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Open source projects produce software, but they’re run by people, says Ben Cotton. Moreover, he notes, “people are dynamic and sometimes unpredictable. The more people are involved, the more unpredictable the project becomes.”
And, that’s where program managers can help. “As a program manager, you...
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Open source projects are all about collaboration, and the process really shines when the tools support teamwork, says Peter Wayner.
In this article, Wayner covers eight tools that can help boost your team's collaborative efforts, including: Jitsi, Zulip, and Mattermost.
Learn more at InfoWorld.
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The Sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient math algorithm created by Eratosthenes of Cyrene, explains Divine Orji, which is used to find all prime numbers between 0 and a given limit.
Basically, Orji says, “the algorithm loops through all numbers between 0 and our input....
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Steampipe is an open source tool that translates REST API calls directly into SQL tables, says Jon Udell. Or, as the Steampipe docs say: “Steampipe exposes APIs and services as a high-performance relational database, giving you the ability to write SQL-based queries to explore...
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Jenkins is an open source automation server that reliably builds, tests, and deploys software. Jenkins also comes with its own intuitive UI that allows you to create new jobs, schedule the execution of existing jobs, navigate into defined jobs on the system, and more.
However,...
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Brain.js is a JavaScript library for deploying a neural network in the browser or on Node.js, writes Richard MacManus. “It uses a computer’s graphics processing unit (GPU) for calculations, or pure JavaScript when GPU isn’t available.”
A key benefit of Brain.js, says MacManus, lies in...
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Software has an impact on climate change, say Martin Lippert and Ben Linders. “The more you look into the details of software, the more aspects you identify that cause greenhouse gas emissions — directly or indirectly.” For example, they note:
The hardware that is used...
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A new open source framework aims to break down data silos that block security efforts and help organizations more effectively detect and deal with cyberattacks.
The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) project, led by AWS and Splunk, “is an open standard that can be adopted...
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BigScience has released BLOOM, “an open source language model that they claim is as powerful as OpenAI’s GPT-3, but free and open for anyone to use,” reports Kyle Wiggers.
Open source BLOOM, which is released under the Responsible AI License (RAIL), is described on...
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Chris Krebs believes that information security will get worse before it gets better, reports Carrie Pallardy.
In his keynote presentation at Black Hat USA 2022, Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), examined the current state of cybersecurity and discussed...
