
Generative AI and Software Testing Tools to Manage Technical Debt
With generative AI, legacy systems will be more likely to modernize software sooner and pay off technical debt more quickly.

Despite Concerns, AI Increasingly Used to Build Software
A GitLab survey found AI is increasingly used to build software despite concerns about introducing it into the SDLC.

Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Reference Architectures
IDPs have been the talk of the town. But what does an IDP actually look like? Bill Doerrfeld explains.

Does Platform Engineering Make DevOps & DevSecOps Irrelevant?
There’s an integral link between platform engineering and DevSecOps and the broader infrastructure management landscape.

CDF Report: Steady Growth in Number of Jenkins Jobs Run
The Jenkins Project reported that pipeline usage grew 79%, with total workloads running in the CI/CD platform growing 45%.

Gremlin Adds Detected Risk Tool to Chaos Engineering Service
Gremlin’s risk detection capability in its chaos engineering service automatically identifies issues that could cause outages along with recommendations to resolve them.

VS Code for Mainframe: The Enterprise Developer Tipping Point
With the free and open Code4z extension pack, VS Code is mainframe-ready and it’s a great tool for mainframe developers.

Styra Makes Source Code Available for Enterprise Edition of OPA
Styra is making the Open Policy Agent (OPA) enterprise code available under a license that enables IT teams to modify or change the underlying code as they see fit.

Driving DevOps Excellence: Implementing SLOs for Your DevOps Team
Here’s how adding SLOs to your DevOps team can improve productivity, dependability and client happiness.

IBM LLM AI: COBOL to Java ASAP ¦ ARM IPO is GO!
In this week’s #TheLongView: Translating legacy COBOL code to a slightly more modern language, and Arm will go public (again) next month.

VMware Preps Generative AI Assistants to Automate IT Workflows
VMware previewed what will become a suite of intelligent assistants that use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the management of a wide range of IT tasks.

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.”

Tricentis Adds Device Cloud Service to Scale Mobile App Testing
The Tricentis Device Cloud (TDC) eliminates the need for organizations to acquire multiple physical devices to test mobile apps at scale.

Low-Code/No-Code Testing: Prioritizing AI-Enhanced Test Automation
As organizations strive for faster application delivery and uncompromising software quality, traditional approaches to test automation fall short. With the emergence of low-code/no-code powered by Agile methodology and AI-enhanced tools, a new era of efficient and effective QA automation services has dawned. The expectations of the modern digital landscape require test automation services to undergo […]

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.

The DevOps Pendulum: Agility Vs. Control
Engineering, like everything else in life, is all about balance. In DevOps, the balance is between control and agility.

Considering Scriptless Automation: iOS App Dev in 2023
According to Statista, over 31,000 apps were released on Apple’s App Store in March 2023. As impressive as that is, it’s considerably smaller than the number of apps submitted to the Apple store during the same month. And it’s probably less than the number of apps removed from the App Store. Why? According to Apple, […]

Extending the GitOps Pipeline: DevSecOps and Trusted Application Delivery
The fusion of DevSecOps and trusted application delivery can extend the GitOps pipeline and add business value.

Palo Alto Networks Extends CNAPP to CI/CD Platforms
Palo Alto Networks’ CNAPP now includes the ability to secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms.

New Relic Adds App Security Testing Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic made available a public preview of an application security testing tool that will be integrated into its observability platform.

Shift Left With DAST: Dynamic Testing in the CI/CD Pipeline
By focusing on application security like an attacker would, DAST can discover potential security threats that static testing methods might miss.

State of API Report Highlights Productization and Generative AI
Postman’s fifth annual State of the API report sheds light on the ongoing API productization movement and API developers’ use of generative AI.

Is ChatGPT Helping or Hurting Your Developers’ Productivity?
ChatGPT’s ability to translate natural language into working code has sparked tremendous interest in the programming community. Developers are exploring ways to use ChatGPT to reduce redundant tasks, from creating code snippets to analyzing and debugging programs. This also allows them to focus on more complex tasks like data analysis and monitoring with the help […]
