Security needs to shift left into the software development lifecycle
Security needs to move from an afterthought to a primary concern in software development. Here's what shifting left looks like for real-world developers.
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Ben Popper
Director of Content
Building a community of open-source documentation contributors
When your open-source project starts getting contributors, it can feel great! But as a project grows, contributors can neglect to document everything.
Agility starts with trust
Top of mind for nearly every leader right now is hiring. Depending on what job board you look at, there are between 100,000 and 300,000 technical roles currently open. It’s an incredibly competitive market for top talent, and when teams are hiring quickly, one of the biggest business risks is agility. Teams can only innovate…
Underscoring (or dunder-scoring) the importance of native type methods in Python
Standard operators make for clean, readable code. With dunder methods, you can add these operators to your own classes.
Empathy for the Dev: Avoiding common pitfalls when communicating with developers
All too often, developers go deep on the wrong things, when writing documentation. A little bit of empathy can get your docs back on track.
The robots are coming for (the boring parts of) your job
Are the robots coming for your job? You’ve heard this question before. But in 2022, with AI increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of most coders, the issue feels more pressing.
Eira May
Content Writer
New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?
Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.
David Gibson
Senior Data Scientist
The Authorization Code grant (in excruciating detail) Part 2 of 2
Previously, I examined OAuth at a high level, including the standards and the grants outlined in the specifications. If you haven’t you may want to read that article. In this post, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of integrating OAuth to protect resources like APIs. While there are a number of different ways to do…
Will chatbots ever live up to the hype?
Chatbots held so much promise as a software tool. But near-future NLP advances will bring them more in line with their hype.
The complete guide to protecting your APIs with OAuth2 (part 1)
OAuth2 is one of the most popular specifications for API authentication today, though wrapping your head around it can be a challenge.