APIs are incredibly important in today's digital landscape. They play a crucial role in enabling communication and interaction between different software applications, systems, and services. Due to the increasing reliance on APIs, they have gradually become the top target for hackers. As such, enterprises are placing more emphasis on API security to protect the integrity of data and services, build trust and confidence, and mitigate future risks ...

As engineering leaders, we've all become familiar with DORA metrics ... In fact, our industry has started to view success through the lens of DORA metrics. That view is incomplete and, worse, often misunderstood. For a complete view on how to view DORA metrics and use them to improve engineering teams, we need to acknowledge some long-held misinterpretations ...

As a developer ... the expectation for you to maintain velocity and security only keeps growing. The "Shift Left" approach is the outcome and epitome of this accelerated pace of software development. In this instance, tests and validations are conducted early in the development cycle to arrest any risks associated with software quality. This post will unravel the opposite (and perhaps obvious) "Shift Right" concept ...

In May, the world celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), an annual event focused on digital access and inclusion. According to GAAD's website, 98.1% of home pages have at least one Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 failure and approximately 60.9 average errors per home page. Applause found similar results in its Accessibility and Inclusive Design Survey ...

According to a recent Uplevel survey of over 350 software developers, there's a significant disconnect between chief technology officers (CTOs) and their teams. In fact, 30% of respondents said the majority of their problems and roadblocks go unnoticed by engineering leadership ...

Companies are increasingly embracing the power and agility of cloud-based solutions, with more than 20% of their workloads running in the cloud today, with plans to grow more than 50% in the next 18 months. With this accelerated cloud adoption comes inherent challenges and apprehension, as Check Point's 2023 Cloud Security Report reveals. As a result, 76% of organizations are apprehensive about cloud security, and cloud-based attacks are increasing at an alarming rate ...

Low-code and no-code solutions are becoming increasingly popular, particularly for building software. As companies look for ways to lower expenses, IT and DevOps teams are turning to these kinds of solutions to keep up with the pace of innovation while utilizing fewer resources ...