It’s easy to imagine the burden that you, as a developer, can feel rushing to perform your tasks quickly, sometimes forgetting about the amount of confusion you can feel by reading and producing the code so fast. This confusion can cost both time and money and have an awful impact on the project you work on. This state of confusion, which takes place when a developer faces an overwhelming amount of information and multitasks, is not an imaginary sandcastle.

DevOps has already become an integrated part of almost every industry. Whether it’s technology, automotive, healthcare, or any other industry, it’s hard to imagine an organization that doesn’t rely on DevOps. Numbers speak better: the majority of consumers are from the technology sector – 44 %, yet there are a lot of organizations from other industries that depend on DevOps – financial, education, etc.

Oops… Atlassian already ended support for its server products on February 15, 2024. Yet not all Atlassian users have already switched to Atlassian Cloud or Data Center versions. If you still haven’t migrated to the Cloud or upgraded to a Data Center, it’s high time to think over and take action. Why?

The GitProtect version 1.7.0 is on and with it comes a few noticeable changes.

Managing different features and fixes without tangling the core code is crucial. This is where the understanding of branching in GitHub enters the chat. Think of a branch in GitHub as a parallel universe for your project, where you can experiment, develop, and refine new features or fixes, all without impacting the main codebase. It’s a fundamental practice that not only keeps your project organized but also creates a flexible and collaborative development environment.

When it comes to data management in software development you, as a developer, should know how to efficiently download a single GitHub file. Often, devs and project managers need to download individual files for local testing, archival purposes, version comparison, or any other reason you can make up. It can seem daunting. In this article, we will guide you through various methods to download a single file from the GitHub repository, whether it’s public or private repository.

The skill gap is still a thing. Even though big players are making news headlines with ongoing global-scale layoffs – according to the 2023’ Upskilling IT Report almost 1/3 of IT organizations describe the lack of skilled resources as the biggest challenge for the IT leaders. In many cases, the post-pandemic layoffs are the result of excessive hiring during the covid-time.

Remember when you were a child and drew a car with wheels and a body? At most, you added headlights? Imagine today’s drawing. Cars are not run by engines and gears anymore. What lets them onto the road are complex electronics and IT systems. Just to mention live tracking, remote start and stop, remote access, infotainment, temperature control, maintenance scheduling, and autonomous driving capabilities. Cars are now computers on wheels.

We continue our series of DevOps incidents and failures. This time, we stopped our view on GitLab. What incidents made this secure service provider appear in Tech media in 2023? Well, let’s jump at the topic and see what vulnerability flaws and threat incidents GitLab had to deal with to help its users protect their data.