Tag: software category

March 2, 2023

The “2023 State of Software Engineers Report” by job search portal Hired has revealed many interesting facts about software engineers in Silicon Valley and beyond. One telling result from the survey is the overwhelming preference for remote work, with as […]

March 1, 2023

Known vulnerabilities, compromise of legitimate package, and name confusion attacks are expected to be among the top ten open source software risks in 2023, according to a report by Endor Labs. The other major open source software risks, according to […]

February 27, 2023

I tried using ChatGPT to help with a common coding issue when working on CRM applications and merging customer data sources. I asked ChatGPT, “Given two lists of names, write Python code to find near matches of the names and […]

February 8, 2023

Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a powerful, yet lightweight BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful […]

January 18, 2023

Introduced in GitHub CLI 2.0, extensions allow developers to add new features by writing small Go programs. To make it easier to create extensions, GitHub is now releasing a new library, go-gh. Additionally, the latest version of GitHub CLI introduces […]

January 6, 2023

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25272 to the Dev Channel as well as a new Windows 11 preview for the Beta Channel. The new Dev Channel build doesn’t include any major changes but does remove a few […]

January 6, 2023

Immigration law can be one of the most personally meaningful areas of the law because it involves helping people through some of the most critical changes in their lives. Still, it can be hard work to run an immigration law […]

December 21, 2022

Researchers from Japan have used socio-technical techniques to measure the congruence between the network of contributors to open-source programming libraries and the dependencies of that library within the ecosystem. This work suggests that the level of matching between the network […]

December 20, 2022

After over two years in development, support for using Rust for kernel development has entered a stable Linux release, Linux 6.1, which became available a couple of weeks ago. Previous to its official release, Rust support has been available in […]

November 23, 2022

As part of the .NET 7 launch, on November 8th Microsoft unveiled the new features of C# 11, the latest version of the popular .NET programming language. The most prominent improvements include string enhancements, static method abstractions, list patterns, and […]

November 14, 2022

Every discipline has its jargon that’s hard to explain to those who aren’t “in the know” about tools, how work gets done, and common problems. As engineers, we do ourselves a favor by using names that are easy to explain […]

November 9, 2022

The Google Home app is now available…if you want to sign up for the public preview program. Today, Google began rolling out a public preview of its redesign of the Google Home app. Users who register for the public preview […]

November 4, 2022

Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen housing applicants, predict criminal recidivism, identify food assistance […]

November 4, 2022

Rapid adoption of software as a service (SaaS) has amplified visibility challenges for security and IT teams, and SaaS usage introduces new challenges at an amplified magnitude. According to a recent survey by Axonius, while 66% of organizations are spending […]

October 27, 2022

Making sure your emails reach the right person should soon be a lot easier thanks to a new Microsoft Outlook update. The email client has announced it will be launching its contact de-duplication feature in the Outlook Web App (OWA), […]

October 26, 2022

In the past few years, we’ve seen a rapid increase in container adoption as the go-to strategy for accelerating software development. After all, why wouldn’t you move towards containerization considering its advantages? Benefits such as application portability, IT resource efficiency, […]

September 12, 2022

Volume gets a lot of the press when it comes to data. Size is right there in the once-ubiquitous term “Big Data.” This isn’t a new thing. Back when I was an IT industry analyst, I once observed in a […]

August 25, 2022

Zero trust is a powerful security model that’s at the forefront of modern security practices. It’s also a term that is prone to buzz and hype, making it hard to cut through the noise. So what is zero trust, exactly, […]

August 22, 2022

What is the difference between software development and software engineer? The term might often be used interchangeably and, as a result, has come to reflect no difference in roles, but the fact of the matter is that there is a […]

August 18, 2022

Soleio is a software designer turned investor. As a former fund manager and now angel investor, he has backed some of the most successful tech startups of the last few years including Figma, Vanta, and Vercel. Soleio has a background […]