Sourcegraph and Dimensional Research have released a survey of developers at large organizations, which shows a massive growth in codebase size, number of repositories in use and complexity concerns. “The Emergence of Big Code – A 2020 Survey of Software Professionals” is definitely intriguing reading, and a few of the results are eye-opening—such as the […]
LightStep Unveils APM for Microservices
Various forms of application performance management (APM) platforms have been around for some time. But with the rise of microservices many IT organizations are discovering that legacy APM platforms were not designed to handle the volume of software modules or the rate at which those modules are updated. But LightStep, a startup founded by former […]
Big DevOps: Too Slow to Win?
There’s DevOps. And then there’s Big DevOps. DevOps is a set of disciplines that accelerates time-to-value for digital deliverables. It is being embraced by all kinds of companies, from pure-play digital market disrupters to mainstream corporates trying to maintain competitive parity with their mobile apps. Big DevOps is something else entirely. Big DevOps resembles mainstream […]