Best Practices and Tools to Improve Efficiency, Quality, and Collaboration Release management is a critical process for DevOps teams to ensure that software applications are deployed quickly and efficiently with minimal disruption. This article will provide an overview of the key concepts involved in successful release management. Release Planning The…

Solana is a revolutionary blockchain platform that enables developers to create smart contracts (programs) that can run various applications and protocols. One of the features of Solana programs is that they are upgradeable by default, meaning that they can be modified or replaced by the program authority — the owner…

As consumer-facing applications continue to evolve, the need for effective platform engineering becomes more important than ever. In today’s fast-paced business landscape, companies must be able to develop, deploy, and maintain their applications quickly and efficiently. Platform engineering plays a vital role in achieving these objectives, providing the tools and…

Did you know that manufacturing electronic devices such as smartphones is an insanely energy-intensive process, accounting for 70–85% of the lifetime carbon footprint of the phone itself? Still, we’re seeing 150 million smartphones discarded every year in the United States alone, amounting to one phone discarded per person every two…

Agile software development is a popular methodology that has revolutionized the way software products are delivered. It is an iterative, collaborative approach that prioritizes rapid development and delivery in response to changing requirements and customer needs. Agile software development focuses on delivering high-quality products in the shortest amount of time…

Reliance on Web2 infrastructures undermines the core principles of Web3 — The Web3 ecosystem is still in its infancy, but it is clear that it will be a game changer. Decentralization is a revolutionary concept with the potential to create a fairer, more secure, and more equitable internet. But the problem is that many Web3 projects are still being built with…

Getting started with automating smoke tests — Smoke testing is an integral part of a CI/CD setup and can help you reach your goals more quickly. In this blog post, you’ll learn more about smoke testing and how it may help you find issues in your CI/CD pipeline. We’ll also give you some pointers on how to…

A CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) pipeline would be incomplete without test automation. It helps ensure that code updates do not break existing functionality and that new features fulfill quality standards. However, implementing test automation in a CI/CD pipeline can be difficult, particularly for teams new to the process…

Parallel testing is a software testing technique that involves running multiple tests at the same time to reduce the overall time required to complete the testing process. When done correctly, running tests in parallel can accelerate the testing process by an order of magnitude and provide feedback on code changes…