AWS Brings Machine Learning to Code Optimization
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made generally available a tool dubbed Amazon CodeGuru that employs machine learning algorithms to recommend ways to improve code quality and identify which lines of code are the most expensive to run on its cloud service. Peder Ulander, director of open source for AWS, said Amazon CodeGuru not only helps […]
How to Secure Online Coding Platforms
Threat Modeling for Online Coding Platforms The evolution of DevOps teams and a greater reliance on cloud-based computing has completely changed the coding process. Now, with Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), coding can be done entirely online. This is convenient, but are online IDEs secure? To answer this, we will focus on two popular cloud-based IDEs: […]
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2019: Measuring the Skills Priority in DevOps
Although historically technology professionals were among the most adaptive specialists in the job market, a recent survey from SolarWinds found that DevOps teams, web product managers (WPMs) and developers lacked confidence in their current ability to effectively manage their current environments while engaging in future technologies. This balancing of current trends with future innovations is […]
Dev and Ops: Not from Different Planets
At a conference, I heard a speaker remark that “Dev people are from Mars while Ops people are from Venus.” That’s catchy and captures what a fair number of managers believe instinctively. But is it really true? I’m not convinced. We all know that DevOps enables us to deliver software faster, with fewer bugs and […]
Is Your Digital Product Ready for International Prime Time?
When a digital product is developed in and for a particular geography and market, the enterprise and developer/architect function is focused on getting it to market first. Once it matures and receives greater engagement, enterprise is then looking to continuously add and develop a stable product that is feature-rich, scalable and robust. So, when the […]
Digital Transformation Technology and Process: More Similar Than You Think
Right around this time of the year, the gym starts to get a little less crowded. Throughout January, it’s packed to the gills with folks freshly motivated by their New Year’s resolutions to get in shape. But by mid-February, the commitment seems to have all but dissipated. Why is it so hard to just commit? […]
Crowdsourcing, Data Science Top Talks at the 2018 Topcoder Open
The 2018 Topcoder Open (TCO), the world’s ultimate programming and design tournament, took place in Dallas Nov. 13-16 and featured the best technologists from around the globe competing for cash prizes and international rank. Companies of all sizes shared perspectives on digital transformation and caught a glimpse of the most coveted programmers on the planet. […]
DevOps Kids Holiday Gift Guide: Giving the Gift of Code
Any DevOps professional worth their salt inherently understands how inextricably tied the future of work is with coding, scripts and automation. It’s already a development-oriented world out there and is increasingly growing so. As a result, today’s kids need to at least understand the fundamentals of programming if they want to succeed later on in […]
Using Open Source Languages Effectively in the Enterprise
Open source languages are part of almost every business these days. In fact, according to Opensource.com, open source will be the driving force behind a great number of technology innovations due to its pervasive use. From development to quality assurance (QA) to DevOps, all kinds of coders have embraced open source languages. In doing so, […]
Building Security into Code and Culture
Organizations tend to have a very predictable approach to security: reactive. Most don’t really care about security until something bad happens. But with data regulations and requirements becoming more rigid around the globe and cybercrime only continuing to escalate, the notion of security as an “add on” or an afterthought is quickly becoming outdated. Today, […]
JAMstack Radio Podcast: Benefits of an API-First CMS
Welcome to JAMstack Radio, a podcast that discusses the JAMstack, a new way to build fast and secure apps or websites. JAMstack Radio is hosted by Brian Douglas, Developer & Advocate at Netlify. In this episode, Brian is joined by Stefan Judis and Rouven Wessling to discuss Contentful, a developer friendly API-first CMS. They explain the benefits of […]
Using Application Deltas in Deployments
Developers have been versioning their source files since the early days of Unix. Anyone else remember SCCS? Back in those days, storage was at a premium: Disks were small and very expensive and it was too inefficient to store a complete copy of each version of the source file. So version control tools would simply […]
SauceCon Speaker Profile: Jeremy Stone, Code.org
“Moving Fast and Changing the World”— Jeremy Stone and Code.org’s mission to transform CS education and America’s STEM workforce As quickly as the world is changing, how can we use this momentum and proactively contribute to this change? We need to start with the basics and focus on education. Jeremy Stone, CTO of Code.org, is […]
How Developers Can Spend More Time Coding, Less Time Fixing
I don’t think anyone became a developer because they loved to spend their time debugging. As frustrating as it may be, making sure your build works is critical—and this burden is now falling on developers. If your organization wants to deliver highly rated apps faster, building quality into the development cycle is imperative. Even though […]
Communicating and Collaboration in a Digital Age
The way we communicate with the world has changed drastically in the last 20 years. Gone are the days of pen and paper, lengthy phone calls and, to a certain extent, even emails. Gone are the days of needing to have your entire team under one roof to accomplish anything. Gone are the days of […]
What Every Front-End Developer Needs to Know
One of the hardest things about being a front-end developer is the fact that everybody has very different expectations of what it means to be one. This, along with a technology stack that changes at the speed of light, makes interviewing for a front-end position tricky. To help you out, and to give you an […]
4 n00b MySQL Mistakes Every Programmer Makes
Even experienced programmers can sometimes be thrown for an infinite loop–or other code failure–with these common MySQL mistakes. When a database application goes belly up, the cause often can be traced to sloppy coding. Every now and then, the reason for a misbehaving app is an idiosyncrasy in the platform itself. Here’s how to prevent […]
To Be Continuous Podcast: Have We Forgotten How To Code?
Welcome to To Be Continuous, a show about continuous delivery and software development, hosted by Heavybit members Paul Biggar, founder of CircleCI, and Edith Harbaugh, CEO of LaunchDarkly. In this episode, Paul and Edith discuss the fallout after the widely covered “left-pad” incident, and while they agree that these sorts of moments move the entire open source community forward, they […]
If you “code” your apps, why do you still “configure” your IT infrastructure?
Industry studies and market indicators show the exploding growth of the DevOps movement, and it’s for one simple reason – in today’s application driven economy, DevOps teams have proven that they can build, test and ship applications faster than the traditional IT approach. Businesses compete on the efficiency of delivering applications to meet the demands […]
Don’t Be Afraid of the “R” Word
It seems that many people are afraid of the word refactor. I think in many cases, if someone admits they need to refactor, it means they either didn’t do their job right. They either missed requirements, wrote inefficient or buggy code, etc. Alternatively, there is something fundamentally wrong with the product or system. The fact […]