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Speedscale Named in Gartner Market Guide for API Testing

In the highly dynamic environment of modern engineering, an appropriate strategy for API quality is more important than ever. We are pleased to announce that Speedscale has been named in the latest “Market Guide for API and MCP Testing Tools” report from Gartner. As software development is shifting towards complex distributed architectures, integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI-based workflows, the need for realistic testing has never been higher.

Rovo Dev Code Review in Bitbucket and GitHub | Bitbucket Blitz | Atlassian

The demo portion of a recent webinar I did shows how to setup, configure, and use Rovo Dev code review in both Bitbucket and GitHub. Learn how to add custom coding standards to your repositories and see Rovo Dev check for the specific things you care about during code reviews. Learn how to add acceptance criteria to your Jira work items and see Rovo Dev verify them during code reviews.

dotConnect for Dynamics 365 | Secure C# ADO.NET connection with ORM support

Integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 into your C# .NET applications with dotConnect for Dynamics 365—a powerful, high-performance data provider built for secure enterprise connectivity. From workflow automation to CRM data synchronization, dotConnect enables reliable access with seamless Visual Studio integration and advanced ORM support for modern development workflows. Chapters: Try it free for 30 days and see why thousands of developers trust dotConnect for Dynamics 365 in mission-critical environments.

#053 - The Road to Distributed AI and Kubernetes Infrastructure with Matt Butcher (Fermyon) & Ari...

They share their professional origins, highlighting how Kubernetes transitioned from a complex tool for experts to a foundational technology for global enterprises.. Part of the conversation focuses on the history of Helm, explaining its growth from a simple hackathon project into a standard package manager. Another part takes on the future of distributed computing, specifically how Akamai is integrating infrastructure as a service to support modern workloads.

Redgate Flyway, Oracle, and the Case of the Lowercase Schema

If you’ve spent any time working with Oracle databases, you’ve probably internalized a few expectations so deeply that you don’t even think about them anymore. One of the biggest is this: Database users, tables, views, and metadata are in UPPERCASE. So, when you query the database directly, no matter if using SQL*Plus, SQLcl,SQL Developer, or any other tool, you’re going to format your query in a common way.

Why Security and Stability Matter in Infrastructure Management

In the high-stakes world of modern infrastructure management, "move fast but break things" is not a viable strategy. As organizations scale their digital footprints, the competing demands of velocity and vulnerability have created a new operational reality. Today, the integrity of your infrastructure is synonymous with the integrity of your business. For system administrators and DevOps engineers, the landscape has shifted. It is not enough to simply provision servers and deploy applications.

4 on-call burnout signs (and how to address them)

Being on-call can sometimes feel overwhelming. If that feeling goes unnoticed for too long, it often translates into burnout. And early burnout signs usually show up in ways, like how people respond to incidents or how they feel about the schedule. This guide walks through four such signs that can be useful to watch for before on-call burnout sets in.

The foundations of software: open source libraries and their maintainers

Open source libraries are repositories of code that developers can use and, depending on the license, contribute to, modify, and redistribute. Open source libraries are usually developed on a platform like GitHub, and distributed using package registries like PyPI for Python and npm for JavaScript. These repositories contain pre-written, re-usable code that developers use to add elements or features within their software projects.