Cloud momentum sees SAP start the year strong
SAP has reported first-quarter revenue growth of 11 per cent for 2022, driven in large part by the vendor's expanding cloud business.
View ArticleDoes low code make apps overly complex?
By making use of standardised coding techniques and code reuse, low code in fact tends to reduce the complexity of applications. Here’s why.
View ArticleRekindling the thrill of programming
Coding can be tedious, dreary, and stressful. Zooming out to reflect on how extraordinary software programming is can bring back the wonder.
View ArticleSoftware engineering estimates are garbage
When estimates are based on the myth of metronomic coding machines tackling deterministic work, they’re a complete waste of time.
View ArticleDevelopers value flexibility, tech stack in a hybrid working world
Most developers are working remotely and favour a flexible working environment where they can use their favourite technologies.
View ArticleOpen source software risks persist, according to new reports
Companies are still struggling to gain confidence in the security of their open source projects, but shifting security earlier in the development process shows promise.
View ArticleDatacom believed to have scored first Auckland Council Group software deal
Datacom appears poised to become the new software licence supplier to the Auckland Council Group, including Auckland Transport and Watercare.
View ArticleSQL injection, XSS vulnerabilities continue to plague businesses
Errors that allow SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks are still the top vulnerabilities that pen-testers find, especially at smaller companies.
View ArticleZespri restates $42.3 million of cloud software investment
Kiwifruit co-op Zespri has quantified the impact of a change in accounting standards for software as a service investments in its annual report, released today.
View ArticleWhy businesses should modernise search technologies
Important knowledge is scattered throughout the organisation. Simplify everything, make it easy for employees to find what they need.
View ArticleLow-code development becoming business skill ‘table stakes’
A shortage of software developers and IT workers in general is forcing businesses to turn to “citizen developers” within their organisations.
View ArticleASGI explained: The future of Python web development
Python web applications have long adhered to the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) standard, which describes how they talk to web servers.
View ArticleRocky Linux 9.0 rocks new build system
RHEL clone provider hopes cloud-native build system will help it release new versions of Rocky within one week of new RHEL releases.
View ArticleHighlighting the emergence of multi-cloud networking software
Multi-cloud networking software is designed to address the challenge of how to connect networks and apps across multiple public cloud environments.
View ArticleManage morale, not metrics, for more effective engineering teams
Management is obsessed with measuring everything, and this obsession is sabotaging the quality solutions that software engineering teams can craft.
View ArticleBetter type checking and more in Deno 1.24
The latest release of the Node.js rival features improved transpiler performance, smarter type checking, and debugging and fallback error handling support.
View ArticleRStudio unveils Shiny for Python alpha Web framework
The Shiny Web framework for R is now available for Python in an alpha version, Joe Cheng has announced at RStudio Conference.
View ArticleCarbon language aims to be a better C++
Experimental successor to C++ strives for C++ performance and compatibility while avoiding its technical debt and ‘extreme difficulty’ to improve.
View ArticleGo 1.19 improves generics and memory model
Go 1.19 refines the generics support introduced in Go 1.18 and improves the performance of generic code up to 20 per cent.
View ArticleCloud infrastructure companies offer top pay for developer relations, survey...
Developer relations employees in the US are paid higher than those in other countries, according to a poll from Common Room.
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