Lightbend announced that it is switching the license for Akka, a set of open-source libraries for designing scalable, resilient systems that span cores and networks. The project ran on the Apache 2.0 license which has become increasingly risky when a small company solely carries the maintenance effort even though it is still the de facto … continue reading
The modern cloud cost management tool Finout today introduced FinOps Dashboards. This release works to abstract the cost of technical resources to business metrics and KPIs that the CFO and financial team care about. This allows DevOps and financial teams to slice data in terms of cost per transaction or cost per customer rather than … continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest optical space telescope ever built. It is designed to see back more than 13 billion years to the dawn of the universe. While the telescope’s functionality is meeting if not exceeding expectations, the project cost more than 10 times what it was originally expected to cost and … continue reading
JavaScript frameworks are a useful tool for developers because they help developers be more efficient by eliminating the need to rewrite boilerplate code for a new app or download individual libraries. Mozilla describes them as follows in one of its documentation pages: “A framework is a library that offers opinions about how software gets built. … continue reading
Agile is a prerequisite for digital business because it combines an early and frequent delivery of customer value with the ability to rapidly adapt to changing market conditions. Agile has become essential to compete with digital-born businesses and to remain relevant in a world of digital fluency. This means that the demand for experienced developers … continue reading
Regardless of the industry, every business needs one thing to ensure its overall success and longevity: loyal and happy customers. However, it seems that organizations often find themselves too caught up in accelerating the delivery of new features and meeting release deadlines, resulting in lackluster user experience (UX). With a steady investment in strong UI/UX … continue reading
While errors and bugs in coding technology may not always be harmful, many of them can be exploited by bad actors and result in vulnerabilities. Bad actors can leverage vulnerabilities to get the software to act in unexpected ways, potentially impacting the performance and security of the software. This could also give untrustworthy agents access to … continue reading
Meta has recently announced its open-source project, Velox. This offering comes as an execution engine aimed at accelerating data management systems and streamlining their development. Velox is currently under active development and is geared at helping to consolidate and unify data management systems in a beneficial way. The open-source project aims to solve the challenge … continue reading
The following is a listing of API management tool providers, along with a brief description of their offerings. Apigee is an API management platform for modernizing IT infrastructure, building microservices and managing applications. The platform was acquired by Google in 2016 and added to the Google Cloud. It includes gateway, security, analytics, developer portal, and … continue reading
The use of APIs has skyrocketed over the years and with organizations using so many different types of APIs on a normal basis, API management has become essential for managing the API attack surface. Fifty-one percent of respondents said that more than half of their organizations’ development effort is spent on APIs—compared with 40% of … continue reading
The September 2022 issue is now available. This issue of SD Times offers a look into the role of UI/UX testing in customer satisfaction, why the web framework hype train is always moving, and the project management task you (almost) never complete. … continue reading
CodeSee launched an enterprise version its code visibility platform that enables users to visualize and automate code knowledge across the entire lifecycle. Developers can now map their code and services throughout the code lifecycle through the discovery and planning stage, development and code review all the way through production. “Today’s release reflects a vision we’ve … continue reading
Parasoft, the automated software testing company, recently announced the newest updates to its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities for UI, API, functional, and static analysis testing that span the full software development lifecycle. According to Parasoft, these updates work to optimize the solution with innovative AI/ML features that accelerate test creation, maintenance, and execution, … continue reading
The API security and observability company, Traceable AI, today announced that its API Security Testing solution in its API Security Platform is now generally available. This allows users to test any API in pre-production for vulnerabilities, accuracy, reliability, and security. According to the company, this release ensures that all APIs are aligned with the highest … continue reading
