Infrastructure-as-Code Pitfalls in Platform Engineering
In the context of cloud operations, the last decade was ruled by DevOps and infrastructure-as-code (IaC). But what is true DevOps? Is it developers running their own operations? Is it operators learning development skills to automate infrastructure provisioning using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform? Though DevOps is widely understood to incorporate both of these, software […]
SapientAI Emerges From Stealth to Apply AI to App Testing
SapientAI emerged from stealth today to automate the writing of test code using a combination of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and data science. Fresh from raising $5 million in seed funding, SapientAI CEO Rishi Singh said the goal is to leverage AI to push application testing further left using an AI Test […]
Google Previews Generative AI Service to Improve Code
Google is previewing an instance of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service that surfaces code recommendations to make it possible to build high-quality applications faster. Specifically, Duet AI for Google Cloud surfaces code recommendations in real-time, generates full functions and code blocks and suggests fixes for vulnerabilities and errors in the code that it discovers. […]
New Relic Taps Generative AI to Simplify Observability
New Relic has added a tool that takes advantage of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to make it simpler to query the telemetry data collected by its observability platform via a natural language interface (NLI). Jemiah Sius, director of developer relations for New Relic, said New Relic Grok will make the New Relic One platform more […]
8 Ways ChatGPT Can Help Developers
‘Adapt or perish’ is the mantra in the tech world, and it holds particularly true if you’re a developer. Because of how dynamically technology evolves, developers face greater pressure than most to be ahead of the curve in adapting and becoming proficient in the best tools becoming available as a result. ChatGPT is the latest […]
4 Risk Factors Devs Should Consider for ChatGPT Integrations
It’s only been a couple of months since OpenAI introduced its latest low-cost API for developers to leverage ChatGPT in their applications and already many engineering teams have jumped headlong into new integrations. But developers experimenting with the possibilities of how ChatGPT can boost their software should temper that with some risk analysis and threat […]
FIDO/WebAuthn Passkeys is Inevitable: Get on the Train ¦ IBM CEO Hates WFH
In this week’s #TheLongView: The Passkeys authentication standard gets a huge boost, and Arvind Krishna wants workers back in the office.
Honeycomb Taps ChatGPT to Simplify Observability
Honeycomb today added a Query Assistant to its observability platform that uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform to launch queries via a natural language interface rather than having to master a query language. That capability complements an existing tool based on machine learning algorithms, dubbed BubbleUP, that DevOps teams already use to debug […]
GitLab Allies With Google to Bring AI to DevOps
GitLab extended its alliance with Google as part of an effort to bring more generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to DevOps workflows. The GitLab suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications already reside on the Google cloud platform to provide GitLab with the foundation of data required to train those AI models. Over the course of the […]
New Relic Report Surfaces Spike in Amazon JDK Usage
An analysis of the Java applications observed by New Relic showed nearly one-third of organizations (31%) are using the Amazon Java development kit (JDK) compared to 28% using the Oracle JDK as more Java applications are built and deployed in the cloud. The report also found the number of Java applications running in containers is […]
Codenotary Previews Secure SBOM Creation Service
Codenotary today made available a preview of a centralized repository service for generating and storing software bills of materials (SBOMs) that makes it simpler to securely share them as necessary. Moshe Bar, Codenotary CEO, said SBOMCenter will make it easier for organizations to operationalize SBOMs that are being created with greater frequency as the need […]
ClickUp Adds Project Management Templates to Invoke ChatGPT
ClickUp is adding templates and collaboration tools to make it easier to access generative artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT from within its project management application. Haris Butt, head of product design for ClickUp, said ClickUp AI now includes pre-built department-specific prompts that any product managers, developers or designers can easily access rather than having […]
Linux 6.3: What’s New ¦ AWS Layoffs are a Worry
In this week’s #TheLongView: A new Linux kernel drops and layoffs at Amazon Web Services point to trouble.
InfluxData Makes Processing Observability Data at Scale More Efficient
InfluxData today made available an update to its open source time series database that can now analyze metric, event and trace data in a single datastore with unlimited cardinality in terms of how they are aggregated. The company is now making available a single-tenant instance of InfluxDB as a managed service alongside its already-existing multi-tenant […]
Cycode Adds ASOC Module to Streamline DevSecOps Workflows
Cycode has added a module to its platform for mapping metadata and events using graph technology that makes it simpler for application development and cybersecurity to consolidate alerts generated by their DevSevOps tools. Lotem Guy, vice president of product for Cycode, said the Cycode Application Security Orchestration and Correlation (ASOC) module will automatically discover all […]
Sendbird Adds API to Invoke ChatGPT From Mobile Apps
Sendbird today added an application programming interface (API) to its low-code platform for building mobile applications that enables developers to add bots that communicate with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Shailesh Nalawadi, head of product for Sendbird, said this API makes it possible to add the ability to communicate directly with the generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform from […]
DORA Report 2022: The Magnitude of Software Supply Chain Security
The term ‘software supply chain security’ (SSC) can be interpreted in many ways. Following the White House executive order in May 2021 and the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) of 2022, both governments and corporations are taking a more active role in ensuring their software is secure. Fundamentals such as having a software bill of […]
Atlassian Embeds Generative AI Across Cloud App Portfolio
At its Team 23 conference today, Atlassian announced it is adding an artificial intelligence (AI) capability to the enterprise editions of its cloud portfolio to automate a wide range of routine tasks. Sherif Mansour, distinguished product manager for Atlassian, said Atlassian Intelligence uses natural language to drive a virtual agent that resolves routine help desk […]
AI Chatbots: Game Changers for DevOps Transformations
In today’s fast-paced digital world, organizations are constantly looking for ways to accelerate their software development processes and ensure the seamless integration of their development and operations teams. DevOps has emerged as a popular methodology to achieve this goal, but even with its adoption, many companies still face challenges in their transformation journey. AI chatbots […]
Mobb Launches Community Edition of Automated Remediation Tool
Mobb today made available a free community edition of a namesake tool that creates fixes to open source vulnerabilities. The fixes are based on the results of code scanning by a static application security testing (SAST) tool. Fresh from raising $5.4 million in seed funding, Mobb CEO Eitan Worcel said the company developed a tool […]
Endor Labs Taps ChatGPT to Identify Secure Open Source Software
Endor Labs has launched DroidGPT, an extension of its software for assessing risks in open source code. DroidGPT integrates the ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform to make it simpler to discover the most secure version of an open source package. That capability makes it possible for developers to launch a natural language query from […]
PagerDuty Bets on AIOps and Automation to Simplify IT Management
PagerDuty this week made generally available an artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) platform that leverages the data model embedded in its incident management software to reduce the amount of time required for an AI platform to learn how an IT environment operates. Jonathan Rende, senior vice president and general manager for PagerDuty, said that […]
GitKraken App Correlates Activity Across Jira Cloud and Git Repositories
GitKraken today made available a preview of a free application that aggregates activity across Atlassian’s Jira Cloud and any Git repository to provide a unified view across all the activities of a software development team. Adam Wride, general manager for planning solutions of GitKraken, said Team Insights for Jira (TIJ) will make it easier for […]