Let’s Finally Build Continuous Database Reliability! We Deserve It
Over the past few decades, we have undergone significant transformations, enhancing our ability to improve software delivery and creating new methodologies and frameworks to improve collaboration among teams. Despite these advancements, the existing software development lifecycle (SDLC) is still far from flawless. Teams invest a considerable amount of time in the handover of artifacts, and […]
CDF Survey Surfaces DevOps Progress and Challenges
Most developers are using some form of DevOps practices, reports the CDF survey. Adopting STANDARD DevOps practices? Not so much.
Best of 2023: ‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships
In this week’s #TheLongView: Scrum sucks, sources say; and here comes the Linux 6.5 kernel.
DevOps and Databases: The Key to Faster Deployment
Database observability is key to ensuring that CI/CD – especially continuous deployment – can keep pace with development workflows.
Microsoft kills Python 3.7 ¦ … and VBScript ¦ Exascaling ARM on Jupiter
In this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer.
Meta Mayhem: Hybrid Work FAIL ¦ Yet More Layoffs
In this week’s #TheLongView: Meta’s enforced hybrid work plan is failing badly, and Meta makes more layoffs.
Raspberry Pi 5: Faster, Better, Stronger — Spendier
In an extra #TheLongView: Everyone’s favorite single-board ARM computer, the Raspberry Pi, has a new generation coming soon.
Oracle Bill is 5x Client’s Budget ¦ Toyota Out of Space
In this week’s The Long View: Birmingham looks like the Detroit of the UK—is it Oracle’s fault? Plus: Was Toyota’s factory failure caused by running out of disk space?
Google’s Shiny New AI Dev Environment — the ‘Experimental’ Project IDX
In this week’s #TheLongView: Google’s full-stack, browser based development environment in the cloud. Project IDX is not just a Copilot clone, but aims to help you “get an app from zero to production.”
2024—Year of the Linux Desktop? ChromeOS Reflects its Inner Penguin ¦ GNOME Rethink
In this week’s #TheLongView: Can the Linux desktop installed base break the mythical 10% barrier? Google has been refactoring ChromeOS, and GNOME is working on new window manager ideas.
Microsoft’s 9th Outage in 2023 ¦ RISE of RISC-V ¦ Meta Ends WFH
In this week’s #TheLongView: Redmond SaaS keeps failing, RISC-V is RISEing, and Meta is enforcing hybrid work.
How GitHub Actions Simplifies Your CI/CD Workflow
In today’s fast-paced world, being able to deploy applications quickly is essential for success. However, setting up a CI/CD pipeline can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Fortunately, GitHub Actions can help simplify and automate your workflow, making it easier than ever to get your applications up and running in no time. In this blog […]
VW CEO Fired for Dev Fails | Fiber Shortage Hits | Google Fires Blake Lemoine
In this week’s The Long View: Herbert Diess is out at VW because software is hard (yo), fiber optic cable is hard to find, and the guy who said LaMDA was sentient is dumped by Google.
Rust in Linux 5.20 | Deepfake Hiring Fraud | IBM WFH ‘New Normal’
In this week’s The Long View: Linus says next release will support Rust, FBI warns scammers are getting hired in deepfake interviews, and 80% of IBM staff stay at home.
The Age of Software Supply Chain Disruption
The software supply chain is swiftly becoming a widespread attack vector, and securing it is now in the spotlight. Software supply chain attacks have become a given in 2022, reports Darktrace. SolarWinds, Kaseya and GitLab are just a few examples of organizations that have been vulnerable to attack in recent years. We’ve also witnessed an increasing […]
Armory Aims to Turn Continuous Delivery Into a Service
Armory this week made generally available a continuous delivery-as-a-service (CDaaS) offering that promises to make it simpler for a much wider range of organizations to programmatically deploy applications. The Armory Continuous Deployment-as-a-Service platform has been available in beta since March. It differs from Armory’s existing open source Spinnaker continuous delivery (CD) platform in that it […]
The Missing Link in Continuous DevOps Cycles
Delivering software quickly, reliably and safely is at the heart of technology transformation and organizational performance regardless of industry. As part of overall technology transformation, many companies are recognizing the benefits of applying DevOps methodologies to areas outside of software development, such as general product development, IT expansion and scaling and new business processes. However, […]