Quality assurance, or QA, is one of the go-to solutions for organizations looking to enhance their application security (AppSec). But alone, they don’t provide enough coverage and can give your team a false sense of security that comes back to haunt you during audits, or worse: after a breach. QA…

The popularity of open source libraries isn’t dwindling anytime soon. They’re critical for developer functionality, allowing teams of developers like yours to work faster so they can meet tight deadlines they face on the regular. But some developers may not fully understand the risks that come from…

If you’re a software engineer you’ve probably seen one or two of your colleagues graduate from Senior Developer to Developer Manager – some with the sobering realization that managing a team of developers requires significant cross-functional skillsets. Foundationally, to be a successful Developer…

In their book Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (2008), Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory wrote that one of the most important factors for success in software development is feedback. “Feedback is a core agile value. The short iterations of agile are designed to provide…

If you know the term “nightly build,” chances are you’ve been a part of that process before. A nightly build - or code compiled overnight from previously checked code - is a foundational way to find flaws or issues that arise from changes made during long build processes. But while a staple in…

“Make it work, make it right, make it fast.” These words from renowned software engineer Kent Beck will always ring true for developers, especially with the pace of development picking up, not slowing down. A GitLab survey from last year showed nearly half (43 percent) of respondents deploy…