The metaverse has been one of the industry’s latest buzzwords over the past few months, but recognizing the need to figure out metaverse security early on, Microsoft has released some guidelines. The company compared this stage of the metaverse to the early days of the web. The web made it easy for anyone to set … continue reading
The database company PlanetScale announced a new Rewind feature that will allow developers to roll back changes to data migrations to prevent downtime or data loss. According to the company, it’s possible to make a schema change to a database that causes unexpected issues like downtime or a full-scale outage. Any data that gets added … continue reading
Observability company Catchpoint has announced its newest user experience monitoring platform, Catchpoint Symphony. This new platform was designed based on input from hundreds of users and usability studies. According to Catchpoint, Symphony is intuitive to use, which makes it easy to get started with. It provides a common toolset with simplified workloads. Customers can use … continue reading
Low-code has been experiencing widespread adoption across the industry over the past several years, but testing apps created using low-code tools is unfortunately falling behind. According to Raj Rao, chief strategy officer for Sauce Labs low-code solution AutonomIQ, often companies set up citizen development programs where employees with no technical background can use low-code or … continue reading
The latest version of Java, Java 18, is now available, with nine new approved enhancements. A Simple Web Server is now available in Java 18, and it can be used for prototyping and testing purposes. “It’s sort of a representation of our continued efforts to make Java more approachable for students and educators and developers … continue reading
Data sprawl is getting worse and worse, with 43% of respondents to a new survey claiming that they use an average of four to six platforms to manage their data. Another 11% use an average of 10-12 platforms. The survey, “The State of Data and What’s Next,” was commissioned by Red Hat and Starburst and … continue reading
Android developers will now have access to better analytics of how their apps are doing with the new Play Developer Reporting API. Previously developers could use the Google Play Console to track app performance, but some feedback that the Android team has received is that developers want to be able to track app vitals outside … continue reading
The Go development team has announced that the 1.18 release of the language is here. According to the team, this release is the biggest change to the language to-date. “It isn’t a stretch to say that the design for parts of Go 1.18 started over a decade ago when we first released Go,” the Go … continue reading
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has voted to accept a new platform for building developer portals as an incubating project. Backstage enables developers to bring together their organization’s tooling, services, apps, data, and documentation into a single UI. The project has its origins at Spotify. In 2016 the company was growing quickly and struggling … continue reading
Data platform Redis has announced the release of RedisJSON 2.0. RedisJSON is a JSON-standards in-memory database. According to the company, this type of database has many benefits over the commonly used relational databases, which Redis explained can be inflexible and have scaling issues. To help address those shortcomings, RedisJSON offers flexible deployment options, cost savings … continue reading
The Android development team has announced a new feature to help reduce app storage needs. Apps can now be archived to restore up to 60% of app storage. When an app is archived, only parts of it are removed, as opposed to fully uninstalling the app where it would be removed entirely. When a user … continue reading
Value stream management companies Tasktop and Broadcom have announced a new partnership to enable companies to better measure their business value. Tasktop’s technology will power Broadcom’s ValueOps Connectors, which will synchronize data between software development tools and Broadcom’s ValueOps Value Stream Management Solution. According to the companies, this solution will provide companies with the ability … continue reading
