GitHub's State of the Octoverse survey shows devs are still swerving the office Coding JS in your PJs here to stay Devops17 Nov 2021 | 2
We're making F# more normal as a language, says its creator Loved by users, impenetrable to others, but 6.0 update aims to change that Devops12 Nov 2021 | 14
GitHub CEO forks off: Nat Friedman to quit this month, replacement will report to exec behind .NET Hot Reload fiasco Updated Chief product officer takes over world's palatable social network Devops03 Nov 2021 | 8
Microsoft introduces Azure Container Apps with scale to zero Interview Kubernetes under the covers, with a Microsoft flavour Devops03 Nov 2021 | 8
OpenID-based security features added to GitHub Actions as usage doubles GitHub Universe Single-use tokens and reusable workflows explained at Universe event Devops28 Oct 2021 |
It's that time of the year again when GitHub does its show'n'tell of features – some new and others kinda new Universe event reveals iterative improvements but no big bang Devops27 Oct 2021 | 5
IPSE: More than a third of freelancers have quit contracting since IR35 reforms Exodus, movement of the people... to the Middle East or elsewhere Devops22 Oct 2021 | 47
Want a piece of GitLab? It's going to cost you: IPO price per share settles at $77 One-stop shop all the way to the bank Devops14 Oct 2021 | 6
VMware's K8s challenge advances with Tanzu Community Edition VMworld Freebie can manage production container workloads in rival clouds Devops05 Oct 2021 | 3
GitHub Codespaces feels a bit too closed? Gitpod opens up OpenVSCode Server to escape Microsoft control 'Minimal' tweaks shared for all to see Devops29 Sep 2021 | 2
DORA explorers see pandemic boost in numbers of 'elite' DevOps performers Or is it that they're just more inclined to complete surveys about themselves? Devops23 Sep 2021 | 22
GitLab all set to go public as revenues – and losses – rise IPO was expected last year but then we had a pandemic Devops20 Sep 2021 | 10
Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing? Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover Devops17 Sep 2021 | 27
Travis CI quietly fixed a bug that exposed secret keys For at least a week, cloning a public repo made upstream environmental variables accessible Devops15 Sep 2021 |
Snyk: 50% of security jobs unfilled… any solution predicated on devs 'becoming security experts is doomed' Interview Guy Podjarny on the challenges of crafting and shipping secure code Devops07 Sep 2021 | 7
Docker’s cash conundrum is becoming a bet on a very different future Opinion Tiers of a clown – or the early days of a better service model? Devops06 Sep 2021 | 32
JavaScript library downloaded 3m times a week exposes apps to hijacking via evil proxy configs PAC mania Devops03 Sep 2021 | 7
Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies: New 'Business' subscription is here Search for sustainable business model continues, but most usage will still be free Devops31 Aug 2021 | 34
What's the top programming language? It's not JavaScript but Python, says IEEE survey Sounds sus to us – most talked about maybe Devops25 Aug 2021 | 61
GitLab 14.2 brings macOS 'build cloud' closed beta and improved Gitpod support among nearly 50 new features Open-source rival shows it can compete with Microsoft's GitHub Devops24 Aug 2021 |
Is this indeed the light-house top I see? Microsoft updates its container Linux, CBL-Mariner Stripped-down OS prepares to unroll the birthday bunting Devops18 Aug 2021 | 2
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
About half of Python libraries in PyPI may have security issues, boffins say Coding lingo's community says it has a plan to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, though Devops28 Jul 2021 | 21
DevOps still 'rarely done well at scale' concludes report after a decade of research Interview Puppet Field CTO Nigel Kersten speaks to the Reg about 10 years of studying DevOps adoption Devops28 Jul 2021 | 31
GitHub stuffs $1m in Stanford Law School's pocket to provide free legal advice to DMCA-hit developers Fellowship funding comes in the wake of Youtube-DL fiasco Devops27 Jul 2021 | 3
Jira Data Center user? Here's a critical Ehcache vulnerability to spoil your day Update now – and maybe firewall the thing off while you're at it Devops22 Jul 2021 |
NPM is Now Providing Malware – or was until recently Password-stealing package outed by security firm evokes sense of déjà vu Devops21 Jul 2021 | 5
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
What is GitOps? This is the technical introduction you've been looking for Systems Approach If you need to get your head around the concept of configuration-as-code, start here Devops13 Jul 2021 | 30
Security warning deluge from 'npm audit' is driving developers to distraction Can we have less infosec theater, please? Devops09 Jul 2021 | 17
Good guy Russia gives enterprises, cloud platforms a free brute-force security test using Kubernetes clusters Thanks, Vlad, for the cyber-check-up and the containerization case study Devops01 Jul 2021 | 7
