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JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort
Faker.js and colors.js sabotaged by maker
10 Jan 2022 21:38 | 82
Developer
Articles tagged with Developer
Personal Tech
Spruce up your CV or just bin it? Survey finds recruiters are considering alternatives
Shock: Nobody likes whiteboard interviews either
10 Jan 2022 15:29 | 65
Updated
Rust dust-up as entire moderation team resigns. Why? They won't really say
Welcome to 'The First Rust Governance Crisis'
23 Nov 2021 15:24 | 150
Devops
Stack Overflow survey: Microsoft IDEs dominate, GCP and Azure battle behind AWS
Most-used language? JavaScript, of course – though for a big salary, try Clojure
03 Aug 2021 18:57 | 24
Devops
JavaScript, GitHub, AWS crowned winners in massive survey of 32,000 developers
Devs across the world reveal their tools, language choices, and more
16 Jul 2021 13:00 | 20
Software
Report: World's population of developers expands, JavaScript reigns, C# overtakes PHP
Pandemic making permanent changes to developer remote working
26 Apr 2021 12:23 | 18
Security
Codecov dev tool warns of stolen credentials from compromised script, undiscovered for two months
Environment variables full of secrets uploaded to attacker server
19 Apr 2021 16:03 | 8
Interview
'Business folk often don't understand what developers do...' Twilio boss on the chasm that holds companies back
Microsoft Mesh? 'I don't think most people want to have a thing strapped to their face all the time'
17 Mar 2021 09:30 | 41
Personal Tech
Reasons to be appy: Huawei flashes figures for its App Gallery platform
Ok, so you have 2.7 million developers.... one for every phone you might sell in 2025?
02 Mar 2021 14:45 | 3
Off-Prem
Users wail over neverending queue: Nope, not the supermarket. GitHub Actions is having a workflow wobble
Pinch, punch, first day of the month
01 Mar 2021 11:32 | 6
Software
Ever wondered why that one weird file keeps being included? Super sleuth TypeScript 4.2 is here
You again! That uninvited guest that just keeps turning up...
25 Feb 2021 15:42 | 20
Devops
Humble Apple Pie: Cupertino sweetens pot to get its DTK prototype machines returned after developer backlash
Tosses in extra cash 'to recognize the tremendous effort ... put into creating amazing universal apps'
08 Feb 2021 12:18 | 13
Devops
SitePoint hacked: Hashed, salted passwords pinched from web dev learning site via GitHub tool pwnage
If you started off there, best change your reused credentials
05 Feb 2021 19:05 | 4
Column
Developers! These 3 weird tricks will make you a global hero
Good for users and good for you
11 Jan 2021 09:30 | 70
Security
Pure frustration: What happens when someone uses your email address to sign up for PayPal, car hire, doctors, security systems and more
Messsage Center: Call this number. Number: Use the Message Center.
08 Dec 2020 10:16 | 200
Devops
Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming
Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price
21 Oct 2020 17:24 | 69
Software
Yak-yak app Slack cracks, flacks gobsmacked: Can this bug be whacked or will code be rolled back?
