Cloudflare recently announced that it would be open-sourcing its Cloudflare Workers runtime, which is a platform for building serverless apps. The decision came about because when talking to developers not yet using Cloudflare Workers, their two main hesitations tend to be that they worry about vendor lock-in and they want a local development environment. According … continue reading
Microsoft has been putting a lot of effort into building more inclusive solutions for all of its users over the past few years, and at its Microsoft Ability Summit, it announced new updates on that front. It has launched the Inclusive Tech Lab, which is a successor to a lab that was created by the … continue reading
At its Google I/O conference, Google announced a new database service that it hopes will free customers of their legacy database systems. AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a fully-managed database service compatible with PostgreSQL. “Databases are increasingly shifting into the cloud and we expect this trend to continue as more companies digitally transform their businesses. With … continue reading
This year at DockerCon 2022, Docker made two major updates to its platform to increase developer productivity. First, it announced the release of Docker Extensions, enabling developers to add development tools to Docker Desktop. This will allow developers to extend Docker Desktop’s existing capabilities to better suit their needs. As part of this announcement, the … continue reading
A lot of attention has been given over the past year over the phenomenon of the Great Resignation: workers have been leaving their jobs at surprisingly high rates. According to data from the Pew Research Center, in November 2021, the rate of workers quitting their jobs rose to a 20-year high in the United States. … continue reading
Being able to put data in the cloud enables developers to create better applications faster, and also to deliver those applications in a way that suits both their needs and the needs of their customers. One possible model for deployment is a Managed Deployment Model. This is a model in which the company is able … continue reading
The Go programming language is continuing on a path of accelerated adoption and is beloved by the developers that use it. This is evidenced by several recent developer surveys, as well as sentiments expressed by developers who use the language. In JetBrains’ 2021 State of Developer Ecosystem report, Go was among the top five languages … continue reading
Memray is an open-source memory profiler for Python, developed by Bloomberg. Bloomberg has over 3,000 software developers who code in Python, as well as a Python Infrastructure team to support those developers. The team created Memray to enable developers to analyze their memory allocations, thus enabling them to reduce memory usage, find leaks, and identify … continue reading
GraphQL company Hasura has announced a new capability that will let developers join data from different GraphQL services. This new GraphQL Joins feature can be used to create a unified GraphQL API. According to the company, this feature builds on Hasura’s existing data federation capabilities. It also gives them the ability to mix and match … continue reading
Oracle may be the stewards of the Java programming language, but their market share in Java Development Kit (JDK) distributions has significantly dropped over the past two years. This is according to New Relic’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report, which draws data from applications reporting to New Relic. According to the survey, Oracle … continue reading
Test automation company mabl has announced that it is extending its testing platform to incorporate accessibility testing. The new testing capabilities are now in beta and will enable teams to identify and resolve accessibility issues before they reach end users. According to mabl, accessibility is more important than ever, both because of increased digital experiences … continue reading
The no-code platform Unqork has announced a new update that enables companies to improve upon their ability to build applications without needing to code. Unqork’s no-code platform is based on the idea of Codeless Architecture, which is “an open-standards approach to software development that allows organizations to build and run applications without ever thinking about … continue reading
