Topic: softwaredev
KubeCon 2022: GitLab announces new Security and Governance updates, Slim.AI launches Container Intelligence, Sigstore announces free software signing service, and more
More exciting new releases and product updates were revealed today as KubeCon 2022 continues. GitLab announces new Security and Governance updates GitLab today announced new enhancements to its Security and Governance solution which aims to help organizations integrate security and compliance in every step of the software development lifecycle as well as secure their software … continue reading
KubeCon 2022: CNCF announces certified products, Logz.io launches Kubernetes360, and more
KubeCon 2022 kicked off today both in person and virtually. With this comes several new product releases and infrastructure updates. CNCF announces first products under its certification program The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has unveiled the first set of certified products as part of the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Certification Program. First announced … continue reading
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Quickwit
Quickwit is an open-source search engine on object storage with subsecond latency for large datasets. The project made by the authors of the Rust search engine library tantivy recently raised $2.6 million in a seed round co-led by FirstMark and firstminute with many more participants. Quickwit 0.2 was launched in January with new features such … continue reading
Microsoft contributes features to Flutter for foldable devices
Microsoft has made some announcements regarding its support for developing for foldable devices with Flutter. MediaQuery now has Display Features, which are parts of the display that can be obstructed by hardware features, such as the hinge on the Surface Duo. When users switch over to the master channel on their local Flutter setup, they … continue reading
6 steps to upskill developers
When software engineering leaders need new skills, they often look to hire people who already have those skills. However, when it comes to modern cloud architectures and languages, those people are hard to find. Recent Gartner research has found that there are a high number of open positions for people with advanced development skills, but … continue reading
Empower developers for broader role
As companies steadily move toward increased agility, the software supply chain can no longer afford to follow the old assembly-line model: Specialists who once focused their efforts solely on developing code have seen their roles expand to that of generalist. With governance, security and quality assurance professionals less commonplace in the industry, developers now integrate … continue reading
In project management, size does matter
There is a potential train wreck out there. According to the trade press and peer-reviewed journals alike, systems development is in trouble. The much revered, and equally reviled, Standish Group’s Chaos Report says that only about 30% of systems development projects succeed, 20% outright fail or are cancelled, and around 50% hobble along in some … continue reading
premium How training to run a marathon is like bringing a marathon project to the finish line
Anyone who has run a full marathon knows about “the wall,” also known as the point where runners feel like they can’t go any further. This happens when runners hit the 20-mile mark which for many is the most challenging part of the race––their bodies send signals like muscle cramps and fatigue as a cry … continue reading
Learning about your software progressively
Progressive delivery is the natural extension of continuous delivery but refines what it means to “deliver” because unlike the ‘big bang’ of an all-or-nothing release cutover, progressive delivery enables the business to gradually expose new functionality to limited numbers of users to assess the impact on user behavior and system health before expanding the release … continue reading
premium The critical standard for design thinking
Experience is top of mind for companies across many verticals, and for good reason—user experience is expected to replace price and product as the key brand differentiator by next year. Delivering remarkable experiences requires thoughtful experience design (XD)—driven by a human-centric approach to solving problems. When we talk about human-centric approach, we think about design … continue reading
Software stability predictions for 2020
Last December, I made some rather public declarations about which software stability trends we’d see this year. Turns out, I’m not half bad at stability predictions (although I’m unlikely to add “prognosticator” to my CV). Before I try my luck again and tackle 2020, here’s the round-up from last year, including my original predictions and … continue reading
How statistics can lead to a successful experiment
It’s human nature to want things to go your way; dropping little hints for your birthday presents, avoiding certain topics, even companies commissioning surveys tailored to provide results they want has been well documented. But on a more basic level, we subconsciously (and sometimes consciously) will try to influence variables to provide the results we … continue reading
