This time of year, organizations take stock of the year that’s ending and then strategize about what they want to accomplish in the year ahead. Forrester research director for software development Chris Gardner spoke with SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein to talk about what they’re seeing for 2023. This is a transcript of that conversation, … continue reading
With less than 20% of the world’s population speaking English as their first or second language, Google is ramping up the efficiency of video voice dubbing with technologies for cross-lingual voice transfer and lip reanimation using deep learning and TensorFlow. The first technology keeps the voice similar to that of the original speaker and the … continue reading
Scanbot, the company behind the Scanbot Software Development Kit (SDK), recently announced a new demo version of the Scanbot Data Capture SDK available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. According to the company, the Scanbot SDK rids companies of the need for error-prone manual data entry by allowing users to extract data … continue reading
DevOps is dead! Long live platform engineering! Here we go again: another technology hype cycle hailing The New Big Thing, and how The Old Big Thing is dead. But as someone who still believes in DevOps (despite observing many sub-optimal initiatives) and as someone who really does believe in modern platform engineering, I’d like to … continue reading
Strategically, it’s vital that businesses aren’t subjected to long-term vendor lock-in. Choosing a lakehouse architected with open standards and open formats eliminates that issue. People over 30 are cautious about not getting back into scenarios where, once a vendor has all your data, they turn the screws on you with maintenance bills and other contracted … continue reading
Microsoft announced that Spring Cloud Azure version 4.5.0 has been released and is available from Maven Central. This is the first stable version to support passwordless connections to Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Spring Cloud Azure is a framework that provides a way to build cloud-native applications using Azure services. It … continue reading
Software development is in the midst of the no-code revolution, democratizing the process for knowledge workers by allowing non-developers to build applications. However, this space is still new and sometimes overhyped. Understanding what no-code development really is — and what it isn’t — is key to realizing the expected benefits and successfully starting your company’s … continue reading
SvelteKit announced version 1.0 of its framework that enables developers to create apps of all sizes. The framework is built on top of Svelte, a UI component framework which makes it much easier to build UIs than by working in the DOM directly. SvelteKit defaults to client-side navigation after the initial server-rendered page load, which … continue reading
Play-Doh may be a favorite toy from your past, but its creators never set out with the goal of making a toy. It was originally marketed as a tool for cleaning your wallpaper before it found its way into the toy aisle. Many other inventions started off aiming to solve one problem only to find … continue reading
The team at GitLab announced that it is getting ready to launch the new Web IDE experience as a beta, available to everyone and enabled by default on GitLab.com. According to GitLab, this new Web IDE is more user-friendly and efficient. It combines VS Code’s core features along with heightened performance and the ability to … continue reading
The latest version of the Rust programming language, Rust 1.66, is now available. In Rust 1.66, enums that have fields can now use explicit discriminants. This can be used to pass values across language boundaries that require the enum representation to match in both languages. Previously explicit discriminants could only be used if none of … continue reading
DevSpace is an open-source developer tool for Kubernetes that allows users to develop and deploy cloud-native software with increased speed. This tool works as a lightweight, client-only CLI that utilizes current kube-context and does not require the installation of anything inside of the user’s cluster. DevSpace works out of the box with every Kubernetes cluster. … continue reading
The new custom software development company DopeCode today announced the launch of its website. According to the company, DopeCode provides users with tools that tackle common business needs. These needs include research and advice, relational databases that analyze data quickly, or increased speed to cut down on cost and time to market. Additionally, the company … continue reading
Spotify launched its Spotify Plugins for Backstage subscription as an open beta to all Backstage adopters. It contains a bundle of five plugins: Soundcheck, Role-Based Access Control, Skill Exchange, Pulse, and Insights. “The Spotify Plugins for Backstage bundle is the next step toward Spotify’s goal to share what we’ve learned with the world. We’re confident … continue reading
