Platform engineering has been gaining quite a lot of traction lately — and for good reason. The benefits to development teams are many, and it could be argued that platform engineering is a natural evolution of DevOps, so it’s not a huge cultural change to adapt to. According to Jonathan Harding, Senior Product Manager of …
GitHub is launching a new program to fund open source projects to improve their security and sustainability. The GitHub Secure Open Source Fund will invest $1.25 million into 125 different projects ($10,000 each). Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis through January 7th, 2025. According to GitHub, the funding is possible thanks to contributions …
Since releasing Android 15 in September, the Android development team has been hard at work on the next major release, and today it is announcing the first developer preview for Android 16. According to the team, this release marks the start of a faster release cycle for Android APIs. Previously, the major API release would …
Microsoft’s annual development and IT conference, Microsoft Ignite, kicked off this morning, with announcements ranging from updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot to a new bug bounty event for AI vulnerabilities. Here is a list of some of the highlights from the event: Microsoft 365 Copilot updates The company announced several new capabilities across Microsoft 365 …
The no-code automation company Nintex today announced Nintex Apps, which allow users to create and deploy customized business-critical apps that leverage Nintex workflows. “The launch of Nintex Apps is a meaningful step forward in our long-term vision of providing a single platform and integrated experience for end-to-end process automation powered by AI,” said Niranjan Vijayaragavan, …
Lightbend has announced a new version of Akka, its platform for building responsive distributed apps. Akka 3 has been in development since 2018, according to the company, and it utilizes many other Lightbend projects, such as Lagom, Play Framework, Cloudstate, Cloudflow, Akka Streams, and Kalix. There are three main themes in the Akka 3 release. …
Anthropic is making it easier for developers to leverage best practices of prompt engineering by adding a feature for improving prompts and allowing example responses to be managed within the Anthropic Console. According to Anthropic, while prompt quality is important, it can be time-consuming to implement best practices, and those best practices might also vary …
While one might anticipate that the more complex an application is, the more likely it is to have security vulnerabilities, a recent analysis from Black Duck found the opposite to be true. Its 2024 Software Vulnerability Snapshot report analyzed data from 200,000 dynamic application security testing scans for 1,300 applications across 19 different industry sectors. …
The Android development team took a break from adding major features to the Android Emulator over the last six months to focus on an initiative called Project Quartz, the goal of which was to improve the stability, speed, and performance of the platform. Now, the team is reporting the improvements it was able to make …
JetBrains has announced the 2024.3 releases of its AI Assistant and several of its IDEs. AI Assistant 2024.3 adds support for Gemini models, enabling users to now choose between models from Gemini or OpenAI, or use local models. The assistant also now offers advanced code completion, enhanced context management, and inline prompt generation. “We’re excited …
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is hosting KubeCon + Cloud Native Con this week in Salt Lake City, UT, and during the event, it announced the graduation of two of its projects: cert-manager and Dapr. Cert-manager is an open source certificate management platform that helps developers automate issuance and renewal of Transport Layer Security …
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 …
LaunchDarkly has come out with a new solution to help improve release confidence and reduce the risks associated with releasing new software. The new offering, Guarded Releases, establishes benchmarks for performance, latency, and availability for each stage of a rollout. This enables development teams to more proactively detect and address issues before they become issues …
.NET 9 is now available, and with it comes a number of performance improvements and new functionality to support developers building with AI. According to Microsoft, this release features over 1,000 performance updates, one of which is that the Server GC has been altered to adapt to application memory requirements instead of the resources available …
ActiveState is revolutionizing open source management with a streamlined, secure, and scalable approach. In this microwebinar series, learn how ActiveState helps DevSecOps teams eliminate the complexities of managing open source, securing the software supply chain, and integrating with your CI/CD workflows. With experts like CTO Scott Robertson and Product Director Pete Garcin, discover how ActiveState …
The hype around using AI in software development is at a high not seen since the cloud. Companies are rushing to get on the train, with spending plans for 2025 almost all targeting AI-based tools. And with all we understand – and don’t understand – about using AI in software development, and all the hurdles …
Bloomberg, Capital One, and tens of thousands of developers are using open source Cloud Native Buildpacks to transition application source code to container images that can be easily maintained and updated. Paketo Buildpacks, an implementation of the cloud Native Buildpacks, run on any container runtime that supports container images, which makes them suitable for Docker and Kubernetes based environments. …
Join us for an insightful webinar on “ValueOps ConnectALL: Pattern Thinking & Automation,” where Lance Knight, ValueOps by Broadcom’s Chief Value Stream Architect, delves into the transformative power of optimizing flow in software delivery value streams. This session will explore how identifying and leveraging patterns in your processes can significantly enhance efficiency and drive automation …
SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — Continuous Testing Achieving continuous testing means shifting your testing left. That is a goal shared by every testing team in the industry, and this series will give you valuable insight and impactful tips for implementing a continuous testing approach into your testing strategy. Led by Perforce Vice President of …
The Best Way to Manage Development Secrets Protecting sensitive data like API keys, passwords, and encryption keys is crucial. With applications sprawling across various environments, managing these secrets securely can become a complex challenge. Brian Vallelunga, CEO of Doppler, dives deep into the concept of secrets management, explaining: What are secrets and why are they …
ActiveState is revolutionizing open source management with a streamlined, secure, and scalable approach. In this microwebinar series, learn how ActiveState helps DevSecOps teams eliminate the complexities of managing open source, securing the software supply chain, and integrating with your CI/CD workflows. With experts like CTO Scott Robertson and Product Director Pete Garcin, discover how ActiveState …
The hype around using AI in software development is at a high not seen since the cloud. Companies are rushing to get on the train, with spending plans for 2025 almost all targeting AI-based tools. And with all we understand – and don’t understand – about using AI in software development, and all the hurdles …
Bloomberg, Capital One, and tens of thousands of developers are using open source Cloud Native Buildpacks to transition application source code to container images that can be easily maintained and updated. Paketo Buildpacks, an implementation of the cloud Native Buildpacks, run on any container runtime that supports container images, which makes them suitable for Docker and Kubernetes based environments. …
Join us for an insightful webinar on “ValueOps ConnectALL: Pattern Thinking & Automation,” where Lance Knight, ValueOps by Broadcom’s Chief Value Stream Architect, delves into the transformative power of optimizing flow in software delivery value streams. This session will explore how identifying and leveraging patterns in your processes can significantly enhance efficiency and drive automation …
SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — Continuous Testing Achieving continuous testing means shifting your testing left. That is a goal shared by every testing team in the industry, and this series will give you valuable insight and impactful tips for implementing a continuous testing approach into your testing strategy. Led by Perforce Vice President of …
The Best Way to Manage Development Secrets Protecting sensitive data like API keys, passwords, and encryption keys is crucial. With applications sprawling across various environments, managing these secrets securely can become a complex challenge. Brian Vallelunga, CEO of Doppler, dives deep into the concept of secrets management, explaining: What are secrets and why are they …
