Jellyfish, the engineering management platform, today announced Life Cycle Explorer, a solution that works to detect bottlenecks in the life cycle of engineering work in order to help teams adapt workflow processes. The team stated that this release allows users to dig deeper into their processes to reveal the root cause of process breakdowns so … continue reading
Data streaming services provider Confluent today announced updates made to Confluent Cloud geared at assisting organizations in building a secured shared services platform for data streaming. According to the company, the shared services architectural model is especially helpful today, as businesses tighten their budgets and new competition emerges almost constantly. Confluent has added OAuth support, … continue reading
The observability provider New Relic has announced the launch of a new change tracking solution to provide full visibility of change events throughout an application’s life cycle. According to New Relic, change events are the cause of most degradations in software performance. “With New Relic change tracking, every engineer, regardless of the specialty, can now … continue reading
Apple recently announced that there will be changes made to the App Store’s commerce and payment system. These changes will be made based on changes in certain regions’ taxes and foreign exchange rates. The changes will go into effect on February 13, 2023 and will alter the prices of apps and in-app purchases on the … continue reading
Test environments can be a frustrating bottleneck to the testing process and the software development life cycle as a whole. Whether it be unavailable services, devices, or ever-elusive test data, ensuring the right environment for testing creates potential for barriers to shifting left at speed, and cutting corners can put application quality and your business … continue reading
Tricentis Test Automation is a new SaaS-based solution that supports enterprise app, API, and business process testing. “While organizations are building their businesses and deploying applications on the cloud, most teams are constrained by legacy processes which are creating slow, error-prone, and costly challenges due to the lack of a viable cloud-based testing solution,” said … continue reading
Developers, and the software they develop, are the most popular attack vector for today’s hackers and bad actors. The many development tools and processes, not to mention thousands of open-source libraries and binaries, all introduce opportunities for malicious or even accidental injection of risk across the entire software supply chain. In response to this expanding … continue reading
Microsoft announced the beta for TypeScript 5.0, the next major release of the JavaScript-based programming language. With 5.0, Microsoft is working to make the language smaller, simpler, and faster. For example, the 5.0 beta takes 81% of the time to build VS Code that would take TypeScript 4.9 to do so. These performance improvements were … continue reading
Builder.io is an open-source Virtual CMS that allows users to adopt a collaborative development process in order to find the right balance between developer control and business team autonomy. With Builder.io, customers can drag and drop Visual CMS for React, Vue, Qwik, Angular, and more. Additionally, the project’s GitHub page stated that Builder.io can integrate … continue reading
Canonical has officially released its subscription-based and security-minded version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Pro. This offering was first launched as a beta last October. What distinguishes Ubuntu Pro from the freely available version of Ubuntu is that it offers timely patches, hardening and compliance standards, and includes security support for 23,000 more packages than the main … continue reading
GitLab’s new release, Remote Development, enables organizations to directly support developers by letting them establish an environment that best suits where, when, and how they prefer to work. It gets rid of location, device, and complex toolchain barriers to keep workflow distractions down to a minimum. “For developers, frequent context-switching between different environments, navigating complex … continue reading
Fans of Windows Terminal now have a new preview release to enjoy. Windows Terminal is a terminal application that offers features like multiple tabs, panes, Unicode support, and custom themes. The Windows Terminal preview is now at version 1.17 and Windows Terminal has been updated to version 1.16. As a reminder, new features in 1.16 … continue reading
