Micro front ends on the Microsoft web platform
Breaking up monolithic code into clusters of services and microservices has been a good thing. It has allowed us to refactor our code and find the bottlenecks and blockers. In some cases, that’s led us back to new, streamlined monoliths, in other ca...
Microsoft touts AI Dev Gallery for Windows
Microsoft is championing its AI Dev Gallery, now available as an open source app intended to help Windows developers integrate AI capabilities within their own projects and apps. Initially announced as a project in December 2024, AI Dev Gallery was hi...
The wonderful world of Linux package managers
One of the strong points of Linux has always been how solid the experience of installing and managing software is. Contrarily to what happens in the Windows and macOS world, software on Linux is obtained through something called a package manager, a pi...
Puppet devsecops updated to deal with security maladies
Perforce has updated its Puppet Enterprise Advanced platform for devsecops to offer more advanced remediation options with the goal of reducing risk in an era of AI-powered security threats. Announced on April 22, the 2025.2 release of the platform fo...
Fix Coming for Window Button Bug in Ubuntu 25.04
If you installed Ubuntu 25.04 (or upgraded from 24.10 before the gate was closed due to various pernickety issues) you might have noticed that window buttons in GTK apps. Ubuntu user Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes certainly did, filing bug report to report t...
ASF Plus One Newsletter: April 2025
The ASF has elected a new Board of Directors and welcomed 45 new members as we ready ourselves for FY2025 that kicks off May 1. While the CFPs for Community Over Code NA and Asia have closed, applications for travel assistance are still being accepted....
Apple fined for €500 million by EC, Facebook for €200 million
The European Commission has levied fines against both Apple and Facebook for violating the Digital Markets Act. Apple has to pay a €500 million fine, and Facebook a €200 million fine. Apple is breaking EU law by not allowing application developers ...