We'll answer any questions DoJ has, HPE CEO tells us as Feds probe $14B Juniper buy
Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year
Networks20 Nov 2024 | 11
Devops
When AI assistants leak secrets, prevention beats cure
Sponsored Post Discover how GitGuardian brings real-time secrets detection to VS Code
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Hackers love GitHub dorks - SecOps love outsmarting them
Partner Content How GitGuardian enables auditing of GitHub footprints to mitigate past, present, and future leaks
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HashiCorp unveils 'Terraform 2.0' while tiptoeing around Big Blue elephant in the room
HashiConf shindig oddly reluctant to mention impending IBM acquisition
Devops18 Oct 2024 | 15
Google's memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages
Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the 'foreseeable future'
Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 30
You have issues with 'Issues' always being called 'Issues' in Jira, so Atlassian now allows them to be called ‘Tasks’
Developers get auto-coding ideas drawn from bug reports, and more AI besides
Devops10 Oct 2024 | 22
Deno 2.0 looks to backward compatibility to move forward
Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript plays nicer with Node.js
Devops09 Oct 2024 | 4
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day
Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry
Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff
So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
While HashiCorp plays license roulette, Virter rolls out to rescue FOSS VM testing
Open Source Summit Europe BSL shenanigans continue to make waves
Devops20 Sep 2024 | 7
Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30
27 days to get your users' third-party apps on Google’s sign-in
Devops03 Sep 2024 | 7
Alibaba Cloud boosts failure prediction with logfile timestamps
Machine learning helps, but more data catches more faults - so Chinese champ has shared its data
Devops03 Sep 2024 | 2
You probably want to patch this critical GitHub Enterprise Server bug now
Unless you're cool with an unauthorized criminal enjoying admin privileges to comb through your code
Patches21 Aug 2024 |
Core Python developer suspended for three months
Code of Conduct violations include allegations that posts created 'atmosphere of FUD'
Devops09 Aug 2024 | 236
It's 2024 and we're just getting round to stopping browsers insecurely accessing 0.0.0.0
Can't reach someone's private server on localhost from outside? No problem
Research09 Aug 2024 | 39
Study backer: Catastrophic takes on Agile overemphasize new features
Interview Users just want stuff that works. How hard can it be?
Devops07 Aug 2024 | 92
OpenTofu hits version 1.8 with more crowd-pleasing features
Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'
Devops31 Jul 2024 | 5
DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder
For the want of an underscore
CSO31 Jul 2024 | 27
FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted
And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn't see this as much of a problem
CSO25 Jul 2024 | 49
Agile Manifesto co-author blasts failure rates report, talks up 'reimagining' project
Interview Jon Kern is looking for Agile exemplars, not the 'Agile Industrial Complex'
Devops16 Jul 2024 | 156
Popular
A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat
Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute
Andrew Tate's site ransacked, subscriber data stolen
He'll just have to take this one on the chin
1000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole
PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more
Public developer spats put bcachefs at risk in Linux
Fisticuffs in FOSS-land! Fancy file system's future fraught!
Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe
Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted
AI PCs: 'Something will have to give in 2025, and I think it's pricing'
Consultant bemoans lack of use cases and businesses' budget
Datacenters could blow up your electric bill thanks to AI
Operators may have to pay more for energy if capacity cannot meet demand
EU buyers still shunning pure electric vehicles, prefer hybrids
Dual power source beat petrol-only autos for second month running
Mega defense corp Thales faces Anglo-French bribery and corruption probe
Authorities remain tight-lipped on specifics
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon
Opinion Haven't we heard this story before?
STORIES
A friendly guide to containerization for AI work
Hands on Save the headaches, ship your dependencies
AI + ML07 Jul 2024 | 4
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 | 81
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 | 6
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 | 27
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
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 | 98
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 | 48
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
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 | 26
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
Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison
The software redemption
Devops25 Apr 2024 | 29
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
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
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