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RALEIGH, N.C. — The whole world runs on open source software, but far too much of that software is not only free but maintained by unpaid hobbyists. It’s a problem Max Howell knows all too well.
AI is becoming an increasingly critical component in software development. However, as is the case when implementing any new tool, there are potential growing pains that may make the transition to AI-powered software development more challenging.
Since starting its first-ever platform engineering course in August, PlatformEngineering.org, a global community of developers, has now trained some 190 IT administrators in the processes of setting up and using a platform engineering initiative inside their companies.
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) makes it possible for developers (and other types of users) to install a Linux distribution and use various Linux tools and applications on Windows.
As JavaScript evolves, some libraries inevitably fall behind, unable to keep pace with the latest features, paradigms, and performance expectations of the developer community.
Package managers simplify the process of installing and managing applications on the Linux operating system. Prior to package managers (going way back to the late 1990s), most Linux apps had to be installed from source.
As a developer, I like Markdown. The argument against its use is that the format is not ruthlessly enforced — it allows divergent versions and similarly named patterns, for instance. Yet its weakness is also a strength.
Everyone in IT knows about technical debt. Technical debt (also known as tech debt, code debt, or design debt) is a metaphor that describes the possible consequences of development teams prioritizing the delivery of a functionality or project, which later needs to be refactored or redone.
We talked a bit about the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in a recent post, but today, we’re going to dig a little deeper into one particular and crucial element in the testing phase, particularly for Agile development: regression testing.
Say what you will about Amazon Web Services, but the cloud giant has been able to scale its systems and services for more than two decades now, continually introducing new features while keeping the user experience manageable.
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