GitHub Copilot is AI pair programming where you, the human, still have to do most of the work Maybe call it backseat programming for now? Devops30 Jun 2021 | 18
Digital delinquent deletes developer's database during disastrous Docker deployment, defaults damned NewsBlur RSS tracker accidentally left MongoDB store facing public internet during migration to containers Devops29 Jun 2021 | 7
Realizing this is getting out of hand, Coq mulls new name for programming language Community to think outside the pants Devops15 Jun 2021 | 219
Stack Overflow acquired for $1.8bn by Prosus (no, me neither) Q&A community ponders life as an enterprise education resource Devops02 Jun 2021 | 44
After staff revolt, Freenode management takes over hundreds of IRC channels for 'policy violations' Updated Gentoo and Raku call foul Devops26 May 2021 | 62
Surprise! Developers' days ruined by interruptions and meetings, GitHub finds If you want to be happy at work, never meet more than twice a day Devops25 May 2021 | 31
Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use Devops13 May 2021 | 29
GitLab's 10-day certification freebie offer lasted only two because, surprise surprise, people really like freebies Biz expected 4,000 signups, got 60,000, system couldn't cope Devops07 May 2021 | 9
Pega set to launch 'context-aware' APIs that let users tweak back-end processes without breaking front end Updates designed to ease 'expensive and challenging' software, analyst says Devops04 May 2021 | 2
House of pain: If YAML makes you swear, shout louder – the agony is there for a reason Column Non-quoted string vest? Don't mind if we do Devops04 May 2021 | 45
Lambda School, a coding bootcamp that takes a cut of your next tech salary, now takes a 30% cut in staff Plus: Workers axed at '$4bn' Patreon, techies walk away from Basecamp Devops30 Apr 2021 | 22
Facebook, it's cool to see you using Rust and joining the foundation, but please don't Zuck it up for all of us Video Vows to make safe C++-alike 'a mainstream language of choice' as hundreds of devs wield it Devops30 Apr 2021 | 19
JetBrains shoves TeamCity into the cloud, pitches Kotlin for build pipelines because YAML is 'really a pain' No free plan: That's one way to avoid crypto-mining abuse of build minutes Devops29 Apr 2021 | 6
Not saying you should but we're told it's possible to land serverless app a '$40k/month bill using a 1,000-node botnet' CompSci trio describe theoretical Denial-of-Wallet attack Devops21 Apr 2021 | 21
Key Perl Core developer quits, says he was bullied for daring to suggest programming language contained 'cruft' 'After saying this, I immediately received hostile messages' says pumpking of version 5.x Devops13 Apr 2021 | 68
'Our hosted pools are under attack by abusers': Azure DevOps enjoys a midweek TITSUP* Crypto-mining jerks at least partly to blame Devops07 Apr 2021 | 8
Microsoft welcomes 'raddest' and most 'feature-dense' Kubernetes release to AKS, shows 1.17 the door Mere months to go before 1.21 arrives Devops01 Apr 2021 | 12
And the Turing Award for best compilation goes to... Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho Programming pioneers bag $1m prize Devops01 Apr 2021 | 26
Rails waves goodbye to mimemagic, welcomes Marcel to fix GPL MIME drama If the license doesn't fit, you must commit Devops29 Mar 2021 | 5
OpenCollective opens cash conduit between tech biz and unappreciated developers For organizations inclined to give, there's now some supporting infrastructure Devops26 Mar 2021 |
'Agile' F-35 fighter software dev techniques failed to speed up supersonic jet deliveries Watchdog bites Uncle Sam and Lockheed Martin over $14bn-and-counting efforts Devops25 Mar 2021 | 91
Ruby off the Rails: Code library yanked over license blunder, sparks chaos for half a million projects Updated Devs scramble for replacement mimetype data package Devops25 Mar 2021 | 55
Trail of Bits security peeps emit tool to weaponize Python's insecure pickle files to hopefully now get everyone's attention Alternatively: Python's pickle pilloried with prudent premonition of poisoning Devops19 Mar 2021 | 24
SaaSy move: GitLab floats a new company over the Great Firewall of China Who's looking after my code? JiHu, that's who... Devops18 Mar 2021 | 8
GitLab latest to ditch 'master' as default initial branch name: It's now simply called 'main' Only for new projects, but beware the hardcoded references Devops11 Mar 2021 | 120
This developer created the fake programming language MOVA to catch out naughty recruiters, résumé padders Multiple Object Versionless Architecture is as popular now as it was two decades ago Devops10 Mar 2021 | 51
Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service Cryptographic software assurance backed by Google, Red Hat, Purdue U Devops09 Mar 2021 | 10
Python Package Index nukes 3,653 malicious libraries uploaded soon after security shortcoming highlighted Unauthorized versions of CuPy and other projects flood PyPI Devops02 Mar 2021 | 10
Rookie's code couldn't have been so terrible that it made a supermarket spontaneously combust... right? Who, Me? We'll never know but he was spared the whiteboard of shame Devops01 Mar 2021 | 151