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Unlocking Git's Power with GitLens: A Visual Studio Code Extension Guide

In the dynamic world of software development, where collaboration and version control are paramount, it’s important to have the right tools to be able to support you. GitLens is a powerful Visual Studio Code extension that can help shed light on the intricacies of your Git workflow. In this blog post, we will introduce you to GitLens and some of its amazing features.

Succeeding with Backstage 4: Backstage as Part of a Broader Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) Initiative

This final article in the “Succeeding with Backstage” series focuses on how you can incorporate Backstage as part of a broader developer productivity engineering (DPE) initiative. The previous parts dealt with customizing the look and feel of Backstage, creating and maintaining custom plugins, and improving Backstage adoption.

Advanced Search Capabilities in SharePoint Online

When you enter a query in SharePoint Online‘s search box, you are tapping into a complex system designed to interpret your needs and retrieve the most relevant content. It’s a system built not only to understand what you’re looking for but also to respect the security and organization of your company’s data. By mastering SharePoint Online’s advanced search capabilities, you unlock the potential to transform vast data stores into actionable insights swiftly.

AI for Software Development | Dharmesh Shah: The Future of Software, GitKon 2023

"The future opportunity is not having generative AI generate something for human consumption, it's having it generate things for computer consumption." Dharmesh breaks down what he believes is the next biggest advancement in software development (and beyond) – using AI to transform ideas from our brains.

The Future of Serverless is AI WebAssembly by Matt Butcher - Navigate Europe 23

Join Matt Butcher as he explores the future of serverless computing, unveiling the power of WebAssembly and AI inferencing on Fermyon's innovative platform. Learn about the evolution from virtual machines and containers to serverless functions, understand serverless computing from a developer's perspective, and discover how Fermyon is making AI inferencing more accessible and efficient.

How to Automate Change Management for DevOps

Until fairly recently, software releases happened once or twice a year, maybe once a quarter. This gave IT teams plenty of time to verify and manually sign off on every change before they were released in big batches during a bank holiday weekend or off-peak hours. Typically, they’d produce paperwork to show that all changes had been properly tested, and then those changes would be approved for release in a change advisory board meeting (CAB).

Succeeding with Backstage 1: Customizing the Look and Feel of Backstage

This is the first article in the “Succeeding with Backstage” series. This series is for those with a working Backstage implementation who want to ensure smooth adoption and ongoing successful use of the tool. If you’re still trying to decide if Backstage is for you, you can check out the first article in the “Evaluating Backstage” series.