Survey: Increased Tool Sprawl Saps Developer Productivity
A survey of 300 IT professionals working in software engineering departments in the U.S. and Western Europe that have more than 150 developers, finds 75% are losing anywhere from six to 15 hours a week because of tool sprawl as respondents on average navigate 7.4 tools to build applications.
Life After Death, HeroDevs Acquires Xeol To Remediate Unsupported Software Zombies
Xeol tracks end-of-life data in 100,000+ open-source software packages to help identify and remediate unsupported software in one streamlined workflow.
Typosquat Supply Chain Attack Targets Go Developers
A backdoor that impersonates a widely used database module in the popular Go programming language can give hackers control of infected systems, according to a senior threat intelligence analyst with developer-focused platform provider Socket. The malicious package, which the threat actor first published in November 2021 and remains in the Go Module Proxy, typosquats the […]
Five Key Steps for Turning Developers into Appsec Champions
Today’s fast-paced software development landscape can often create friction between development teams and their application security (AppSec) counterparts. While everyone wants to create a safe and successful product, their approaches differ, and developers are pressured to deliver features quickly, while security teams are measured on their ability to minimize risk. No company can afford development […]
What are the Key Challenges in Mobile App Testing?
Testing mobile applications (apps) is a crucial process used to ensure that an app is fit for use, effective and free of defects.
Dynatrace Extends AI Reach to Bridge DevOps Divide
Dynatrace, today at its Perform 2025 conference, extended the reach of its Davis artificial intelligence (AI) engine to provide predictive and generative capabilities that complement the causal analytics already provided. Additionally, Dynatrace unveiled an Observability for Developers module for its platform that includes a Live Debugger tool that will be made generally available in 90 […]
WaveMaker UI Code Accelerator Pictures Pixel Perfection
WaveMaker AutoCode identifies and generates components from Figma designs, enabled for proprietary design systems to remove long-standing first-mile bottleneck in app development.
Navigating the Future of AI with Responsible Governance – DevOps Unbound EP46
In this episode, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by experts Martin Klaus (Tricentis), Tracy Ragan (DeployHub) and Hope Lynch as we dive into the critical topic of AI Governance—the guardrails that ensure artificial intelligence tools and systems remain safe, ethical, and aligned with human rights. We’ll explore the frameworks, rules, and standards […]
API First and API Testing – DevOps Unbound EP 45
Akamai reports that 83% of traffic on their Akamai network is API hits, which is more than HTML traffic. Our discussion focuses on the API First strategy, which places API design and planning at the forefront of project development, enhancing collaboration, scalability and integration. Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by experts Chris […]
OpenAI’s o3-mini Brings Enhanced AI Capabilities to GitHub’s Developer Tools
GitHub integrates OpenAI’s o3-mini model into Copilot and GitHub Models, bringing enhanced AI reasoning capabilities to developers while maintaining fast response times.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Game on. Our round-up of the DevOps job market this week includes a DevOps and SRE role with Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management.
Uplevel Adds Consulting Service to Reengineer Software Development
Uplevel has launched a consulting service to help organizations modernize their software engineering development practices.
Your Test Data Service is Outdated – Here’s Why (And What to Do About It)
Outdated test data practices continue to hold back organizations, creating bottlenecks in delivery and compromising software quality.
Perforce AI Testing Tool Eliminates Need of Scripts
Perforce Software this week added an ability to use artificial intelligence (AI) in place of scripts to test mobile and web applications using its Perfecto platform. Stephen Feloney, vice president of product management at Perforce, said the AI Validation capability visually inspects applications rather than simply creating an AI copilot to generate scripts. That approach […]
Why Validated DevOps is the Path Forward for Regulated Software
Validated DevOps is a groundbreaking approach that combines the speed of modern software development with the rigorous validation required for safety-critical product compliance.
Driving Quality and Efficiency in QA With Kaizen and Project Management Best Practices
Kaizen, a philosophy of continuous improvement that, when combined with collaboration and visionary leadership, can turn QA teams into well-oiled machines of productivity and innovation.
The Future of DevOps: Key Trends, Innovations and Best Practices in 2025
This article explores the latest trends and innovations in the world of DevOps and how organizations can stay ahead of the curve in this rapidly changing landscape.
Harness Applies AI to Chaos Engineering Testing
Harness today added a bevy of capabilities to its chaos engineering platform, including a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool that makes creating and managing these types of tests more accessible to a wider range of software engineers.
Addressing Data Synchronization Challenges in DevOps
The shared database approach and its pros and cons, along with alternative data synchronization strategies to help enterprises navigate these challenges.
DevOps Scaling Practices — A Roadmap With Challenges and Strategies
As DevOps aims to enhance software delivery lifecycles with improved quality, scaling DevOps can help enterprises grow.
Addressing the Problem of Drift Detection and Drift Cause Analysis
Perhaps the biggest challenge of IaC operations is drifts — a scenario where runtime environments deviate from their IaC-defined states, creating a festering issue that could have serious long-term implications.
Survey Surfaces Shift in Java Platform Preferences
A survey of 2,039 Java professionals finds 88% work for organizations considering moving away from Oracle Java because of cost, preference for open source software, Oracle sales tactics, uncertainty created by ongoing changes to pricing and licensing and restrictive Oracle policies.
Decentralized Application Development with Mathias Buus Madsen
Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, joins the conversation to challenge the industry’s heavy reliance on centralized platforms. The tech world increasingly gravitates toward centralization and large data centers, and Mathias advocates for a return to the decentralized roots of the internet. He highlights how centralized systems, despite their efficiencies, introduce limitations like privacy concerns, […]