OpenAI announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Astral, the startup behind some of Python community’s most popular open-source developer tools. The acquisition marks further escalation in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted development market, which has led to a coding war between OpenAI and its primary rivals, including Anthropic and the […]
For Engineers, Meetings Waste Time and Money
Meetings can be the lifeblood of any organization, allowing coworkers to check in with one another, exchange ideas and solve problems. But, for engineers moving up the career ladder, the mounting number of meetings expected of engineering managers can end up being a distraction that does more harm than good. Research from Clockwise recently examined […]
Report Finds Software Engineering Productivity Gains
An analysis of the time 23,000 software engineers spent working in 2021 that was published this week by Jellyfish, a provider of an engineering management platform (EMP), finds cycle times on average were down to 12.6 days, representing a 12.3% decline over 2020. The report, however, also finds commits were down 4% year-over-year, while the […]
Bridging the Gap Between ITSM and Software Engineering
Considering the individual roles of IT service management (ITSM) and software engineers, it seems obvious they should work closely together. ITSM tracks internal and external customer issues and engineering fixes code-related issues (such as defects) that IT cannot fix on its own. However, more often than not, coordination between these two departments is poor, which—critically—undermines […]
Reasons Why DevOps May Not Work for You
DevOps is a great way for many organizations to optimize software design and delivery. Yet, like every other technological innovation in history, DevOps is not perfect. Here are some examples of drawbacks associated with DevOps. By no means do I think DevOps is a bad idea in general. I want to be very clear about that. […]