Month January 2026

This article was brought to you by Cameron Pavey, draft.dev. Developer experience (DevEx) directly correlates with engineering performance, which in turn drives competitive advantage.  And yet many software engineering teams continue to operate on legacy CI/CD platforms that create unnecessary…

The Early Access Program (EAP) for Rider 2026.1 has just begun, and the first preview build for the upcoming major release is already out.  There are several ways for you to get your hands on the first preview build: Download…

The Foundation I am not starting from scratch. I have 8 years of professional experience in IT Operations and VIP Support. I know what happens when servers crash. I know the pressure of being an IT Admin in a high-demand…

I’ve been working on a small project called Hova. Hova is a DSL focused on** describing game worlds, entities and universe structures** in a clean and declarative way. It is not a game engine, and it doesn’t execute logic or…

I’ve been working on a small project called Hova. Hova is a DSL focused on** describing game worlds, entities and universe structures** in a clean and declarative way. It is not a game engine, and it doesn’t execute logic or…

After years of using our command-line tools to track CVEs, we built CVE-Alert – a free web-based platform that monitors security vulnerabilities and sends email alerts for the vendors and products you actually use. Introducing CVE-Alert: Free Real-Time Vulnerability Tracking…

In the previous article, we plotted a surface using inputs related to Petal Width and Sepal Width to predict whether the species is Setosa or not. Let’s continue with the remaining steps. After plotting the bent surface, we need to…

You’re invited to IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 – a free online conference for developers working across the JVM ecosystem. Join us for two days of in-depth technical talks, practical insights, and conversations with experts who build and shape modern Java…

It’s 2026. We are operating in an era of incredible technological leaps, where advanced tooling and AI-enhanced workflows have fundamentally transformed how we design, build, and bridge the gap between the two. The web is moving faster than ever, with…

From Hidden Magic to Clean, Explicit Architecture Since their introduction in EF Core, Global Query Filters have offered a powerful idea: define cross-cutting query rules once, and apply them automatically everywhere. In theory, this reduces repetition and enforces consistency. In…