CISA looked at C/C++ projects and found a lot of C/C++ code. Wanna redo any of it in Rust?
So, so many lines of memory-unsafe routines in crucial open source, and unsafe dependencies
Research28 Jun 2024 | 77
Devops
If you're using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately
Scripts turn sus after mysterious CDN swallows domain
CSO25 Jun 2024 | 61
Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started
Hands on In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story
AI + ML22 Jun 2024 | 5
Um, what ever did happen with network automation?
Systems Approach Is it lingering somewhere between fusion power and self-driving cars?
Networks17 Jun 2024 | 10
From RAGs to riches: A practical guide to making your local AI chatbot smarter
Hands on Nine out of 10 execs recommend adding Retrieval Augmented Generation to your daily regimen
AI + ML15 Jun 2024 | 26
K8s celebrates KuberTENes: A decade of working together
Give yourselves a pat on the back - all 88,000 of you
Devops12 Jun 2024 | 1
More layoffs at Microsoft: What's really going on here?
Analysis We had a record quarter, so sorry to see you go
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 69
Charting a smoother, secure microservices migration
How F5 NGINX tackles API security and app modernization hurdles
Partner Content
Google’s in-house docs about search ranking leak online, sparking SEO frenzy
Updated GitHub trove details API features that 'contradict' Big G’s public statements about how its engine works
Devops29 May 2024 | 39
By 2030, software developers will be using AI to cut their workload 'in half'
Prepare for the HyperAssistant of the future, maybe
Devops28 May 2024 | 97
Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks
Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build'
OSes25 May 2024 | 75
GitHub Enterprise Server patches 10-outta-10 critical hole
On the bright side, someone made up to $30,000+ for finding it
Patches22 May 2024 | 3
Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers
On Call The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse
Devops17 May 2024 | 95
AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security
RSAC 'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'
AI + ML13 May 2024 | 5
Did IBM make a $6.4B blunder by buying HashiCorp?
Opinion Terraform maker's programs are ideal fit for Big Blue, but why splash out when the software's free and open?
Devops10 May 2024 | 45
I told Halle Berry where to go during a programming gig in LA
On Call Five-star techies share stories of working from the lap of luxury
Devops10 May 2024 | 95
The sky’s the limit for 5G app developers
How application developers can scale new apps and services across multiple geographies quickly and easily
Sponsored Feature
Dear Stack Overflow denizens, thanks for helping train OpenAI's billion-dollar LLMs
Microsoft-backed super-lab gets direct access to answers – and code forum gets its own AI
AI + ML07 May 2024 | 25
Atlassian outsources office drudgery to GenAI agents
Rovo will write to-do lists, create graphics, become virtual colleagues to whom you offload scutwork
Devops03 May 2024 | 6
Open source programming language R patches gnarly arbitrary code exec flaw
Updated An ACE in the hole for miscreants
Patches01 May 2024 | 1
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VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner
Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power
FreeDOS and FreeBSD prove old code never dies, just gets nifty updates
Anniversary time and both are going strong into their 30s
Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang
Time to upgrade that receiver if you're one of the few Swiss that still don't have one able to receive DAB+ signals
Affirm fears customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank
Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference
European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Despite OS shields up, half of America opts for third-party antivirus – just in case
Wisdom of the oldies or just a traditional fear of malware?
Kernel tweaks improve Raspberry Pi performance, efficiency
There's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high
Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI
Take that for ignoring robots.txt!
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China
Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online
Japan's digital minister declares victory against floppy disks
The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines?
STORIES
Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison
The software redemption
Devops25 Apr 2024 | 29
Java thriving after 30 years
Why OpenJDK is as important as ever in the big picture of IT
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Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims
'I want to buy a car. That's all'
Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6
75% of enterprise coders will use AI helpers by 2028. We didn't say productively
Dev teams must beware inflated expectations of tech leadership, Gartner warns
Devops13 Apr 2024 | 45
What can be done to protect open source devs from next xz backdoor drama?
Kettle What happened, how it was found, and what your vultures have made of it all
Research06 Apr 2024 | 93
How this open source LLM chatbot runner hit the gas on x86, Arm CPUs
Way to whip that LLaMA's ass
Applications03 Apr 2024 | 3
Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source
Analysis This time, we got lucky. It mostly affected bleeding-edge distros. But that's not a defense strategy
Devops01 Apr 2024 | 98
Rust developers at Google are twice as productive as C++ teams
Code shines up nicely in production, says Chocolate Factory's Bergstrom
Devops31 Mar 2024 | 134
Docker launches Testcontainers on former rival Red Hat's OpenShift
Interview CEO Scott Johnston on company pivots and trying not to surprise the community
Devops23 Mar 2024 | 6
HashiCorp reportedly considering sale amid growing challenges
Who would want to snap up Terraform?
Devops18 Mar 2024 | 2
What is GitHub Copilot Enterprise? You and your org just might find out firsthand
Big biz invited to like and subscribe, without fear of litigation
Devops27 Feb 2024 | 6
Twilio reminds users that Authy Desktop apps die in March – not in August
'This is an excellent way to piss off thousands of developers'
Devops15 Feb 2024 | 31
ANZ Bank test drives GitHub Copilot – and finds AI does give a helping hand
Expert Python programmers saw the most benefit
AI + ML10 Feb 2024 | 40
GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays
Company burned through $61.6M in investment
CxO06 Feb 2024 | 3
Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges
Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety
Devops05 Feb 2024 | 14
AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers
Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project
Devops04 Jan 2024 | 15
CloudBees co-founder buzzes about open source drama and AI
Interview Sacha Labourey on the HashiCorp license, Jenkins X experiments, and when LLMs will come for your job
Devops03 Jan 2024 | 2
SUSE's Captain Container on sailing the open source seas
Interview Peter Smails talks community, licensing, and AI pragmatism
Devops18 Dec 2023 | 1
HashiCorp loses its Hashi, keeps the Corp as co-founder waves goodbye
Mitchell Hashimoto departs, apparently unconnected to controversial licensing change
Devops15 Dec 2023 | 3
GitLab admits IT ineptitude in finance reporting is ongoing
Code shack has had two years since auditor's 'adverse opinion' to get house in order
Devops07 Dec 2023 | 8
You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing
Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people
Devops04 Dec 2023 | 26
Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant
Re:Invent Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 7
AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps
Re:Invent Park user data in Amazon's servers for ML-generated insights and actions – yea or nay for you?
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 1
DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked
Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 21
CompSci teachers panic as Replit pulls the plug on educational IDE
It 'was losing a ton of money for the business,' CEO complains
Devops21 Nov 2023 | 36
Open source work makes me appreciate software testing. It's not an academic exercise
Systems Approach Literally...
Devops07 Nov 2023 | 18
HashiCorp CEO talks license changes and the role of foundations
Interview Open Source or Source Available? Does anyone really care?
Devops19 Oct 2023 | 8
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 | 68
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
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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
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 | 9
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 | 52
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
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