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GitLens 16: Evolving the Developer Experience with New Home View, Smart Workflows, and Enhanced Git Navigation

Hey developers! We’re excited to announce GitLens 16, our most significant update yet to enhance how developers work with Git in VS Code. Over 35 million developers around the world rely on GitLens for its seamless integration with VS Code, providing powerful Git visualizations like inline blame annotations, the Commit Graph, and Launchpad. GitLens continues to improve essential Git workflows, saving developers time and enhancing their coding experience within VS Code.

Linux Security: Keeping Linux Machines Secure with Less Tinkering

Every operating system has its quirks, and Linux security is no different. Whether you’re on Team Penguin or running mostly Windows boxes (or a bit of both), you’ll need to take different steps to manage security on different OSes. Like any OS, Linux security comes with its own peculiarities, pitfalls, and best practices.

What is Ephemeral Data?

When it comes to different concepts around data within software development, the concept of ephemeral data is gaining traction. But what exactly is ephemeral data, and why should you care? Ephemeral data is temporary information that exists only for a short period or for a specific purpose. Think of it like a disappearing message or a fleeting snapshot of a moment in time. It offers numerous benefits, including increased privacy, improved security, and greater system efficiency.

Introducing the Jenkins to Bitbucket Pipelines migration tool

CI/CD workflows are essential for modern software development, enabling scalability, seamless integration, and ease of workflow management. However, migrating these workflows between tools—such as from Jenkins to Bitbucket Pipelines—can feel daunting due to differences in syntax, custom configurations, and repository-specific setups. To address these challenges, we’re thrilled to announce the Jenkins to Bitbucket Pipelines Migration Tool.

Organizing ownership: How we assign errors in our monolith

At incident.io, we run on a monolith. This brings a whole load of benefits that we don’t want to give up any time soon. We don’t have to worry about the speed of internal network requests, complex deployments, or optimizing work that touches multiple services. This blog post isn’t about the relative benefits of monoliths though (but we’ve written more about that here if you are interested)! Ownership in monoliths is tricky.

Why Deep Observability is the Key to Infrastructure Success in 2024 and Beyond

In today’s digital economy, infrastructure has evolved from your organization’s technical foundation to a strategic asset that can make or break your business outcomes. Yet, as companies embrace hybrid environments, many find themselves struggling with a critical challenge: how to maintain control and visibility across increasingly complex infrastructure landscapes and AI workloads.

#031 - Kubernetes for Humans Podcast with Daniel Bryant (Syntasso)

Daniel Bryant is the Head of Product Marketing at Syntasso. His technical expertise focuses on ‘DevOps’ tooling, cloud/container platforms, and microservice implementations. Daniel is a long-time coder, platform engineer, and Java Champion, contributing to several open-source projects. He also writes for InfoQ, O’Reilly, and The New Stack and regularly presents at international conferences such as KubeCon, QCon, and JavaOne. In his copious free time, he enjoys running, reading, and traveling.