HashiCorp CEO talks license changes and the role of foundations
Interview Open Source or Source Available? Does anyone really care?
Devops19 Oct 2023 | 6
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HashiCorp Vault scans for skeletons in your code closet
HashiConf Added functionality follows BluBracket acquisition earlier this year
Devops11 Oct 2023 |
HashiCorp tweaks Terraform with user interface changes and AI infused testing
HashiConf Can I use AI to write me a license that won't annoy the open-source community?
Devops11 Oct 2023 |
If you want to fund open source code via Patreon with GitHub, well now you can
Exploited open source maintainers get broader payment pleading options
Devops03 Oct 2023 | 4
And now for something completely different: Python 3.12
Nobody expects more flexible string parsing
Devops03 Oct 2023 | 29
GitHub alienates developers by force feeding them AI recommendations
Decision to combine user-curated feed with algorithmic stuff leaves coders fuming
Devops13 Sep 2023 | 40
AI coding is 'inescapable' and here to stay, says GitLab
Getting strong FOMO vibes from devs – tho how ML is actually used among engineers may surprise you
Devops05 Sep 2023 | 23
From browser brat to backend boss: Will WASM win the web wars?
Opinion WebAssembly is getting a lot of hype, but is it the game-changer some think it is?
Devops01 Sep 2023 | 66
OpenTF forks Terraform, insists HashiCorp is the splinter group
Dude, stop hitting yourself
Devops28 Aug 2023 | 13
Why these cloud-connected 3D printers started making junk all by themselves
Message brokering software blamed for dumping backed-up print jobs on idle devices
Devops24 Aug 2023 | 68
What DARPA wants, DARPA gets: A non-hacky way to fix bugs in legacy binaries
When you need to patch a problem in your drone and no one's got the source
Devops18 Aug 2023 | 66
Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners
Web devs, rejoice: Finally something is happening in the quiet and steady world of JavaScript
Devops17 Aug 2023 | 8
PowerShell? More like PowerHell: Microsoft won't fix flaws in package gallery ripe for supply chain attacks
Updated Billions of downloads and no defense against typosquatting feels like a bad combination in this day and age
Devops16 Aug 2023 | 36
Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing
Rival to CoPilot and CodeWhisperer sees the Big G join the error-ridden robo-coding market
Devops09 Aug 2023 | 6
Google tightens Play Store dev rules while becoming more blockchain tolerant
Trust and safety push promises ability to delete app-associated accounts
Devops17 Jul 2023 | 5
GitLab deploys on a Friday and ... is down for a few hours
Updated Snafu blamed on config change
Devops07 Jul 2023 | 8
Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website
A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk
Devops28 Jun 2023 | 48
Looking for agility AND stability? You're going to need observability too
How to establish the true state of your systems in a distributed world
Sponsored Feature
Atlassian pipes software flaw reports into Jira, so the boss can see them too
This could be a useful way to show what you’re up against, or give the clueless a stick to beat you with
Devops07 Jun 2023 | 4
This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage
Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database
Devops03 Jun 2023 | 89
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app
Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
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Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can
Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy
Devops27 May 2023 | 9
PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers
Python package packhouse ponders privacy position
Devops25 May 2023 | 9
Atlassian says 'Don't #@!% the Planet' so it can keep making money
Which when you think about it, is a pretty good reason to build a sustainable business
Devops24 May 2023 | 9
Microsoft wants you to think inside the Dev Box from July
If you like the idea of building software on Windows in the cloud, this may be for you
Devops23 May 2023 | 8
Python Package Index had one person on-call to hold back weekend malware rush
We speak to infra director after project temporarily freezes new user accounts
Devops22 May 2023 | 22
Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry
Go go gadget data collection
Devops17 May 2023 | 8
GitHub code search redesign can't find many fans
Poll Missing capabilities, bugs, unloved interface decisions dog engine revision – and what do you think?
Devops13 May 2023 | 17
Brexit Britain looks to French company to save crumbling borders and immigration tech
Building a wall... of code
Devops10 May 2023 | 166
GitHub dumps frustrating code search engine for Rust-powered Blackbird
Here's hoping for fewer head-desk moments for devs
Devops09 May 2023 | 6
Modular finds its Mojo, a Python superset with C-level speed
LLVM champ Chris Lattner is at the helm, so consider us intrigued
Devops05 May 2023 | 44
Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye
For those envious of Rust and Cargo
Devops04 May 2023 | 47
Python still has the strongest grip on developers
And a reminder that experience points matter a lot
Devops04 May 2023 | 57
How does Atlassian hope to actually improve Confluence and Jira? AI, of course!
A bot shows up to help with a problem. Hopefully that's not two problems now
Devops19 Apr 2023 | 13
Worried about the security of your code's dependencies? Try Google's Deps.dev
Is this what the kids mean by owning the libs?
