP of Engineering and Petr Vecera to CTO. Both began working at profiq in 2014 as junior engineers, and have grown into technical and people leaders in our organization.  Our people are our greatest assets, and the reason for our success. We grow organically […]

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How is QAs role changing within engineering teams? Hear what some tech leaders are thinking about

Posted 2 years ago by Anke Corbin

We recently hosted a Peer 2 Peer Tech Leader roundtable discussion in the Rocky Mountains. The group is composed of engineering leaders from a wide variety of software tech companies ranging from smaller 4-6 person engineering teams at startups to engineering leaders at FANG companies, and organizations in the government sector responsible for over 400 […]

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The first one: Serenity: Changing the world of senior care

Posted 2 years ago by Eva Bordovská

Lauded by customers as a “communication lifesaver” and “a game changer”, one of our clients, Colorado-based Serenity App Inc, is making a big impact in the senior care space with its cutting-edge platform, Serenity Engage. Serenity Engage streamlines and protects communication between the families of seniors in residential and hospice care and their often multiple […]

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RaspberryPi Automated Feeder

Posted 2 years ago by Pavel Kutac

Having fun is the best way to learn.  Albert Einstein It all started two years ago when our colleague Petr brought his new Beta fish to the office. Before long, everyone knew how to care for the fish and the aquarium. Then, we bought a new tank, and a few months later, an even bigger […]

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Linux Aquarium PC

Posted 2 years ago by Ondrej Soukup

Carl Jung once said, “The creative mind plays with the object it loves.” Like Jung, we believe play can fuel innovation, and sometimes, the wilder the idea, the better. ? You might be wondering why would we submerge a PC in liquid (in our case, mineral oil)? To that, we reply, “Why does anyone climb Mount […]

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Deep Learning in Elixir with Axon

Posted 2 years ago by Milos Svana

At profiq, we are always interested in learning something new, and trying novel technologies. One of these technologies is Elixir—a functional programming language whose main strengths lie in fault tolerance and scalability through concurrency. This makes it a good candidate for backend development, especially when it comes to high-traffic web applications. We, for example, utilize […]

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Presto – part 2: Data Analysis and Machine Learning in SQL

Posted 3 years ago by Milos Svana

In an earlier article, we introduced you to Presto, an open-source, distributed SQL query engine. It lets you use SQL to query data from many types of storage solutions. This includes data sources that don’t support SQL natively; for example, a JSON file stored on AWS S3. What’s even more interesting, is that Presto lets […]

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