Black Duck adds new security app to GitHub Marketplace The Black Duck Security GitHub App enables static application security testing (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) scans in GitHub repositories. Scans are triggered automatically by code commits and pull requests, and results are added as comments to the pull request if issues are detected. It … continue reading
Codeglide.ai, a subsidiary of the DevOps company Opsera, is launching its MCP server lifecycle platform that will enable developers to turn APIs into MCP servers. The solution constantly monitors API changes and updates the MCP servers accordingly. It also provides context-aware, secure, and stateful AI access without the developer needing to write custom code. According … continue reading
For decades, software testing has been built on a simple idea: humans write tests, machines run them. That model has persisted since the first commercial recorders appeared in the mid-1990s. Testers would record a flow, edit a script, maintain it as the application evolved, and repeat the cycle endlessly. Tools improved incrementally, but the basic … continue reading
Testing company BrowserStack has announced a new Chrome extension called Testing Toolkit that includes 11 different manual web testing tools. According to the company, manual web testing has been very fragmented, and QA teams are often switching between multiple different apps and accounts, leading to unnecessary context switching and lost time. The Testing Toolkit acts … continue reading
Anthropic expands Claude Sonnet 4’s context window to 1M tokens With this larger context window, Claude can process codebases with 75,000+ lines of code in a single request. This allows it to better understand project architecture, cross-file dependencies, and make suggestions that fit with the complete system design. Longer context windows are now in beta … continue reading
Application monitoring company Sentry is making it easier to gain visibility into MCP servers with the launch of a new monitoring tool. With MCP monitoring, developers can understand things like which clients are experiencing errors, which tools are most used, or which tools are running slow. They can also correlate errors with events like traffic … continue reading
Google is enhancing its AI coding agent, Jules, with new functionality that reviews and critiques code while Jules is still working on it. “In a world of rapid iteration, the critic moves the review to earlier in the process and into the act of generation itself. This means the code you review has already been … continue reading
AI company bitHuman has announced a visual SDK for creating avatars for use as chat agents, instructors, virtual coaches, companions, and experts in different fields. According to the company, the SDK allows avatars to be created on Arm-based and x86 systems without a GPU. The avatars have a small footprint and can be run online … continue reading
GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the year. Dohmke says he will be staying with the company through the end of the year to help with the transition. When he leaves GitHub, he plans to build a new startup. “After all this time, my startup … continue reading
Developer advocacy is a specialized role within developer relations focused on helping customers understand how the latest trends and products translate into value, Wade Wegner, chief ecosystem and growth officer at DigitalOcean, explained during a recent episode of our What the Dev? podcast. Advocates work to drive adoption of products, but how they do it … continue reading
Animation, when applied with purpose, clarifies intent and reduces friction in modern UIs. In React, the right animation library can bridge the gap between basic layouts and interfaces that feel intentional and well-crafted. Below are three production-ready libraries I rely on: typewriter-effect, react-vivus, and react-awesome-reveal. These libraries focus on different animation needs, remain easy to … continue reading
Whispers of “AI PCs” have been circulating for some time, promising a new era of on-device intelligence. Yet, for many, the reality has felt underwhelming, with a scarcity of compelling applications that truly leverage the dedicated Neural Processing Units (NPUs) within these machines. But what if the next leap in personal AI isn’t a desktop … continue reading
OpenAI launches GPT-5 OpenAI announced the availability of GPT-5, which it says is “smarter across the board” compared to previous models. Specifically for coding, GPT-5 achieved significant improvement in complex front-end generation and debugging larger repositories. Early testers said that it made better design choices in terms of spacing, typography, and white space, according to … continue reading
Melissa, a provider of data quality solutions, is making it possible for customers to run its SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) components in Azure Data Factory through the Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime. This brings the power of Melissa’s data quality features to the cloud, providing customers greater flexibility in where their data is stored. SSIS is … continue reading
