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The Real Problem with Software Development

O'Reilly

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet that said “Writing code isn’t the problem. That statement nicely summarizes what makes software development difficult. Anyone who works in programming has seen the source code for some project evolve from something short, sweet, and clean to a seething mass of bits. Controlling complexity is.”

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DevOps automation: From event-driven automation to answer-driven automation [with causal AI]

Dynatrace

The evolution of DevOps automation Since the concept of DevOps emerged around 2007 and 2008 in response to pain points with Agile development, DevOps automation has been continuously evolving. For example, consider an e-commerce website that automatically sends personalized discount codes to customers who abandon their shopping carts.

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Interacting with Open Source for HammerDB Code and Documentation

HammerDB

When you install it you accept the license agreement and once installed there is a file called LICENSE headed GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 – so you know that the code is open source under GPLv3.

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Happy 15th, Tasktop! Happy 5th, Tasktop Hub!

Tasktop

January 17, 2007: Dr. Mik Kersten, Dr. Gail Murphy and Robert Elves founded Tasktop. Just to put it in context, here are some other highlights from 2007: Apple iPhone was announced and launched. years old when Marc Andreessen announced that Software is Eating the World. Offload your brain to code at the speed of thought” .

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. Many open source proponents, including the Open Source Initiative (OSI) , do not consider software under the SSPL to be open source. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.

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Using the Transparent Data Encryption Extension PG_TDE With PostgreSQL

Percona

deb package, or as source code on github. This is open source software, and the old adage about having many eyeballs on the code to ensure its quality is applicable here, as Percona wants your input. Please let us know what you like and what you dislike about PG_TDE, and let Percona know about any issues you discover.

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MSMQ is dead

Particular Software

So as a company dedicated to making our customers better at building, maintaining, and running complex software systems, it's basically impossible for us to recommend building a new system using MSMQ. We simply couldn't risk taking complete ownership in that code that would be required to support it for our customers.