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BigCode Project Releases Permissively Licensed Code Generation AI Model and Dataset
The BigCode Project recently released The Stack, a 6.4TB dataset containing de-duplicated source code from permissively licensed GitHub repositories which can be used to train code generation AI models. BigCode also released SantaCoder, a 1.1B parameter code generation model trained on The Stack. SantaCoder outperforms similar open-source code generation models.
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Score Provides a Workflow Centric Approach to Container Workload Management
Score is designed to reduce the complexity and duplication required to run workloads across multiple cloud environments. Score defines workloads in a platform-agnostic fashion via YAML. At the time of release, the Score supports three platforms: Helm, Docker Compose, and Humanitec.
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AWS Enters Remote Development and Collaboration Space with CodeCatalyst
At its recent re:Invent 2022 conference, Amazon previewed CodeCatalyst, a service aimed to ease developer collaboration by integrating remote workspaces, project templates, issue management, continuous integration and delivery, and more.
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Akka 22.10 Introduces Projections over gRPC
Akka 22.10 is the first release using the new Business License (BSL) 1.1 release. The Projections over gRPC module is introduced and Java 17 and Scala 3.1 are now supported.
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First Open Source Copyright Lawsuit Challenges GitHub Copilot
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in a US federal court challenging the legality of GitHub Copilot and the related OpenAI Codex. The suit against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI claims violation of open-source licenses and could have a wide impact in the world of artificial intelligence.
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How Slack Engineers Addressed Their Most Common Mobile Development Pain Points
In a rather detailed article, Slack engineers Ahmed Eid and Arpita Patel provided an interesting peek into the processes they adopted along the years to improve developer experience in a number of distinct areas and the tools they used to that aim.
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Two New Git Vulnerabilities Affecting Local Clones and Git Shell Patched
Two Git vulnerabilities affecting local clones and git shell interactive mode in version 2.38 and older have been recently patched.
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GitHub Projects Now Generally Available
Announced in beta at GitHub Universe 2021, GitHub Projects is now generally available, including new features for issue grouping and pivoting, metadata customization, charting, and improved automation.
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Visual Studio Code Server Now Available in Private Preview
Microsoft has announced a private preview of the backend service that powers its Visual Studio Code editor, along with a specific CLI to manage it. Visual Studio Code Server can be installed everywhere and easily used through VS Code for the Web running in a browser.
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GitLab 15 Improves Editing, Metrics, Container Scanning, Security and More
With the recent release of GitLab version 15.2, open-core company GitLab Inc. has announced a series of improvements, including an enhanced Wiki editor, adding SAML integration for enterprises, improving dashboards, and adding internal notes.
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JetBrains Launches Containerized Dev Env Space On-Premises In Feature-Constrained Beta
Space, JetBrains's take on containerized, remote development environments, is now available on-premises as a beta for all organizations that prefer to have full control over their tools instead of relying on third-party Cloud. The beta includes support for most of the features available in Space Cloud except for development environments, which will be included in the final release, says JetBrains.
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Git 2.37 Brings Built-in File Monitor, Improved Pruning, and More
Git 2.37 brings many new and improved features, including a built-in file system monitor on Windows and macOS, better unreachable objects management, improved external diff, faster git add, and more.
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GitHub Copilot Adopts Paid Model, Still Free for Some Open-Source Maintainers and Students
After almost one year in technical preview, GitHub Copilot is now prime time-ready for students and individual developers, says GitHub, while companies and larger organizations could get access to it before the end of the year.
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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 Improves Security, Updates GitHub Actions, and More
The latest release of GitHub Enterprise Server brings many new features with a special emphasis on security and compliance, says GitHub, including Dependabot integration, improved security features, updates to GitHub Actions, and more.
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GitHub Codespaces Add Support for Microservices and Monorepo Projects
GitHub continues to extend its cloud-based development environment Codespaces, aiming to make it more flexible and increase developer productivity. Specifically, the latest release of Codespaces targets teams developing microservices or using a large monorepo.