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GitHub Actions Gets Serious About Self-Hosted Runner Versions
GitHub is resuming enforcement of minimum version requirements for GitHub Actions self-hosted runners — and this time, the deadlines are firm. After a rocky start that included mul…
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Most Node.js teams rely on CI pipelines to tell them whether their dependencies are secure. By the time that feedback arrives, however, the most important decisions have already been made.
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GitHub is resuming enforcement of minimum version requirements for GitHub Actions self-hosted runners — and this time, the deadlines are firm. After a rocky start that included mul…
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As AI speeds up software delivery, the real bottleneck isn’t scanning or CI. It’s how safely and predictably change moves across tools, teams, and companies. Something strange is h…
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Our latest State of Software Delivery report analyzed more than 28 million CI workflows and found a pattern that should give engineering leaders pause. Average throughput grew 59%…
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As commit velocity increases and the number of active contributors grows, monorepos also introduce significant CI challenges — such as an ever-growing queue of pending changes, fre…
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In today’s world of software development, continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery/deployment (CD), automated testing and infrastructure as a code (IaaC) are cornerstones o…
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If you have issues with Jenkins, look around. There are options. Find the best CI tool for you, not just the most convenient.
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Advances in automated testing have great potential, but there are also downsides to consider as the technology matures.
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Don MacVittie has one request for vendors: Don’t tell us how you can manage other vendors’ tools; tell us how you’re making it easier to manage yours.
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Tool everything, because the software delivery toolchain is now the core of application development and deployment, Don MacVittie advises.
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In several projects of late, I have noted a trend in otherwise rockstar IT departments: They identify an area that they wish to implement or approve and then set out to address it.…
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DevOps is about change. It was introduced to accelerate change, and it has opened up a whole new world of tools and possibilities that are all based on the premise of changing IT.…
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We know that continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) have become a DevOps best practice. And many have learned that by adding continuous testing (CT), they can creat…
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I’ve written about feature flags before, but I think it’s time for a solid bit of advice: “If you are not yet using feature flags for DevOps, it is past time to reconsider.” I say…
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I was talking with some friends the other day, and we got to discussing how inaccurate the word “toolchain” is. We pundits–and even a lot of marketers–use the word toolchain regula…
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When I was a kid learning to play Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the concept of level was never confusing—though the authors should have seen that it very well could be. For those unfam…
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DevOps encompasses a wide variety of technical and social practices for improving the development, delivery and operation of IT systems. Salesforce has become more than a CRM syste…
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One thing that we’re very good at in IT is breaking new ground, coming up with ideas that work astoundingly well, getting broad adoption, then standardizing them for interoperabili…
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Harness announced it has acquired Drone.io, creator of the open source Drone continuous integration (CI) project. Company CEO Jyoti Bansal said Harness, which provides a continuous…
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Simply put, data breaches are terrible news for companies. And, the costs associated with such attacks continue to escalate. A recent IBM-sponsored report found an average price of…
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GitLab, with the release of its 12.0 update, is extending the reach of its namesake continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform to include both cybersecurity profes…
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In a move that should accelerate adoption of best DevOps practices in the enterprise, CloudBees and Atos announced this week that the two are collaborating to advance adoption of c…
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The Linux Foundation announced it will provide the home base for a vendor-neutral Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) committed to making it easier to build and reuse DevOps pipel…
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TL/DR: Highly controlled change is sometimes the best answer. For much of my career, I’ve worked in mainframe shops. I have never worked on a mainframe team, but I have worked clos…