In 2019, most business leaders probably wouldn’t have predicted the changes that would be coming their way in early 2020 thanks to a global pandemic. If they had, perhaps they would have been able to make decisions more proactively and wouldn’t have had to scramble to convert their workforce to remote, digitize all their experiences, … continue reading
The latest issue of SD Times is now available. In this issue, we declare 2023 the year of continuous improvement, look at other predictions for the new year, and share more insights on the SRE role. … continue reading
Today, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) revolving around the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services, have been concluded. Meta Ireland was fined €210 million due to breaches of the GDPR having to do with the company’s Facebook … continue reading
Microsoft today released a new preview version of the Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy, which enables developers to verify that their app correctly handles errors that can occur when it is being used at scale. This release introduces support for simulating errors on Microsoft Graph and other APIs as well as contextual guidance to help improve … continue reading
When it comes to software estimation, it’s relatively simple to calculate the completion time for smaller-scale projects that take less effort. However, for larger or more complex software projects, it can be difficult to predict just how much time and effort it will take to reach the end goal. The vast majority of software estimators … continue reading
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has had developers talking ever since it opened to the public last month. It is a chatbot that can do all sorts of amazing tasks: suggest code, convert code from one language to another, summarizing long text, answering questions, and so much more. Now, a new open-source project has sprung up to provide … continue reading
PDF solutions producer Qoppa Software announced the release of the latest version of its Java PDF development tools and components. According to the company, Qoppa’s PDF processing and conversion SDK is intended to bring users features to help them create, view, edit, print, or sign PDF documents. This works to allow organizations to incorporate PDF … continue reading
2022 saw business and technology come together under the banner of value stream management, more uptake in microservices and other cloud-native technologies, and a greater emphasis on software quality and security. What will 2023 bring? These industry experts share their thoughts. Nick Durkin, Field CTO, Harness Measuring developer effectiveness in 2023 In 2023, we will … continue reading
Security will continue to cause headaches in 2023. Not only will companies have to continue dealing with the normal issues like supply chain security and preventing ransomware, which they’ll continue to deal with, but a number of companies see other issues on the horizon for 2023. Supply chain attacks are ones in which the attackers … continue reading
Google is continuing its work to keep personal data safe with the announcement of new privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). Over the last decade the PETs it has invented include Federated Learning, Differential Privacy, and Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). From the company’s standpoint, this allows them to protect users’ personal data while also continuing to provide the … continue reading
A lot is being written about API Developer Experience (DX), and it sometimes feels like caring about DX is the most important aspect when it comes to what matters for API success. But is this really true? To be clear, I don’t mean to belittle the fact that DX is important, but it is equally … continue reading
Point-E is OpenAI’s new system which produces 3D models from prompts in only 1-2 minutes on a single GPU. Generating 3D models was previously very different from the image generation models such as Dall-E because those can typically produce images within seconds or minutes while a state-of-the-art 3D model required multiple GPU hours to produce … continue reading
Microsoft today announced that its Graph Powershell SDK v2 is now available in public preview. With this, users gain access to several new features. Among these features is the ability to write more robust scripts that are both less prone to errors and less ambiguous. V2 allows users to combine both production and preview in … continue reading
With today’s expectation for companies to be able to reach consumers around the world, language barriers have become a hurdle that organizations need to be able to overcome. Data transliteration tools are designed to tackle this potential problem by working to convert fields or characters from one alphabet into another without maintaining the underlying meaning … continue reading
