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A Simpler Testing Pyramid: Getting the Most out of Your Tests

Overcomplicating your test structure can lead to slow, brittle tests. A focus on test speed as the primary labeling mechanism maximizes your test investment.

Tyson Gern
on Apr 10, 2023
DevOps

Accelerating the Secure Software Delivery Lifecycle with GitOps

Building secure software can be complicated and time-consuming. By employing a GitOps model, security can be safely separated from development, simplifying the delivery process and increasing velocity.

Gopinath Rebala
on Mar 27, 2023
Culture & Methods

Technology's Carbon Impact and What You Can Do about It

Achieving a balance between growth and efficiency can be a formidable task. However, software engineers can play a critical role at the nexus of both. This article discusses open source software tools and methodologies for balancing carbon with growth across IT organizations, and provides actionable approaches to greening IT organizations.

Marco Valtas Lisa McNally
on Mar 16, 2023
Culture & Methods

Moving towards a Future of Testing in the Metaverse

In this article, Tariq King describes the metaverse concept, discusses its key engineering challenges and quality concerns, and then walks through recent technological advances in AI and software testing that are helping to mitigate these challenges. To wrap up, he shares some of his thoughts on the role of software testers as we move towards a future of testing in the metaverse.

Tariq King
on Feb 24, 2023
Architecture & Design

The Process of Creating Decentralized Apps (dApps)

A decentralized application has a different architectural approach; they are working on distributed ledger technology called blockchain, where there is no central point of failure nor third parties involved. A revolutionary and attractive technology for new opportunities. This article covers creating such applications and why they are needed, as well as challenges during implementation.

Ognyan Chikov
on Feb 22, 2023
Development

How Practicing TCR (Test && Commit || Revert) Reduces Batch Size

The practice of test && commit || revert teaches how to write code in smaller chunks, further reducing batch size. TCR yields high coverage by design, which smooths the downstream testing pipeline.

Philippe Bourgau
on Feb 20, 2023
DevOps

The Future of DevOps is No-Code

The need for high-quality DevOps personnel is skyrocketing, but it is harder than ever to find enough staff. It is possible to augment your DevOps organization using no-code and low-code tooling. Low-code and no-code tools can free up existing developers by reducing the time spent on integrating and administering DevOps toolsets.

Nahla Davies
on Nov 07, 2022
Culture & Methods

Moldable Development: Guiding Technical Decisions without Reading Code

Developers spend most of their time reading code. Moldable Development challenges reading as a means to gather information from the system, by creating custom tools that show the problem in a way that makes it comfortable to understand. The solution typically follows quickly afterward. Glamorous Toolkit is a moldable development environment designed to decrease the cost of custom tools.

Tudor Girba
on Sep 27, 2022
AI, ML & Data Engineering

AI for Software Developers: a Future or a New Reality?

In this article, author Nikita Povarov discusses the role AI/ML plays in software development and how tasks like code completion, code search, and bug detection can be powered by machine learning. But he also explains why a complete replacement of programmers by algorithms isn't going happen any time soon.

Nikita Povarov
on May 20, 2022
Culture & Methods

How to Fight Climate Change as a Software Engineer

We need to reduce and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions to stop climate change. But what role does software play, and what can software engineers do? Let’s take a look under the hood to uncover the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and software, learn about the impact that we can have, and identify concrete ways to reduce emissions when creating and running software.

Martin Lippert
on May 09, 2022
DevOps

Insights into the Emerging Prevalence of Software Vulnerabilities

The software exploit landscape is constantly evolving and organizations need to be structured to stay ahead of these risks. A solid platform built on software best practices, education, and a good understanding of the threat landscape is critical to a strong defensive posture.

Cynthia Freeney
on Mar 25, 2022
Development

The Renaissance of Code Documentation: Introducing Code Walkthrough

The Continuous Documentation methodology is a useful paradigm that helps ensure that high-quality documentation is created, maintained, and readily available. Code Walkthroughs take the reader on a “walk” — visiting at least two stations in the code — describe flows and interactions, and often incorporate code snippets.

Omer Rosenbaum Tom Ahi Dror
on Nov 10, 2021