Devops13 Apr 2023 | 13
Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules
Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code
Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63
Open source Socket Runtime arrives, with aim to drop cloud as a dependency
Interview Web code-based cross-platform app kit offers a P2P alternative
Devops11 Apr 2023 | 3
So you want to integrate OpenAI's bot. Here's how that worked for software security scanner Socket
Exclusive Hint: Hundreds of malicious npm and PyPI packages spotted
Devops30 Mar 2023 | 23
Free-Teams-gate: Docker apologizes for shooting itself in the foot
Botched data deletion threat roils open source worlds
Devops17 Mar 2023 | 21
The npm registry's safe word is Socket
Exclusive GitHub's JavaScript failings are someone else's opportunity
Devops16 Mar 2023 | 8
One third wiped off value of GitLab shares, Wall Street didn't like weaker outlook
Investors nervous in same week that Silicon Valley Bank failed
Devops14 Mar 2023 | 6
Check out Codon: A Python compiler if you have a need for C/C++ speed
Caveats apply, your mileage may vary
Devops11 Mar 2023 | 70
Microsoft opens Azure confidential containers to public preview
Security features in AMD Epyc chips push confidential computing effort
Devops03 Mar 2023 |
MacStadium brings macOS instances orchestrated by Kubernetes to AWS
Another option for devs burned by VMware snubbing Apple platforms
Devops28 Feb 2023 | 13
Core-JS chief complains open source is broken, no one will pay for it
Being in Russia and going to jail might have something to do with it, tho
Devops15 Feb 2023 | 62
'Private cloud server' Jira upgraded for wider teams, dragged into culture wars
Atlassian wants it used more widely … but probably not for reporting misinformation to social networks
Devops13 Feb 2023 | 8
How this database legal war could be decided by the name given to this license
Neo4j v PureThink rumbles on
Devops12 Feb 2023 | 4
Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements
Maker of voice changing software says it has removed GPLv3 code "to alleviate any doubt"
Devops08 Feb 2023 | 11
GitHub claims source code search engine is a game changer
When grep isn't good enough, try Blackbird
Devops07 Feb 2023 | 51
Mozilla, like Google, is looking ahead to the end of Apple's WebKit rule
Updated Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again
Devops07 Feb 2023 | 16
Cat saves 'good bots' from Twitter API purge
Account posting pics of pet returning home convinces Musk to chill about access rules
Devops06 Feb 2023 | 39
Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool
Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry
Devops02 Feb 2023 | 8
What happens when you host code and git clone turns into a DDoS? Let's ask SourceHut
OK Google, whatever you're doing, please don't
Devops02 Feb 2023 | 4
Google ready to kick the cookie habit by Q3 2024, for real this time
As for privacy concerns about the Topics API? We'll get back to you
Devops01 Feb 2023 | 43
Jellyfish watches for the sting of developer bottlenecks
Dashboard your DevOps data and see where your team has been slacking
Devops01 Feb 2023 | 4
Oracle cozies up to IBM, adds Red Hat Enterprise Linux
So much for being 'Unbreakable' say developers
Devops31 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft, GitHub, OpenAI urge judge to bin Copilot code rip-off case
We're not the bad guys in this, Azure empire says with a straight face
Devops31 Jan 2023 | 25
Disaster recovery blunder broke New York Stock Exchange this week
The irony, it burns
Devops26 Jan 2023 | 12
Developers: What if someone said you’d never have to meet with marketing again?
Atlassian thinks it’s made that possible by extending automation from Jira to Confluence
Devops25 Jan 2023 | 8
Google debuts OSV-Scanner – a Go tool for finding security holes in open source
Witness the awesome power of this somewhat operational bug-buster
Devops15 Dec 2022 | 7
Ever wondered how the AWS leviathan develops software?
re:Invent It's about small teams, microservices, bias towards serverless, and having the creator of Java on standby
Devops29 Nov 2022 | 13
Jaguar Land Rover courts coders caught in big tech layoffs
Got the boot from Musk or Zuck? Automaker has 800 techie vacancies to fill
Devops22 Nov 2022 | 54
Microsoft moves to tighten Azure DevOps security with granular access tokens
Narrowing permissions could be difference between mildly pwned and totally pwned corporate network
Devops11 Nov 2022 |
Google submits Go apps container project to Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Did we say donate? We meant submit. Megacorp swiftly KOs former blog title
Devops19 Oct 2022 | 2
Atlassian smartens up security, licensing admin tools
And bundles its best bits at bargain price in case someone wants you to work their way for a while
Devops29 Sep 2022 | 2
No longer prepared to svn commit: WebKit migrates to GitHub
Apple's web engine to take advantage of Git’s distributed nature, GitHub’s large community
Devops01 Sep 2022 | 23
Merge requests and insecure GitHub workflows may lead to supply-chain attacks
Starting with Google Firebase and Apache Camel repos
Devops01 Sep 2022 | 8
Heroku to delete inactive accounts, shut down free tier
Move over, GitLab, this purge begins in October
Devops25 Aug 2022 | 15
Microsoft looks beyond the US with Windows Subsystem for Android
Realizes there's a big beautiful world out there and sets sail for Japan
Devops19 Aug 2022 | 25
Attention Microsoft-oriented Linux devs: .NET 6 is on Ubuntu 22.04
Linux distro announces the availability of Microsoft tooling on Jammy Jellyfish
Devops17 Aug 2022 | 17
Tiers before bedtime: AWS updates Lambda pricing structure
'Time to update your spreadsheets,' expert says of 'inscrutable' changes
Devops08 Aug 2022 | 3
GitLab versus The Zombie Repos: An old plot needs a new twist
Opinion Git back, git back, git back to where your files belong
Devops08 Aug 2022 | 58
FauxPilot: It's like GitHub Copilot but doesn't phone home to Microsoft
Updated And if you train your own AI model for it, you can worry less about licensing
Devops06 Aug 2022 | 20
GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash
Updated Now makes vague pledge to shove inactive repos into slow object storage
Devops05 Aug 2022 | 41
GitLab plans to delete dormant projects in free accounts
Exclusive Hopes to save a quarter of hosting costs by binning repos that haven't been touched for a year
Devops04 Aug 2022 | 103
Data processor Hazelcast goes serverless: Viridian platform hits beta
For the real-time developer that really hates thinking about infrastructure and provisioning
Devops28 Jul 2022 |
Devops tool Jenkins now requires Java 11: This might sting a bit
Final shift set for version 2.357 of developer automation platform
Devops01 Jul 2022 | 4
Arrogant, subtle, entitled: 'Toxic' open source GitHub discussions examined
Analysis Developer interactions sometimes contain their own kind of poison
Devops29 Jun 2022 | 116
FabricScape: Microsoft warns of vuln in Service Fabric
Not trying to spin this as a Linux security hole, surely?
