Snyk has announced a new dynamic application security testing (DAST) solution designed specifically for AI-powered software development. Snyk API & Web allows developers to test the security of all of their APIs and web apps, regardless of if the code was written by a developer or AI. It also provides detailed recommendations on how to … continue reading
Docker is introducing new MCP-related offerings to provide developers with tools for working with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Coming in May, Docker MCP Catalog will be a marketplace where developers can discover verified and curated MCP tools. The company partnered with several companies to build the catalog, including Stripe, Elastic, Heroku, Pulumi, Grafana Labs, … continue reading
Technology plays a unique and prominent role in an enterprise’s sustainability or green IT efforts. It can be a key part of the solution and a contributor to the problem. As Earth Day approaches, we’re reminded to examine how our choices impact the planet. Modern applications have brought remarkable convenience and scalability, but beneath these … continue reading
Microsoft is introducing a new way for developers to get insight into how applications are accessing data through Microsoft Graph, an API that feeds data into Microsoft 365 applications and other Microsoft cloud services. This new usage reporting API will provide insights into how Microsoft Graph is using resources and how applications are using the … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are constantly releasing new models and features. It can be hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve written this roundup to share several notable updates around AI that software developers should know about. OpenAI reveals … continue reading
The first Maserati was introduced in 1926. The first Ferrari was introduced in 1947. And the first Porsche was introduced in 1948. And my personal favorite, the first Land Rover, also was introduced in 1948. What do each of these legendary cars have in common? Each predates the mainframe and COBOL, yet no one calls … continue reading
The integration of AI into the software development life cycle has brought many benefits, but it’s also brought change to the software development role. In the latest episode of our podcast, What the Dev, we interviewed Antje Barth, principal developer advocate for generative AI at AWS, about these changes and the new skills developers need. … continue reading
Postman is announcing new features designed to enable developers to build APIs at scale in a secure fashion. First, the company announced the release of Spec Hub, an API design platform that provides tools for authoring, governing, and publishing API specifications across multiple formats, such as OpenAPI 3.0 and AsyncAPI 2.0. It offers one-click workflows … continue reading
JetBrains has been adding several AI offerings to its portfolio over the past few years, including AI Assistant and its AI agent Junie. Now, the company is announcing that all of those AI tools will be available under a single subscription. As part of this announcement, the company said that it will offer a free … continue reading
Symbiotic Security is releasing a new tool that will enable automatic detection and remediation of vulnerabilities in code. Embedded directly into a developer’s IDE, Symbiotic Security Version 1 utilizes an AI model that was trained on a “proprietary, security-specific, and verified dataset.” In addition to detecting and remediating issues, it also features a built-in chatbot … continue reading
The fate of the CVE Program—a database that catalogs publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities—was unknown over the past 24 hours. Yesterday, it was leaked that the maintainer of the CVE Program, MITRE, sent a letter to CVE board members, saying that funding for the CVE program was set to expire today, April 16. “If a break … continue reading
ABBYY is introducing a new optical character recognition (OCR) API to enable developers to extract data from unstructured documents. “As a vanguard of OCR, ABBYY has long had a vibrant community of cutting-edge developers creating transformational solutions with our advanced document AI,” said Nick Hyatt, vice president of Engineering R&D at ABBYY. “ABBYY Document AI … continue reading
Google’s Android team is trying to give app developers better insights into how their apps are doing with a redesigned Play Console dashboard and new metrics. The new app dashboard now groups metrics into four core developer objectives: test and release, monitor and improve, grow users, and monetize with Play. Within each objective, three of … continue reading
Ever since Generative AI captured public attention, there’s been no shortage of speculation about the future of tech jobs. Might these models displace entire roles, rendering some job categories obsolete? The thought of being replaced by AI can be unsettling. Yet, when it comes to software development and testing, generative AI is better suited to … continue reading
