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Best of 2024: Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Reference Architectures
IDPs have been the talk of the town. But what does an IDP actually look like? Bill Doerrfeld explains.
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Showing 1–24How GitHub Approaches Internal Developer Experience
Bill Doerrfeld explores how GitHub approaches DX and instills these traits into its software development culture.
Does Using AI Assistants Lead to Lower Code Quality?
AI assistants are changing the way code gets made, and much of this is for the better. But what’s the impact on code quality?
Can Improving Developer Experience Actually Reduce Costs?
DX promises a more satisfied workforce, reduced burnout and lower employee churn. But can improving developer experience also reduce costs?
Will the Rise of Generative AI Increase Technical Debt?
The explosion of new AI APIs, libraries and frameworks has the potential to increase technical debt and, in the process, overwhelm DevOps teams.
How Supergraphs Help Consolidate Data Access
If used to aggregate various data sources and APIs into a unified graph, GraphQL could become ‘one schema to rule them all’ for enterprises.
The State of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)
Have internal developer portals (IDPs) successfully enhanced productivity without sacrificing developer experience or developer satisfaction?
Best of 2023: Copilots For Everyone: Microsoft Brings Copilots to the Masses
As we close out 2023, we at devopsy.kinsta.cloud wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the latest in our series of the Best of 2023. Microsoft has been doing a lot to extend the coding ‘copilot’ concept into new areas. And at its Build 2023 conference, Microsoft leadership unveiled new […]
How Generative AI Can Streamline Code Documentation
Generative AI is set to benefit the documentation and transformation of legacy code and potentially create new documentation in parallel with new builds.
How to Optimize Data Platforms for Ultimate Efficiency
Data management changes when migrating to the cloud, but there are strategies for technical leaders who want to direct more efficient DataOps.
How to Get Developer Productivity Engineering Right
Executives want a clear measurement of developer productivity, but determining it is proving elusive.
Tips For Managing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
While the internal developer platform (IDP) concept is still relatively new, some best practices are beginning to emerge.
3 Steps to Secure Your CI/CD Pipelines
Palo Alto Networks’ Daniel Krivelevich shares a general three-step framework organizations can use to secure the CI/CD pipeline and surrounding areas.
Innersourcing Open Source Principles in the Enterprise
Open source cultural principles are now permeating the enterprise – a movement known as innersource. Here’s why.
Should You Measure Developer Productivity?
Bill Doerrfeld explores whether you can actually measure developer productivity and, more importantly, if you should.
Tips for Increasing Developer Velocity in the AI Age
AI has been a boon for automatic code generation, but the code doesn’t matter if you can’t deploy it into production efficiently.
Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Reference Architectures
IDPs have been the talk of the town. But what does an IDP actually look like? Bill Doerrfeld explains.
Low-Code and AI: Friends or Foes?
Does the rise of large language models (LLMs) represent an existential threat to the status quo of low-code development?
Most Organizations Benefit From a Mature Cloud Strategy
HashiCorp’s State of Cloud Strategy Survey found increased cloud maturity equated to increased overall value.
How to Prevent Zombie APIs
There is a growing reliance on web APIs. A full 92% of organizations plan to increase their investments into APIs over the next year, the 2023 Postman State of the API Report found. APIs are powering everything from internal microservices strategies to partner strategies and fully-fledged products. Yet, this newfound API sprawl has consequences; a […]
State of API Report Highlights Productization and Generative AI
Postman’s fifth annual State of the API report sheds light on the ongoing API productization movement and API developers’ use of generative AI.
Key Insights From the Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey
Stack Overflow’s 2023 developer survey reveals insights into programming language and tooling preferences and the use of AI in the development workflow. Here’s what these trends could mean for DevOps.
How to Avoid Risk When Using Multiple Low-Code Platforms
Organizations are still increasing their use of low-code/no-code (LCNC). But this adoption isn’t always consolidated around one tool—frequently, multiple low-code/no-code platforms are used under the same roof. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2024, 75% of large enterprises will be using at least four low-code development tools for both IT application development and citizen development […]
Leaders in Resilience See ROI From Observability
Observability is touted to advance the application monitoring practices of yesteryear, but are investments paying off?