There has never been a better time to be a software developer. There is a language and framework to solve virtually any challenges we encounter. New tools, architectural patterns and methodologies like DevOps and Agile have changed how we work, architect our applications and organize ourselves. This has enabled teams to be nimbler than ever […]
Roadie Adds Scorecard Tool to Backstage SaaS Platform
Roadie today made generally available a tool that automatically tracks and reports how software development teams are performing against engineering standards defined by a DevOps team. The Tech Insights tool is an addition to Roadie’s implementation of the open source Backstage developer portal and is delivered via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Roadie CEO David Tuite […]
Red Hat Unveils Developer Hub to Boost Dev Productivity
At its Red Hat Summit conference today, Red Hat unveiled its Red Hat Developer Hub, a developer portal that provides access to an opinionated set of development tools based on the open source Backstage project. The portal pulls together a set of curated tools and resources so that developers encounter less friction and avoid the […]
Spotify Adds More Plugins for Backstage Developer Portal
Spotify this week added additional plugins for its open source Backstage platform that is used to build developer portals. The new plugins make it simpler to address role-based access and access Insights, a tool from Spotify that tracks Backstage usage trends. In addition, Spotify is also enhancing a Soundcheck plugin for Backstage that is used […]
Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Open Source Backstage Platform
Oxeye today disclosed that it has discovered a critical vulnerability in the open source Backstage software used to build developer portals. Backstage was originally created by Spotify. A 1.5.1 update to the Backstage platform remediated a sandbox escape vulnerability that can occur via a third-party Scaffolder plug-in that could be used to conduct unauthenticated remote […]
Solving the Speed Paradox With Open Source PaaS
The number of DevOps tools keeps growing, as does the number of cloud resources and options to manage those resources. On EC2 alone, AWS offers nearly 400 instance types across storage, networking and operating systems. Complicating this further is that users can choose from machines located in 24 regions and 77 availability zones. This proliferation […]
Spotify Adds Custom Deployment Templates to Service Catalog Project
Spotify has entered the next phase of the open source Backstage catalog project by adding support for templates through which the process of deploying software components now can be automated. Backstage was developed by Spotify to create an open source catalog through which DevOps teams could build portals through which developer tools are centrally managed. […]