DevOps and Open Technologies
Postman Makes AI Tool for API Management Platform Available
Postman today generally made available a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool for its platform for building and managing application programming interfaces (APIs) that automatically creates tests and documentation. Announced at a POST/CON ...
Snyk Adds Second ASPM Tool to Portfolio
Today, Snyk made available an edition of its application security posture management (ASPM) tool for assessing application risks that provides more context into how code has been written and its role within ...
IBM Confirms: It’s Buying HashiCorp
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | | acquisition, Hashicorp, ibm, infrastructure as code, opentofu, TerraformEveryone knew HashiCorp was attempting to find a buyer. Few suspected it would be IBM ...
Embrace Adds Support for OpenTelemetry to Instrument Mobile Applications
Embrace revealed today it is adding support for open source OpenTelemetry agent software to its software development kits (SDKs) that enable observability of iOS and Android applications. Andrew Tunall, head of product ...
Valkey is Rapidly Overtaking Redis
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | | database, dbms, key-value database, Linux Foundation, open source, Redis, source available, valkeyRedis is taking it in the chops, as both maintainers and customers move to the Valkey Redis fork ...
Exploring Low/No-Code Platforms, GenAI, Copilots and Code Generators
The emergence of low/no-code platforms is challenging traditional notions of coding expertise. Gone are the days when coding was an exclusive skill set reserved for a knowledgeable few. Low/no-code platforms have democratized ...
The Commonhaus Way to Manage Open Source Projects
Commonhaus is taking a laissez-faire approach to open source group management ...
OpenTofu Denies Hashicorp’s Code-Stealing Accusations
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | | copyright, Hashicorp, infrastructure as code, intellectual property, Law, open source, opentofu, TerraformThe legal battle between the faux-open-source HashiCorp and the open source OpenTofu heats up ...
Bringing DevOps Automation to Legacy Systems
Most organizations that adopt DevOps for conventional applications use automation tools and techniques, including Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration-as-Code (CaC), automated testing, release automation and application orchestration. Applying automation to operations isn’t always straightforward, ...
A Brief History of DevOps and the Link to Cloud Development Environments
The history of DevOps is worth reading about, and “The Phoenix Project,” self-characterized as “a novel of IT and DevOps,” is often mentioned as a must-read. Yet for practitioners like myself, a ...
Building an Open Source Observability Platform
Prashant Nerkar | | AIOps, machine learning, monitoring, observability, site reliability engineering, tech innovationBy investing in open source frameworks and LGTM tools, SRE teams can effectively monitor their apps and gain insights into system behavior ...
Is Backstage the Right Internal Developer Portal for You?
Jay Crystal | | Backstage, configure8, devops, internal developer portal, platform engineering, TicketOpsThere has never been a better time to be a software developer. There is a language and framework to solve virtually any challenges we encounter. New tools, architectural patterns and methodologies like ...
