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Check out Ken Ahrens and Scott Moore as they discuss some blockers of developer productivity when building in Kubernetes, and how removing environment and data challenges can reduce toil and frustration! You can catch the full podcast on Scott’s page here: Scott Moore: Hey everybody out there in internet meme land. It’s time to hide your kids and hide your wife because it’s time for the SMC Journal podcast. Some of you will get that joke. Others will not.

If you’re a software developer, you can’t avoid Linux. Created by Linus Torvalds, Linux is the preferred OS for most servers and the environment in which many popular development tools run best. While you don’t need to know everything about Linux, learning the top Linux commands is a valuable investment of your time. With this post, you’ll have a handy guide to the Linux commands most often used.

Every slowdown in your application can be traced to specific components like a database or an API, and quickly identifying the source aids the troubleshooting process. But when an API is underperforming, it may be difficult to tell whether the issue is with the API logic itself or an external service like a database that it interacts with before sending responses.

As software development evolves, test automation plays an increasingly significant role in improving efficiency and quality. This is particularly true in the field of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), where CI CD test automation has become a crucial component. Recent data from the CDF highlights the impact of these practices. Developers using CI/CD tools are consistently outperforming their peers, with at least a 15% higher likelihood of being top performers.

In the fast-paced world of software development, quality assurance (QA) and DevOps are crucial for delivering reliable and high-performing applications. This article covers 21 essential QA statistics highlighting the importance of DevOps testing. The software testing industry now exceeds $45 billion, reflecting its critical role. Key trends include continuous testing, automation, and advanced tools. These statistics showcase the practices that enhance software development.

API testing is a vital part of the development lifecycle. In this comparison piece, you’ll compare Speedscale and Hypertest and show where they stand in terms of API testing.

DORA’s 2023 State of DevOps report affirms that 84% of the surveyed organizations use at least one DevOps practice in their development workflows, and the most common integration for 80% of the companies was the CI/CD pipeline. Further, Gartner’s recent survey reported that industrial cloud platforms will emerge as a business necessity for around 50% of organizations by 2028.