GitHub’s acquisition of npm consolidates the JavaScript ecosystem’s most critical infrastructure under one roof. Here’s why that matters — and what could go wrong.
As the WHO declares a pandemic, open source developers worldwide are mobilizing with tracking dashboards, distributed computing, and collaborative tools at unprecedented speed.
As tech companies start mandating work-from-home policies amid growing COVID-19 concerns, the infrastructure supporting remote work faces its biggest test yet.
Go 1.14 ships with production-ready modules, major runtime improvements, and goroutine preemption. A solid release that addresses real developer pain points.
Three months after selling Docker Enterprise to Mirantis, Docker Inc. is refocusing on developer experience. What does this mean for the container ecosystem?
The Washington Post reveals the CIA secretly owned Crypto AG for decades, selling compromised encryption to governments worldwide. The supply chain trust implications are staggering.
TypeScript 3.8 beta brings ECMAScript private fields, top-level await, and export * as syntax. These features signal where JavaScript itself is heading.
Google’s new Reformer model tackles the massive memory and compute costs of Transformers. For engineers building AI-powered features, this matters more than another benchmark score.
GitHub Actions went generally available in November 2019. Two months in, the migration patterns are becoming clear — and the implications for the CI/CD landscape are significant.
The NSA disclosed CVE-2020-0601, a critical vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI’s certificate validation. The fact that they reported it instead of hoarding it marks a notable shift.