Oracle maintains an ambitious release schedule for new versions of Java, having one fixed release every six months. Although frequent, only some versions are considered long-term support, which means they’ll have premium maintenance for three years. In this article, I review some of the language additions between Java 12 and 17, for anyone interested in what’s been happening since Java 11. By Christopher Bielak Oracle maintains an ambitious release schedule for new versions of Java, having one fixed release every six months. Although frequent, only some versions are considered long-term support, which means they’ll have premium maintenance for three years. In this article, I review some of the language additions between Java 12 and 17, for anyone interested in what’s been happening since Java 11. By Christopher BielakRead More
An Overview of Twitter’s Security Key Implementation
Recently, Twitter migrated their internal workforce accounts from legacy two-factor authentication (2FA) to physical security keys. Aimed at preventing phishing attacks, the security keys can identify malicious sites by leveraging the FIDO and WebAuthn security standards. By Aditya Kulkarni Recently, Twitter migrated their internal workforce accounts from legacy two-factor authentication (2FA) to physical security keys. Aimed at preventing phishing attacks, the security keys can identify malicious sites by leveraging the FIDO and WebAuthn security standards. By Aditya KulkarniRead More
AWS Re-Launches Amazon Inspector with New Architecture and Features
Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure. It was first launched in 2015, and during the recent re:Invent 2021, AWS re-launched it with brand new architecture and a host of new features such as container-based workloads, integration with Amazon Event Bridge, and Security Hub. By Steef-Jan Wiggers Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure. It was first launched in 2015, and during the recent re:Invent 2021, AWS re-launched it with brand new architecture and a host of new features such as container-based workloads, integration with Amazon Event Bridge, and Security Hub. By Steef-Jan WiggersRead More
Article: Safe and Fast Deploys at Planet Scale
At QCon Plus, Mathias Schwarz, a software engineer at Uber, presented safe and fast deploys at planet scale. Uber is a big business and has several different products. They are, in most cases, deployed to dozens or hundreds of markets all over the world. By Mathias Schwarz At QCon Plus, Mathias Schwarz, a software engineer at Uber, presented safe and fast deploys at planet scale. Uber is a big business and has several different products. They are, in most cases, deployed to dozens or hundreds of markets all over the world. By Mathias SchwarzRead More
Podcast: Real-World Experiences Adopting the Accelerate Metrics
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nikolaus Huber of Reservix and Vladyslav Ukis of Siemens Healthineers about the application of the Accelerate metrics in their teams. By Nikolaus Huber, Vladyslav Ukis In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nikolaus Huber of Reservix and Vladyslav Ukis of Siemens Healthineers about the application of the Accelerate metrics in their teams. By Nikolaus Huber, Vladyslav UkisRead More