Devops29 Jun 2022 | 12
Visual Studio adds ability to edit code in All-in-One Search
Just one more wafer-thin feature to pop in Microsoft's swelling dev suite
Devops28 Jun 2022 | 4
For a few days earlier this year, rogue GitHub apps could have hijacked countless repos
A bit of a near-hit for the software engineering world
Devops21 Jun 2022 | 5
RubyGems polishes security practices with multi-factor authentication push
Faced with rising software supply-chain attacks, package registries are locking things down
Devops16 Jun 2022 | 1
Travis CI exposes free-tier users' secrets – new claim
API can be manipulated to reveal tokens in clear text log data
Devops14 Jun 2022 | 4
GitHub drops Atom bomb: Open-source text editor mothballed by end of year
Embrace, extend technology into other products ... and extinguish
Devops08 Jun 2022 | 58
GitLab spots huge opportunity for DevOps platform as revenue soars
All companies will need to embrace modern software development, says CEO, and we'll be waiting for them
Devops07 Jun 2022 | 3
Amazon finally opens doors to its serverless analytics
Still managing app servers by hand? What is this, 2012?
Devops02 Jun 2022 |
Perl Steering Council lays out a backwards compatible future for Perl 7
Sensibly written code only, please. Plus: what all those 'heated discussions' were about
Devops26 May 2022 | 42
How to explain what an API is – and why they matter
Systems Approach Some of us have used them for decades, some are seeing them for the first time on marketing slides
Devops25 May 2022 | 21
If you're using the ctx Python package, bad news: Vandal added info-stealing code
Updated Domain associated with maintainer email expired, taken over in supply-chain attack
Devops24 May 2022 | 9
DigitalOcean sets sail for serverless seas with Functions feature
Might be something for those who find AWS, Azure, GCP overly complex
Devops24 May 2022 | 1
381,000-plus Kubernetes API servers 'exposed to internet'
Firewall isn't a made-up word from the Hackers movie, people
Devops23 May 2022 | 17
GitLab version 15 goes big on visibility and observability
GitOps fans can take a spin on the free tier for pull-based deployment
Devops23 May 2022 |
Red Hat Kubernetes security report finds people are the problem
Puny human brains baffled by K8s complexity, leading to blunder fears
Devops18 May 2022 | 21
Mystery of industry-targeting backdoored NPM JavaScript packages solved
Yup, 'the intern' did it
Devops12 May 2022 | 11
Atlassian boasts strong Q3 revenue growth in wake of two-week outage
Customer credits unlikely 'to be material to the financial statements'
Devops29 Apr 2022 | 4
So, what happened with GitHub, Heroku, and those raided private repos?
Analysis Who knew what when and what did they do?
Devops21 Apr 2022 | 10
GitHub's Dependabot learns to report bad news you can use
Instead of just raising the alarm, automated code-scold will flag where the fire is
Devops15 Apr 2022 |
Atlassian comes clean on what data-deleting script behind outage actually did
Who, Us? Day 10 of ongoing disruption: Have some sympathy for admins, it's a difficult read
Devops14 Apr 2022 | 91
At last, Atlassian sees an end to its outage ... in two weeks
Cloud collaboration biz says script deleted data that's so far been restored via backups
Devops11 Apr 2022 | 48
Perforce now pulls Puppet's strings: Takeover announced
What looked like Plan B is now Plan A for config management biz
Devops11 Apr 2022 | 3
Day 7 of the great Atlassian outage: IT giant still struggling to restore access
Majority of affected users still wondering where their data went
Devops11 Apr 2022 | 43
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