TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups. How have you been finding clients?

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Summarizing the performance of 10, 20 or 50 developers over the past 12 months, offering personalized advice and having the facts to back it up — is no small task. So here’s a run down of why you need data to set up a fair annual review process; if not this year, then you can kick-start it for 2021. Use data to set next year’s goals.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

CIOs and other executives identified familiar IT roles that will need to evolve to stay relevant, including traditional software development, network and database management, and application testing. And while AI is already developing code, it serves mostly as a productivity enhancer today, Hafez says.

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Xebia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Why do people apply TDD? Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. What Are the Real Reasons for Doing TDD? Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. It is a vehicle to drive development. TDD and the Values of XP.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

Information risk management is no longer a checkpoint at the end of development but must be woven throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle. They demand a reimagining of how we integrate security and compliance into every stage of software delivery.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

PullRequest , a five year old startup that came out of Y Combinator in 2017 , helps software developers by providing an external code review team. This not only helps find bugs in code that might have been missed, it also helps identify security vulnerabilities before the software hits production.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Despite mixed early returns , the outcome appears evident: Generative AI coding assistants will remake how software development teams are assembled, with QA and junior developer jobs at risk. AI will handle the rest of the software development roles, including security and compliance reviews, he predicts. “At

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Specifically, organizations are contemplating Generative AI’s impact on software development. While the potential of Generative AI in software development is exciting, there are still risks and guardrails that need to be considered. Therefore, the technology will only be as good as the data provided.

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TechEmpower CTO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work. Image Credits: Codacy.

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Honeycomb

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Space.com sums up the Big Bang as our universe starting with an infinitely hot and dense single point that inflated and stretchedfirst at unimaginable speeds, and then at a more measurable rate […] to the still-expanding cosmos that we know today, and thats kind of how I like to think about November 2022 for junior developers.

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Martin Fowler

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a technique for building software that guides software development by writing tests. It was developed by Kent Beck in the late 1990's as part of Extreme Programming. Write the functional code until the test passes. Write the functional code until the test passes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Performing due diligence is critical, but it won’t give you all the information you need to approach a VC. Likewise, one investor may ask to review your deck in detail; another may prefer a probing one-on-one conversation. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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OverOps

MARCH 30, 2020

The move to innovate at speed and scale is stressing software quality and exposing the limitations of testing. Don’t get me wrong – testing in all its forms is inseparable from the software delivery supply chain. Over a decade ago, when Test-Driven Development (TDD) was introduced, it promised to improve productivity and quality.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Coding assistants have been an obvious early use case in the generative AI gold rush, but promised productivity improvements are falling short of the mark — if they exist at all. Many developers say AI coding assistants make them more productive, but a recent study set forth to measure their output and found no significant gains.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to Twitter and Minecraft due to its ubiquitous presence. Image Credits: AppMap.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. Initially, no-code/low-code was primarily a way for non-technical builders to create (sometimes gimmicky) applications,” said Navin Chaddha, managing director at VC firm Mayfield. How much has adoption increased since?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

While that is true, your development teams may not be ready to implement yet. Development teams starting small and building up, learning, testing and figuring out the realities from the hype will be the ones to succeed. Let’s review a case study and see how we can start to realize benefits now.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Enter Amazon Bedrock , a fully managed service that provides developers with seamless access to cutting-edge FMs through simple APIs. Amazon maintains the flexibility for model customization while simplifying the process, making it straightforward for developers to use cutting-edge generative AI technologies in their applications.

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The Crazy Programmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the fast-paced world of software development, writing clean and maintainable code is not just a good practice; it’s a crucial factor in determining the success of a project. Code Organization Modularization: Breaking down your code into small, manageable modules is akin to organizing a cluttered room.

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Xebia

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

InnerSource can be defined as the application of open-source software development principles within an organization’s internal software development processes. It draws on the valuable lessons learned from open-source projects and adapts them to the context of how companies create software internally.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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InnovationM

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Linting is a static code analysis tool that automatically scans your code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and inconsistencies. It helps you maintain code quality, consistency, and readability by identifying and flagging potential problems early in the development process. Why Use Linting?

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Xebia

MAY 13, 2024

But what about a software developer? This was in no small part due to the culture at Oracle. This seems to be a natural career path: Software developers become team leads, and team leads become managers or architects. So, I decided to go back to software development. Easy to see.

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Gartner reported that on average only 54% of AI models move from pilot to production: Many AI models developed never even reach production. The time when Hardvard Business Review posted the Data Scientist to be the “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” is more than a decade ago [1]. … that is not an awful lot.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They just need their software development team to incorporate that [gen AI] component into an application, so talent is no longer a limiting factor,” the analyst claims. Tenjin is also being used for AI-assisted software development, data preparation and visualization, and content generation.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2025

And yet, three to six months or more of deliberation to finalize a software purchasing decision. No wonder 90% of IT Executives in North America see software sourcing and vendor selection as a pain point. Ready to Transform the Way You Make Software Decisions?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Shelley McKinley Contributor Share on Twitter Shelley McKinley is chief legal officer at GitHub, home to more than 100 million software developers. Supreme Court reviewed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. GitHub counts 17 million American developers on our platform — more than any other country.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JUNE 13, 2021

Experienced front-end, back-end, or a full-stack software engineer are in high demand. According to stats from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics , by 2029, software engineers’ employment will surge by 22%. In the meanwhile, the demand and prices for developers have gone up. The Three Main Layers of Software Development.

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CIO

JULY 12, 2024

Good coding practices for performance and efficiency have been part of software engineering since the earliest days. These emissions include both the energy that physical hardware consumes to run software programs and those associated with manufacturing the hardware itself. How do we even know it’s green?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Infrastructure as code (IaC) has been gaining wider adoption among DevOps teams in recent years, but the complexities of data center configuration and management continue to create problems — and opportunities. We surveyed top investors in IaC startups to find out more. Sri Pangulur , partner, Tribe Capital.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Theres a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. They were succeeded by programmers writing machine instructions as binary code to be input one bit at a time by flipping switches on the front of a computer. No code became a buzzword. I dont buy it. That is not new.

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Martin Fowler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Imagine a team writing software for a shopping website. Focusing on outcomes, rather than output, favors building features that do more to improve the effectiveness of the software's users and customers. As with any professional activity, those of us involved in software development want to learn what makes us more effective.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Digital transformation is expected to be the top strategic priority for businesses of all sizes and industries, yet organisations find the transformation journey challenging due to digital skill gap, tight budget, or technology resource shortages. Amidst these challenges, organisations turn to low-code to remain competitive and agile.

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TechEmpower CTO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. This is where a technical review can be useful!)

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