The testing company SmartBear has announced it is acquiring an API company called Stoplight. By adding Stoplight’s API governance, mocking, and no-code editing capabilities into the SmartBear portfolio, SmartBear will be able to provide its customers with a comprehensive API development platform. Stoplight’s open-source catalog of Prism, Spectral, and Elements will also join up with … continue reading
Appian announced the release of the latest Appian AI-Powered Process Platform, featuring Appian AI Copilot, an advanced AI assistant that increases developer productivity. It utilizes Appian’s enterprise AI architecture and private AI strategy to deliver comprehensive process automation solutions swiftly. In its first version, AI Copilot employs generative AI to transform PDFs and structured forms … continue reading
Data capture provides a better way to make informed decisions, but only when an organization truly taps into the value of that data. We capture data on and around everything, meaning information availability isn’t the issue. The challenges now are: How can we get more value from that data? How can we make sure we’re … continue reading
Next.js Commerce is a template for building ecommerce apps that was developed by Vercel. It includes support for common ecommerce functions like out of stock items, order history, order status, item variation availability, hidden products, and dynamically driven content. It allows applications to be styled using Tailwind CS and also uses Next.js’s metadata to optimize … continue reading
Android announced the release of Developer Preview 9 for the Privacy Sandbox on Android with API and SDK improvements. The initial release of Custom Audience Delegation introduces the ability to create custom audiences for buyers without an on-device SDK. It also integrates with Bidding and Auction services for more intricate ad auctions. Enrollment is no … continue reading
The quarterly Flutter stable release version 3.13 introduces improvements to Impeller, Flutter’s new graphics renderer, and adds new Engine APIs for foldable devices. Impeller renderer on iOS optimizations have led to reduced latency, eliminating shader compilation issues and resulting in smoother performance. Additionally, some benchmarks show that Impeller now has improved average throughput, surpassing previous … continue reading
Google announced a few upgrades to its AI-powered Search experience (SGE) to help users “better learn and make sense of information on the web: whether it’s deepening your understanding of complicated concepts, boosting your coding skills or tracking down details within a complex topic,” the company wrote in a blog post. Google is planning to … continue reading
Today, organizations cannot afford to wait for data insights, as they need to focus on meeting business needs and delivering results at the speed of decision-making. However, many data professionals have been overly focused on technology, which can lead to suboptimal and costly choices. To address this, many are adopting a business-outcome-first mindset . However, … continue reading
Redis has announced the latest version of its flagship offering. Redis 7.2 introduces several new features, including scalable search and Auto Tiering. Scalable search offers a 16x improvement in query throughput by blending sharding with vertical scaling. Auto Tiering helps developers be more cost-effective with data storage, as heavily used data is kept in memory … continue reading
Many development tool vendors have added AI to their offerings to help developers be more efficient with coding, and now Zenhub is unveiling that it has added AI capabilities to its project management tool to make the whole process of project management simpler. According to Zenhub, this new offering focuses on the team rather than … continue reading
What is documentation? Why is it important? What makes it good or bad? And – if it’s bad – what are the consequences? In this article, I’ll discuss all of this, explain how documentation (good or bad) is an outgrowth of organizational culture, and suggest some ways you can work to improve culture and produce … continue reading
AI (as in Artificial Intelligence, not ‘augmented’ or ‘automated’ intelligence) has rapidly become a transformational factor for dozens of markets, including software development itself. Even if we were aware that generative AIs like ChatGPT can ultimately generate bullshit, as my colleague Jason Bloomberg says, and we know they are getting overhyped across social networks and … continue reading
Anybody that looks at value stream management and doesn’t see the value of it, isn’t seeing the customer value it makes possible. But it’s time to start realizing value. The technology is there, the raw materials are there – the visibility that drives true value could be there too. Software development should no longer be … continue reading
Red Hat caused some trouble in the open-source community at the end of June when they announced that the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) would no longer be publicly available and could only be accessed by its customers A couple of weeks later, the open-source software company SUSE said it would create … continue reading
