Lawrence E. Hecht
The New Stack
New Jersey, United States
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Devs Most Likely to Learn Go and Rust in 2023, Survey Says
The report by JetBrains also indicated that three of every four technologists now work mostly from home and collaborate more on their code than they did in 2021. → Read More
What TNS Readers Want in 2023: More DevOps, API Coverage
The New Stack's annual reader survey revealed which topics are hot among technologists who work at scale, and which are becoming yesterday's news. #APIs #DevOps #cloudnative #platformengineering #serverless → Read More
What's Data Governance? Tech and Business Don't Agree
Half of IT respondents to a new survey said data governance means conveyed data in terms of a relatable business context, but 30% of business professionals disagreed. → Read More
VMware, Kasten, Portworx Tops Kubernetes Backup Poll
Fifty-six percent of participants in a new survey who report running at least 50 nodes of Kubernetes deployments couldn't name a leader in K8s backup and data protection, report a New Stack survey. → Read More
Java Usage Keeps Climbing, According to New Survey
Python, Rust and Kotlin also saw boosts in popularity compared to 2020 among the 26,000 developers worlhwide surveyed by Slash Data. #programming #Rust #Python #Java #Kotlin → Read More
Low-Code Tools Improve Devs' Work-Life Balance, Survey Finds
Seventy-one percent of low-code tool users said they are able to stick to a 40-hour work week, compared with 44% of devs that don't use the tech. → Read More
More Database, Analytics Workloads Ran on Kubernetes in 2022
More than three in four participants in the new Data on Kubernetes survey now acknowledge the use of databases on Kubernetes, up from 50% in 2021. #Kubernetes #dataonK8s #DoK → Read More
WebAssembly Users a Mix of Backend and Full Stack Developers
WebAssembly is cultivating a diverse user-base, with backend devs using WASM for cloud native work, and full-stack devs deploying it for Web development. → Read More
Tech Job Ads Up 52% Since First Half of 2021, Says Study
Despite high-profile layoffs and hiring freezes, the demand for technologists — especially backend and data engineers — remains strong, says a DIce report. → Read More
More Data Engineers Crave FAANG Jobs
Fifty-five percent in a new survey said they are more likely than before Covid-19 to seek a job at Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix or Google. #FAANG #techjobs #datajobs #techcareers → Read More
IT Pros Trust Open Frameworks and Clouds Over Third Parties
Despite competitors’ claims, cloud service providers and open source frameworks are seen as effective for risk management, reports the Cloud Security Alliance. → Read More
Cybersecurity Apprenticeships Don’t Address Core Issues
There's a shortage of security professionals, but recent studies show that hands-on experience is more highly valued than academic degrees in the field, and apprenticeships may not lead to cybersecurity roles. → Read More
Where Do Data Practitioners Prefer to Collaborate? GitHub
Although the collaboration tools space is getting more crowded, machine learning and data practitioners still prefer GitHub to other tools, says the latest survey by Kaggle. → Read More
Adoption and Developer Pay Do Not Align, New Data Suggests
Working with some of the coolest programming languages don't always result in the highest salary raises, according to Stack Overflow's latest developer survey. → Read More
Cloud Native Security Hasn’t Solved Compliance Challenges
Eight-four percent of participants in a new survey by Tigera said they found it challenging to meet compliance regulations for cloud native applications. → Read More
Bad News for Cloud Computing: OpenStack Use Plummets and Discounts Dry Up
Multi-cloud use is up, though OpenStack and Google Anthos and bare metal deployments seem to be stagnating. → Read More
Privacy Gains Prominence as an API Security Concern
Cyberwar gets the headlines, but exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) via APIs is just as menacing for most companies. More often than even stopping attacks, identifying which APIs expose PII or sensitive data is named as an important attribute desired in an API security platform according to Salt Security's latest State of API Security report. → Read More
Using APIs with Low-Code Tools: 9 Best Practices –
Low- and no-code tools can speed up software development. But how do you make sure they work with the APIs you need, and don't create new headaches? #lowcode #nocode #security #APIs #developers → Read More
Multicloud Not Growing Rapidly for Okta
How many Okta customers are using more than one cloud. → Read More
Burning Down the House: Quantifying the Impact of Log4j
The survey of 428 IT and security leaders conducted between Dec. 3 and 22 demonstrates that people believe the Log4j vulnerability (publicly revealed on Dec. 10) had an immediate impact. As reported in 2022 Software Supply Chain Security Report, only 22% of the study participants before the Log4j incident reported a moderate or significant impact […] → Read More