App, security teams need closer bond to fend off cyberattacks Enterprises should shift left to protect themselves, says Immersive Labs Security09 Mar 2022 | 1
Deutsche Bank seeks options as sanctions threaten Russian dev unit No data or code stored in Moscow and St Petersburg tech operations, bank says Software04 Mar 2022 | 46
GitHub puts prebuilt Codespaces into public beta Say goodbye to your coffee break Devops25 Feb 2022 | 3
Linux kernel edges closer to dropping ReiserFS With developer in prison, it only seems just OSes24 Feb 2022 | 32
JavaScript survey: Most use React but satisfaction low What do we want? Static typing! Software22 Feb 2022 | 73
Microsoft releases first preview of .NET 7 Windows giant promises 20 more years on 20th anniversary of the tech Software21 Feb 2022 | 13
Microsoft offers 'open' app store to draw regulators away from Activision takeover Windows giant will say anything at this point to protect $69bn deal – and stick boot into Google, Apple Software09 Feb 2022 | 15
To our total surprise, Apple makes adding alternative payment systems to apps 'painful, expensive, clunky' Developers fume while competition watchdog issues a third puny €5m fine Applications08 Feb 2022 | 48
Flutter flits onto Windows, declared fit for production Google's take on cross-platform development arrives on Microsoft's desktop Software04 Feb 2022 | 13
Google's DeepMind says its AI coding bot is 'competitive' with humans Gulp! Code that codes displays some critical thinking capabilities AI + ML03 Feb 2022 | 82
JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort Updated Faker.js and colors.js sabotaged by maker Software10 Jan 2022 | 90
Spruce up your CV or just bin it? Survey finds recruiters are considering alternatives Shock: Nobody likes whiteboard interviews either Personal Tech10 Jan 2022 | 70
Rust dust-up as entire moderation team resigns. Why? They won't really say Updated Welcome to 'The First Rust Governance Crisis' Software23 Nov 2021 | 150
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 Devops03 Aug 2021 | 24
JavaScript, GitHub, AWS crowned winners in massive survey of 32,000 developers Devs across the world reveal their tools, language choices, and more Devops16 Jul 2021 | 20
Report: World's population of developers expands, JavaScript reigns, C# overtakes PHP Pandemic making permanent changes to developer remote working Software26 Apr 2021 | 18
Codecov dev tool warns of stolen credentials from compromised script, undiscovered for two months Environment variables full of secrets uploaded to attacker server Security19 Apr 2021 | 8
'Business folk often don't understand what developers do...' Twilio boss on the chasm that holds companies back Interview Microsoft Mesh? 'I don't think most people want to have a thing strapped to their face all the time' Software17 Mar 2021 | 41
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? Personal Tech02 Mar 2021 | 3
Users wail over neverending queue: Nope, not the supermarket. GitHub Actions is having a workflow wobble Pinch, punch, first day of the month Off-Prem01 Mar 2021 | 6
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... Software25 Feb 2021 | 20
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' Devops08 Feb 2021 | 13
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 Devops05 Feb 2021 | 4
Developers! These 3 weird tricks will make you a global hero Column Good for users and good for you Devops11 Jan 2021 | 70
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. Security08 Dec 2020 | 200
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 Devops21 Oct 2020 | 69
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 Software05 Oct 2020 | 6
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 Security02 Oct 2020 | 16
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' Security04 Sep 2020 | 28
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 OSes01 Sep 2020 | 48
Twilio: Someone waltzed into our unsecured AWS S3 silo, added dodgy code to our JavaScript SDK for customers Exclusive API dev kit remained modified for hours, says source Security21 Jul 2020 | 22
Top Ubisoft execs eject after staff complain of 'toxic' workplace environment for women at Canadian studios Trio quits immediately, workers under investigation Personal Tech13 Jul 2020 | 22
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 SaaS13 Jul 2020 | 19
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* Devops19 Jun 2020 | 5
Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs Security04 Jun 2020 | 13
GitHub blasts code-scanning tool into all open-source projects Rub-a-dub-dub, give your buggy code a scrub Security06 May 2020 | 4
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 Security23 Apr 2020 | 50
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 Devops21 Apr 2020 | 17
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 Devops20 Apr 2020 | 30
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...' Devops14 Apr 2020 | 33
Time to svn commit like it's the year 2000: Apache celebrates 20 years of Subversion Git outta here – has it been that long? Software28 Feb 2020 | 42
Total Inability To Service User Pulls: GitHub wobbles with a good old Thursday TITSUP Hey – there's always Visual SourceSafe, right? SaaS27 Feb 2020 | 17
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 Devops05 Feb 2020 | 30
No big deal, Rogers, your internal source code and keys are only on the open web. Don't hurry to take it down Updated 'Closed source' blueprints available for all to gawp at – and potentially exploit Software24 Jan 2020 | 14
'Supporting Internet Explorer is hell': Web developers identify top needs – new survey WebAssembly key tech for replacing native apps, say respondents Software20 Dec 2019 | 73
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 Software19 Dec 2019 | 75
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 Software12 Dec 2019 | 54
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 Security05 Dec 2019 | 9
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 Security26 Nov 2019 | 13
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 Software15 Nov 2019 | 87
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 Devops14 Nov 2019 | 7
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 Software05 Nov 2019 | 48
The Hurt Docker: Mystery Hub repository, website outage leaves fuming devs unable to deploy containers Work ongoing as site recovering from morning meltdown Devops15 Oct 2019 | 5
Hot patches for ColdFusion: Adobe drops trio of fixes for three serious flaws While you're at it, fix Java too Security25 Sep 2019 | 4
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 Devops20 Sep 2019 | 105
Scotiabank slammed for 'muppet-grade security' after internal source code and credentials spill onto open internet Exclusive Blueprints for mobile apps, databases exposed in public GitHub repos Security18 Sep 2019 | 80
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 Personal Tech16 Sep 2019 | 25
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 Software29 Aug 2019 | 68
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 Devops21 Aug 2019 | 136
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 Security12 Jul 2019 | 152
Top websites screwed over in WordPress.com super-outage: VIP Go? More like VIP No Go Updated Automattic's premium hosting service goes TITSUP: Total Inability To Serve Usual Pages SaaS11 Jun 2019 | 16
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 OSes04 Jun 2019 | 53