It is no secret that our nation is facing a period of economic turmoil and it is wreaking havoc on the technology industry. However, despite this, companies must maintain their current product development cycles and levels of innovation. While keeping up the pace during these times can lead to near-term success, it often results in … continue reading
In last year’s Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Docker was the second most used tool, behind npm. In the 2023 survey, it was revealed that Docker has taken the number one slot. However, npm is still more likely to be used than Docker for those that are still learning to code, commonly with languages that are … continue reading
Vercel has announced the launch of its AI Accelerator, a six-week program for early-stage startups to build and scale an AI solution. The program will be available to 40 participants. The accelerator will provide fireside chats and office hours with leading AI experts, as well as guidance and accountability from Vercel’s Developer Experience team. Participants … continue reading
Grafana Labs is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Grafana with the release of Grafana 10. This release introduces new visualization capabilities via several new Grafana panels. These include the trend panel, which can graph ascending numeric X-axis data; and the datagrid panel, which provides a spreadsheet-like interface for editing data in the dashboard. The time … continue reading
Development platform Netlify today announced the release of Netlify Connect, which is a data layer that can consolidate data from multiple sources, to make it easier for companies to transition from monolithic to composable architectures. According to Netlify, needing to manage multiple data sources can slow down developer velocity and introduce complexity into the software … continue reading
Remember when you were a teenager, and your parents would go away for the weekend, so you threw a party at your house for a few close friends, and then 500 people you don’t even know showed up? And then you wake up the next morning and realize someone took your mother’s gold necklace? That’s … continue reading
ServiceNow’s Virtual Agent chatbot provides a conversational interface for users to perform self-service tasks. Now Assist for Virtual Agent will make the interactions even more intelligent and customers will be able to tackle more complex tasks. By incorporating generative AI, Virtual Agent will be able to provide more “direct, relevant, and conversational responses to questions.” … continue reading
Innovation is essential for software engineering leaders to circumvent competition and create an attractive technology landscape for users and developers. Innovation keeps processes, tools and outcomes fresh and productive. However, software engineering teams often experience burnout due to the demand for innovation and have little energy to innovate their own processes and practices. Software engineering … continue reading
I want to address the topic of being a Developer Advocate. Several people in my area of the tech industry now hold the title of “Developer Advocate”. I have no problem with that title, and this post means no disrespect to anyone with that title (many of them are my friends). However, I am curious … continue reading
The content management system (CMS) provider Optimizely has announced the release of its Content Graph service, which will make it easier for developers to deliver content within their applications. This was first introduced in beta last year and is now generally available to all CMS customers. Content Graph acts as an on-demand content library to … continue reading
Amid the cacophony of noise about generative AI and software development, we haven’t seen much thoughtful discussion about software testing specifically. We’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT’s test writing capabilities and wanted to share our findings. In short: we conclude that ChatGPT is only somewhat useful for writing tests today, but we expect that to change … continue reading
In this must-attend webinar, you will discover how to use the right engineering metrics to encourage positive behaviors, identify risks in the development process, and gain expert insight into value stream intelligence – with a framework for creating accountability around planned and unplanned work. … continue reading