IRC-for-the-2020s up and down as it catches a bad case of the Mondays
05 Oct 2020 19:12 | 6
Security
How's this for overachieving? Man accused of running software outfit as a Ponzi scheme while on parole from previous fraud
He masterminded $7m scam from halfway house, Feds claim
02 Oct 2020 03:10 | 16
Security
Old and busted: Targeting servers and web bugs. New hotness: Pwning devs with targeted poisoned stacks
'Most developers are highly intelligent, but also highly stupid'
04 Sep 2020 11:15 | 28
OSes
In the frame with the Great MS Bakeoff: Microsoft sets out plans for Windows windows
HWND? AppWindow? Current situation 'not making anyone happy' as company seeks one true way
01 Sep 2020 15:07 | 48
Exclusive
Twilio: Someone waltzed into our unsecured AWS S3 silo, added dodgy code to our JavaScript SDK for customers
API dev kit remained modified for hours, says source
21 Jul 2020 23:10 | 22
Personal Tech
Top Ubisoft execs eject after staff complain of 'toxic' workplace environment for women at Canadian studios
Trio quits immediately, workers under investigation
13 Jul 2020 23:44 | 22
SaaS
GitHub is just like all of us: The week has just started but it needed 4 whole hours of downtime
Plus: New availability report highlights database issues
13 Jul 2020 10:39 | 19
Devops
It's 500 Friday at GitHub as source shack takes an hour-long morning totter
A week of wobbles ends in a good, old fashioned TITSUP*
19 Jun 2020 10:25 | 5
Security
Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws
Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs
04 Jun 2020 02:28 | 13
Security
GitHub blasts code-scanning tool into all open-source projects
Rub-a-dub-dub, give your buggy code a scrub
06 May 2020 18:30 | 4
Security
GCC 10 gets security bug trap. And look what just fell into it: OpenSSL and a prod-of-death flaw in servers and apps
Static analyzer proves its worth with discovery of null-pointer error
23 Apr 2020 10:06 | 50
Devops
What's vexing Linux-loving Gophers? A few things: Go devs want generics, easier debugging
Survey shows preference for Linux, some aversion to Microsoft Azure
21 Apr 2020 14:15 | 17
Devops
In Rust we trust? Yes, but we want better tools and wider usage, say devs
Official survey reveals barriers to adoption: Challenging learning curve and limited IDE support
20 Apr 2020 14:01 | 30
Devops
Stack Overflow banishes belligerent blather with bespoke bot – but will it work?
'The mean police, they live inside of my head, the mean police, they come to me in my bed...'
14 Apr 2020 22:12 | 33
Software
Time to svn commit like it's the year 2000: Apache celebrates 20 years of Subversion
Git outta here – has it been that long?
28 Feb 2020 22:00 | 42
SaaS
Total Inability To Service User Pulls: GitHub wobbles with a good old Thursday TITSUP
Hey – there's always Visual SourceSafe, right?
27 Feb 2020 16:21 | 17
Devops
Boss planning to tear you a new one? Google Glass is back: Weird workwear aimed at devs, but on sale to all
Calm down, Glass EE2's a 'single purpose tool for Enterprise'. Mainly
05 Feb 2020 19:30 | 30
Updated
No big deal, Rogers, your internal source code and keys are only on the open web. Don't hurry to take it down
'Closed source' blueprints available for all to gawp at – and potentially exploit
24 Jan 2020 01:12 | 14
Software
'Supporting Internet Explorer is hell': Web developers identify top needs – new survey
WebAssembly key tech for replacing native apps, say respondents
20 Dec 2019 16:00 | 73
Software
JavaScript survey: Devs love a bit of React, but Angular and Cordova declining. And you're not alone... a chunk of pros also feel JS is 'overly complex'
Tried Svelte yet? Perhaps you should
19 Dec 2019 13:40 | 73
Software
Cops storm Nginx's Moscow offices after a Russian biz claims it owns world's most widely used web server, not F5
Rambler claims code creator was working for them at the time and so they own tech worth $700m
12 Dec 2019 21:14 | 54
Security
Scammy and spammy harassers are chasing veteran pros off crypto-collab platform Keybase
What happens when you throw your lot in with crypto-coin types
05 Dec 2019 18:20 | 9
Security
Stop us if you've heard this one: Facebook and Twitter profiles silently slurped by shady code
