Deno, a company that provides a JavaScript runtime, has filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel Oracle’s trademark for JavaScript, claiming the Java steward has abandoned it and that it should be free for use by the large community of developers using the language. Ryan Dahl, co-creator of Deno and … continue reading
ActiveState today announced it is rebranding and relaunching its product as an open source management platform to help enterprises manage open source complexities, ensure supply chain security, and streamline DevSecOps. The platform, which integrates with existing tools, aims to proactively manage open-source risks by providing tools for discovery, analysis, remediation, and governance. It offers a … continue reading
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) today released its open source AI definition version 1.0 to clarify what constitutes open source AI. This gives the industry a standard by which to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI. The definition covers code, model, and data information, with the latter being … continue reading
DevOps platform provider Opsera today announced AI Code Assistant Insights, empowering enterprises to improve developer productivity, impact, time savings and accelerate the ROI of their investment in AI Code Assistants. “IDC research finds that on average, developers estimate a 35% increase in their productivity with the use of an AI coding assistant. However, it is … continue reading
Fostering a positive developer experience and aligning it with business goals may seem like an obvious focus for organizational stakeholders. When developers feel empowered to innovate, they deliver customer experiences that positively impact the bottom line. Yet key organizational stakeholders still struggle to get visibility into how products are advancing, from ideation to delivery. To … continue reading
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announced the release of PostgreSQL 17, the newest version of the open source database. According to the group’s announcement, PostgreSQL 17 has improved performance and scalability while adapting to new data access and storage patterns required by cloud native computing and the rise of AI. Among the key new features … continue reading
Open source maintainers do significantly more security and maintenance work than unpaid maintainers, yet 60% of all maintainers remain unpaid, according to the 2024 State of Open Maintainer report from Tidelift. “The health and security of our global software infrastructure depends on open source maintainers,” Donald Fischer, co-founder and CEO, Tidelift, said in an announcement … continue reading
Much of the conversation in the software industry is around developer experience. From new ways to measure productivity to reducing important but drudge work, organizations are looking to make life more joyful for developers. One area that’s gaining more attention is the use of buildpacks to create apps for cloud-native environments. Though not a new … continue reading
Broadcom today announced ValueOps Insights, a solution that connects and normalizes analytics from siloed tools into a unified view to ensure organizations are able to assess if value stream delivery capabilities align with business goals. The new solution, underpinned by the ConnectALL platform it acquired in June 2023, gathers, organizes and evaluates disparate DORA and … continue reading
Developers, it appears, will not be replaced by artificial intelligence – at least not yet, anyway. What they will need to do is learn or improve their skills in providing templates for AI, become masters of fixing problems in AI-generated code, and actually learn the best uses for AI in software development. In its current … continue reading
The advent of DevOps, cloud-native computing, API use and now AI have made creating software way more complex for developers. These factors have also impacted the developers’ experience and productivity – and how productivity is measured. No longer do software engineers simply write code and run some tests. Now, they have to manage API integration … continue reading
The following is a listing of vendors that offer tools to help secure software supply chains, along with a brief description of their offerings. Featured Provider HCLSoftware: HCL AppScan empowers developers, DevOps, and security teams with a suite of technologies to pinpoint application vulnerabilities for quick remediation in every phase of the software development lifecycle. … continue reading
