If there’s one thing a platform engineering team doesn’t lack, it’s ideas. When your customers are your colleagues and friends, you have an ever-expanding wishlist to improve developer experience — you only have to ask! But as with any product team, you have limited resources and the need to balance both business and engineering objectives. … continue reading
GitHub’s annual developer survey, which it launched for the first time last year, shows that a majority of developers (97%) have used an AI coding tool at some point, but perceptions of the technology vary country to country. For its survey, GitHub surveyed 2,000 developers from the U.S., Brazil, Germany, and India, with an equal … continue reading
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool in software testing, by automating complex tasks, improving efficiency, and uncovering defects that might have been missed by traditional methods. However, despite its potential, AI is not without its challenges. One of the most significant concerns is AI bias, which can lead to false results and undermine … continue reading
OpenAI recently announced CriticGPT, a new AI model that provides critiques of ChatGPT responses in order to help the humans training GPT models better evaluate outputs during reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLFH). According to OpenAI, CriticGPT isn’t perfect, but it does help trainers catch more problems than they do on their own. But is … continue reading
Developers will now be able to fine-tune GPT-4o to get more customized responses that are suited to their unique needs. With fine-tuning, GPT-4o can be improved using custom datasets, resulting in better performance at a lower cost, according to OpenAI. For example, developers can use fine-tuning to customize the structure and tone of a GPT-4o … continue reading
Microsoft has released the first public preview of the upcoming SharePoint Framework 1.20 release, which is expected to reach general availability in September. SharePoint Framework enables developers to build applications or experiences in other Microsoft 365 apps that utilize data from SharePoint. The 1.20 preview includes two main additions, both related to building for the … continue reading
Companies that are collecting data need to ensure that the data is valid in order to actually make good use of it. And making sure they have the correct names in their database can help establish a good customer relationship by supporting a customer’s sense of identity. Think back to times when you’ve signed up … continue reading
Quantum computing has the potential to one day break today’s encryption algorithms, requiring a proactive approach to finding new and innovative ways to protect data that can withstand those upcoming capabilities. Last week, NIST announced the approval of three post-quantum cryptographic algorithms that cannot be broken by a quantum computer. Here’s what leaders in the … continue reading
For quite some time, discussion around the dangers of deepfakes were mostly rooted in the hypothetical — focusing on the question of how these tools could be used to cause harm, rather than real-world instances of misuse. However, it wasn’t long before some of those fears became realities. In January, a number of New Hampshire … continue reading
Penpot is a tool designed to bridge the gap between designers and developers and provide more collaboration throughout the process. According to the project maintainers, there can be difficulty in handing off projects from designers to developers because they are often using different tools and the vision of the project may get lost along the … continue reading
CockroachDB has announced a change to its licensing model that will allow startups and smaller companies to use it for free, while still making money off the larger companies that can afford to pay for it. Previously, CockroachDB was available as a free Core version that was designed more for individuals and startups, and a … continue reading
In April 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a draft publication aimed to provide guidance around secure software development practices for generative AI systems. In light of these requirements, software development teams should begin implementing a robust testing strategy to ensure they adhere to these new guidelines. Testing is a cornerstone of … continue reading
GitHub is rolling out a new feature to not only help developers find vulnerabilities, but fix them quickly. Copilot Autofix in GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) analyzes vulnerabilities, explains their importance, and offers suggestions on how to remediate them. “For developers who aren’t necessarily security experts, Copilot Autofix is like having the expertise of your security … continue reading
Codeium has announced a new AI assistant called Cortex that uses complex reasoning capabilities to solve difficult coding problems. Rather than enabling smaller, individual tasks such as autocomplete or code completion like existing code assistants, Cortex supports large scale reasoning, code generation, reviews, and knowledge transfer, with greater accuracy, lower latency, and reduced costs. According … continue reading