Rogue SDKs covertly harvested personal info, it is claimed
26 Nov 2019 05:11 | 13
Software
Oracle and Google will fight in court over Java AGAIN and this time it's going to the Supremes
The case that just won't die
15 Nov 2019 21:09 | 87
Devops
If you've wanted to lazily merge code on GitHub from the pub, couch or beach, there's now a mobile app for that
GitHub opens beta of handheld tools, unveils Arctic stunt, and other stuff
14 Nov 2019 00:17 | 7
Software
Bad news, developers: Apple Mac App Store tells cross-platform Electron apps to get lost
Programmers who reoffend risk permanent exile from the fondleslab empire
05 Nov 2019 08:02 | 48
Devops
The Hurt Docker: Mystery Hub repository, website outage leaves fuming devs unable to deploy containers
Work ongoing as site recovering from morning meltdown
15 Oct 2019 21:14 | 5
Security
Hot patches for ColdFusion: Adobe drops trio of fixes for three serious flaws
While you're at it, fix Java too
25 Sep 2019 06:31 | 4
Devops
Chef roasted for tech contract with family-separating US immigration, forks up attempt to quash protest
Software house hits nuclear option after Ruby Gems yanked for moral reasons
20 Sep 2019 06:01 | 105
Exclusive
Scotiabank slammed for 'muppet-grade security' after internal source code and credentials spill onto open internet
Blueprints for mobile apps, databases exposed in public GitHub repos
18 Sep 2019 20:17 | 80
Personal Tech
Fitbit fitness fans furious following flummoxing flawed firmware float, fleeting feedback, failed fixes
Punters say their gear has been messed up for a month-plus
16 Sep 2019 22:18 | 25
Software
Zapped from the Play store: Another developer gets no sense from Google, appeals to the public
Five years' history not enough to get a meaningful human response
29 Aug 2019 15:28 | 68
Devops
There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected
...Knowing they just cannot duck Git: Repos to be deleted when support ends
21 Aug 2019 00:49 | 136
Security
Train maker's coder goes loco, choo-choo-chooses to flee to China with top-secret code – allegedly
Good luck ever finding this guy again after, dare we say, his life jumped the tracks
12 Jul 2019 00:38 | 152
Updated
Top websites screwed over in WordPress.com super-outage: VIP Go? More like VIP No Go
Automattic's premium hosting service goes TITSUP: Total Inability To Serve Usual Pages
11 Jun 2019 18:20 | 16
OSes
Devs slam Microsoft for injecting tech-support scam ads into their Windows Store apps
Redmond kinda just shrugs after advertising systems sling scareware pop-ups at users
04 Jun 2019 05:06 | 53
Security
Git your patches here! GitHub offers to brew automatic pull requests loaded with vuln fixes
Your repo's dependencies need updating to close a hole? We're way ahead of you, pal
30 May 2019 07:12 | 8
OSes
Contain yourself, Docker: Race-condition bug puts host machines at risk... sometimes, ish
Tricky to exploit in the real world, which is good because no official fix is available yet
29 May 2019 02:05 | 7
Devops
GitHub slurps open-source bug zapping automator Dependabot, chucks cash at devs
Matched funds for open source developers, plus new features for enterprise accounts
23 May 2019 08:56 | 1
Updated
The curious case of a WordPress plugin, a rival site spammed with traffic, a war of words, and legal threats
Devs strip code from toolkit amid dramarama
02 Apr 2019 07:04 | 32
Opinion
What bugs me the most? World+dog just accepts crap software resilience
Flawless applications are for time-rich people with endless cash
27 Mar 2019 10:01 | 202
Applications
'Sharing of user data is routine, yet far from transparent' is not what you want to hear about medical apps. But 2019 is gonna 2019
Study finds Android software slinging deets all over the place
21 Mar 2019 23:23 | 16
Security
Yelp-for-MAGAs app maker is warned there are holes in its code. Does it A. Just fix the problem, or B. Threaten to call the FBI, too?
Or C. It's all a libtard plot?
12 Mar 2019 20:43 | 62
Security
No RESTful the wicked: If your website runs Drupal, you need to check for security updates – unless you enjoy being hacked
PUT, PATCH, POST, PWNED!
20 Feb 2019 23:17 | 4
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