Unicorns, Reproducibility, and other Machine Learning Myths20190314101410
Unicorns, Reproducibility, and other Machine Learning Myths
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by Its ability to climb a tree, it will live Its whole life believing that it is stupid.” While co...
Open Source Software Licenses Explained20190307101535
Open Source Software Licenses Explained
Open source licensing should be easier to deal with now that open source has become the de facto way we build software applications. But if you’re l...
DevSecOps: Turning Disillusionment into Enlightenment20190228101545
DevSecOps: Turning Disillusionment into Enlightenment
The purpose and intent of DevSecOps is to create the mindset within the enterprise that “everyone is responsible for security.” In order t...
Help us Build the Future for Open Source Languages20190221091317
Help us Build the Future for Open Source Languages
At ActiveState we’re steeped in open source languages, we’ve been build engineering them for over twenty years. And we’ve seen first-hand the ch...
Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?20190214091714
Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?
Prior to January 2019, customers paid Oracle for a Java Standard Edition (SE) license plus annual support, and updates were provided for free. Startin...
The Hidden Cost of Build Engineering20190207090856
The Hidden Cost of Build Engineering
Endless configuration, tool installation, language and package updates, dependency hell, security upgrades, component patches…yak shaving…. Do...
Top Open Source Language Trends for 201920190131153317
Top Open Source Language Trends for 2019
At ActiveState, we recently put on a Webinar to present the Top 5 Trends in Open Source Languages as well as our predictions to capitalize or address ...
Making Coding more Accessible to Non-Devs20190124143643
Making Coding more Accessible to Non-Devs
Taught vs Self Taught When I was just starting out in software, I found that many of my peers often dismissed education as unnecessary saying, “just...
Software Estimation: Should it Include Build Engineering?20190117093823
Software Estimation: Should it Include Build Engineering?
Building Dev Environments Velocity as a measure of developer output is a well known metric for agile teams. Maximizing developer velocity is key to ge...
Report: Developers are Struggling with Open Source20181227080639
Report: Developers are Struggling with Open Source
This article was originally published in SDTimes. Developers say that replicating environments and maintaining proper information about the quality of...