Industrialised Software Ecosystem Subversion and the Weaponisation of Invisible Unicode Executive Summary The early months of 2026 marked a pivotal escalation in the sophistication of software supply chain antagonism, characterised by a coordinated, multi-ecosystem offensive targeting the global development community.…
Read moreTL:DR: This is a Developing Situation and I will try to update it as we dissect more. If you’d prefer the remediation protocol directly, you can head to the bottom. In case you want to understand the anatomy of the…
Read moreIntroduction: Dependency Dangers in the Developer Ecosystem Modern software development is fuelled by open-source packages, ranging from Python (PyPI) and JavaScript (npm) to PHP (phar) and pip modules. These packages have revolutionised development cycles by providing reusable components, thereby accelerating…
Read moreElastic’s Return to Open Source: The Knight is back to the Pavilion Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch, recently decided to revert to an open-source licensing model after four years of operating under a proprietary license. This decision reflects a shift…
Read moreIn a move announced on March 20th, 2024, Redis, the ubiquitous in-memory data store, sent shockwaves through the tech world with a significant shift in its licensing model. Previously boasting a permissive BSD license, Redis transitioned to a dual-license approach,…
Read moreBuilding a Log-Management & Analytics Solution for Your StartUp Background: As described in an earlier post, I run the Engineering at an early stage #traveltech #startup called Itilite. So, one of my responsibility is to architect, build and manage the cloud…
Read moreLast week, DataStax announced that it was jettisoning its role in maintaining the Planet Cassandra community resource site, even as the project lead, Jonathan Ellis, made it known that DataStax would be doubling down on its commercial product, rather than…
Read moreGitHub will release as open source the GitHub Load Balancer (GLB), its internally developed load balancer. GLB was originally built to accommodate GitHub’s need to serve billions of HTTP, Git, and SSH connections daily. Now the company will release components…
Read morePartnerships that could shape the internet of things for years are being forged just as enterprises fit IoT into their long-term plans. As a vast majority of organisations have included #IoT as part of their strategic plans for the next two…
Read moreThe startup today introduced an issue tracking feature for its fast-growing code hosting platform that promises to help development teams organize the features, enhancements and other items on their to-do lists more effectively. The GitLab Issue Board is a sleek…
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