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31 Open Source Text Editors You Need To Try
Looking for a new text editor? Here are 31 options to consider. Computers are text-based, so the more things you do with them, the more you find yourself needing a text-editing application. And the more time you spend in a text editor, the more likely you are to demand more from whatever you use. If …
The Linux Foundation And IBM Announce New Open Source Projects to Promote Racial Justice
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced it will host seven projects from Call for Code for Racial Justice, an initiative driven by IBM and Creator David Clark Cause to urge the global developer ecosystem and open source community to contribute to solutions that can help confront racial inequalities. …
Programmes Bring Help To 92 Million People In Extreme Poverty
92 million people are benefitting from programmes designed to improve the income of the world’s poorest households, a World Bank study has found. 700 million people are living in extreme poverty, which means surviving on less than $1.90 a day. It’s expected the pandemic will push an additional 100 million more people into extreme poverty. …
Reasons To Flatten Your Source Code
The decades pass, but we still write software in the same way as in the XX century. Our software is a large castle, formed by several layers superimposed and mixed, in order to facilitate its own maintenance, but which, in fact, end up creating the opposite effect: a true monolith. Whaaaattt? Oh yes! Class structures, …
5 Reasons Why I Love Coding On Linux
Linux is a great platform for programming—it’s logical, easy to see the source code, and very efficient. In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different ways to use Linux. Here I’ll explain why so many programmers choose Linux. When I first started using …
Embedding Source Code Version Information In Docker Images
Guest post originally published on Rookout’s blog by Josh Hendrick, Senior Solutions Engineer at Rookout As organizations place focus on innovation and digital transformation across enterprise IT, we continue to see increased adoption of containers and microservice application development patterns. Containers have brought developers new levels of flexibility and portability, but oftentimes still leave developers …
4 Reasons To Choose Linux For Art And Design
Open source enhances creativity by breaking you out of a proprietary mindset and opening your mind to possibilities. Explore several open source creative programs. In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Today I’ll explain why Linux is an …
4 Important Tips To Help Scale Your Startup In 2021
Most new businesses don’t make it. In fact, 74% of startups that try to scale too quickly fail, according to a 2011 study by The Startup Genome. Scaling your startup for long-term success is critical. But when is the best time to scale, and what is the best way to do it? “Frequently, the difference …
How 5G Can Be A Force For Social Equality
COVID-19 has highlighted society’s reliance on digital connectivity, whilst exposing the access inequalities of developing countries. The tech industry is uniquely positioned to broaden digital access through 5G cloud-based storage solutions which could significantly lower the cost of devices. The Edison Alliance, a joint initiative between Verizon and the World Economic Forum, aims to prioritize …
2021: Autonomous Cloud Operations, Agile App Security, Customer-First Approach Will Drive Second Wave in Digital Transformation
2021 brings a renewed need to streamline operations by integrating application security into DevSecOps and accelerated adoption of autonomous cloud operations. The pandemic did not create the need for digital transformation, but it has accelerated it dramatically. Some organizations’ capacity for digital services was, to put it simply, unprepared for the volume of new users. …
Apple Launches Inaugural Entrepreneur Camp For Black Founders And Developers
As part of Apple’s ongoing commitment to empower the Black community and dismantle barriers to opportunity, today the company is welcoming leaders and their teams from 13 app companies as the inaugural cohort of Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers. In 2019, Apple held its first-ever Entrepreneur Camp, an immersive tech lab for app-driven …
IBM Commits To Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2030
IBM announced that it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to further its decades-long work to address the global climate crisis. The company will accomplish this goal by prioritizing actual reductions in its emissions, energy efficiency efforts and increased clean energy use across the more than 175 countries where it operates. “I …
What Is Apdex And How Can It Help Monitor App Health?
VMware recently announced that Apdex is now available in Tanzu Observability by Wavefront. Users can access it by selecting Apdex when viewing the application status page. What is Apdex? Apdex is a “numerical measure of user satisfaction with the performance of enterprise applications,” according to the Apdex Alliance website. Similar to how request, error, and …
Saga Pattern: How To Manage Distributed Transactions With Microservices
In the context of microservices, one of the problems that we often encounter is the need to guarantee data consistency, updated in parallel by different actors. In this case, the Saga architectural pattern is becoming popular: let’s find out how it works and which problems it solves. Data Consistency: what is it and which problems …
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