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The Hidden Cost of Code: How to Build Energy-Efficient CI/CD Pipelines
You will not find a smokestack on any CI/CD pipeline, nor a carbon meter in the corner of your screen to pass quiet judgment on the build. Yet the energy use is no less real. Every server running a test suite, every virtual machine at work on some compilation, every container image that is stored is an electricity consumer. Multiply that by the thousands of pipelines a development team puts through the system in a month and the costs mount up.
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News: Windows 11 26H2 Focuses on Productivity and Security
Microsoft is preparing the next major update to Windows 11, version 26H2, with a strong emphasis on productivity, security, and system management rather than major visual redesigns. The update introduces practical improvements, including greater taskbar customization, a refined Start menu, enhanced Windows Update controls, and a new Administrator Protection feature designed to reduce the risks associated with elevated user privileges.
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Emergent Raises $70 Million to Expand No-Code Software Development for Businesses
Emergent has raised $70 million in new funding as it looks to accelerate the adoption of no-code software development across enterprise and mid-market organizations. The investment underscores growing demand for platforms that allow non-technical users to build, deploy, and scale applications without writing traditional code.
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Microsft announced expansion
Microsoft has announced a significant expansion of its GitHub Copilot platform, introducing new enterprise-focused capabilities aimed at improving developer productivity and code quality. The update reflects Microsoft’s continued investment in AI-assisted software development tools as demand grows across large organizations.
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Microsoft has announced a significant expansion of its GitHub Copilot platform, introducing new enterprise-focused capabilities aimed at improving developer productivity and code quality. The update reflects Microsoft’s continued investment in AI-assisted software development tools as demand grows across large organizations. The latest enhancements include deeper integration with enterprise codebases, improved context awareness, and expanded support for multi-file code generation. These features allow developers to generate more accurate and relevant code suggestions based on broader project context, rather than isolated snippets. Additionally, new governance controls have been introduced, enabling organizations to better manage security, compliance, and usage policies. Microsoft also highlighted improvements in Copilot’s ability to assist with debugging and documentation, two areas that traditionally require significant developer time. By automating routine coding tasks, the platform aims to reduce development cycles and allow engineers to focus on higher-value work. The expansion underscores a broader trend in the software industry, where AI tools are becoming integral to the development lifecycle. For enterprise teams, the ability to scale development efforts while maintaining code quality is increasingly critical. As organizations continue to adopt AI-driven development practices, tools like GitHub Copilot are expected to play a central role in shaping how software is built, tested, and maintained in modern environments.
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DevOps in App Development - Tools and Techniques for Automating, Maintaining Uptime, and Cost Control
Over the years, app and software development has grown to be a more well-known and appreciated process that has transformed how people live and work. More people are joining the never-ending train of learning to code and build apps and software for…
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Top 10 Best Website Development Technologies for 2024
Web development is evolving faster than a meme goes viral, thanks to the ever-changing landscape of technology. Staying ahead isn't just an advantage; it's a necessity for web developers, project managers, and product owners who want to avoid becoming the digital equivalent of Myspace.
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How I fell in love with test-driven development Part #2
Part 1 of this article is here, and in that part we covered the basics of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and focused on why we don’t need to double the effort for implementing TDD, even if we need to write tests first before adding new features.
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How To Integrate ChatGPT Into A Website
Now that ChatGPT is all the rage as a standalone get answers and generate content machine; people and developers are asking the next logical question – how can I integrate ChatGPT into my website?
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Great Freelance Developer Traits
ScreamingBox works with hundreds of freelancers, and I have had the opportunity to work with and/or interview with a lot of them. Of course, people are generally very different, but there are a few characteristics that I’ve noticed that spectacular freelancers possess. In the following four points, you’ll find out what attributes are needed in order to be an efficient and evolving freelancer.
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Have the Latest Trends in the Development Industry Helped or Hurt Developers?
AI taking over the Earth, the changing needs of companies to actually make a profit, less capital investment due to rising interest rates, robots making hamburgers and a new productivity tool coming out every day. What are developers going to do about the future?
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6 Essential AI Tools For Code Documentation And Why You Need Them More Than You Think You Do
A new client calls, the World is ending, we are all going to be destroyed, must quickly fix this code that some long gone developer wrote 4 years ago or the comet will hit the Earth and end it all… Tick, tick, tick the clock goes, as the developers look at this code…
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