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10 Best Internal Developer Portals to Consider in 2023

In a world characterized by complex software and fast-paced development cycles, Internal Developer Portals have become increasingly vital. Unlike Internal Developer Platforms, which are more focused on the code-to-cloud deployment pipeline, an Internal Developer Portal acts as a centralized hub for a multitude of resources, tools, and APIs that developers require throughout the software development lifecycle.

AI adoption for software: a guide to learning, tool selection, and delivery

This post was written with valuable contributions from Michael Webster, Kira Muhlbauer, Tim Cheung, and Ryan Hamilton. Remember the advent of the internet in the 90s? Mobile in the 2010s? Both seemed overhyped at the start, yet in each case, fast-moving, smart teams were able to take these new technologies at their nascent stage and experiment to transform their businesses. This is the moment we’re in with artificial intelligence. The technology is here.

Heroku Monitoring: What To Look For In Your Addons

Heroku is a cloud-based platform that supports multiple programming languages. It functions as a Platform as a Service (PaaS), allowing developers to effortlessly create, deploy, and administer cloud-based applications. With its compatibility with languages like Java, Node.js, Scala, Clojure, Python, PHP, and Go, Heroku has become the preferred choice for developers who desire powerful and adaptable cloud capabilities.

Build a CIS hardened Ubuntu Pro server image on the AWS Console

Learn how to elevate the security of your Ubuntu servers by creating a CIS-hardened Ubuntu Pro AMI using only the AWS web console. Join Canonical Public Cloud Alliance Director Carlos Bravo in this step-by-step tutorial as he walks through the hardening process utilizing the Ubuntu Security Guide (USG) tool to ensure your system's security aligns with industry standards including CIS and DISA-STIG.

Intro to Speedscale

Speedscale is a Y-Combinator backed startup that helps Kubernetes engineering teams build resilient and performant containerized apps. Our production traffic replication platform is a more reliable, cost-effective, and scalable way to test and deliver cloud-native software applications. Unlike other tools, we use agents/sidecars to record and playback sanitized traffic that you see in prod. With Speedscale, engineers can generate load, simulate production conditions, and mock third party backends modeled after real traffic patterns.

Building a Forge app in Bitbucket Cloud | Atlassian

Atlassian’s product extensibility framework, Forge, enables customers to extend the native capabilities of Atlassian products, like Bitbucket Cloud, to perfectly meet the needs of their unique organisation. Using Forge, software teams can use the skills they already possess to enhance the native functionality of Bitbucket Cloud to create the perfect DevOps tools for their needs.

Rescue Struggling Pods from Scratch

Containers are an amazing technology. They provide huge benefits and create useful constraints for distributing software. Golang-based software doesn’t need a container in the same way Ruby or Python would bundle the runtime and dependencies. For a statically compiled Go application, the container doesn’t need much beyond the binary.

Webinar: Still using spreadsheets to track your services? You need a developer portal.

Back by popular demand, Ganesh Datta will cover Developer Portals and why users look to Cortex for running efficient engineering teams. Developer portals have become increasingly important to run an efficient engineering team especially as the number of services or engineers scale. Learn more about why companies adopt developer portals, how to maximize their impact, and how they can help your team reduce the organizational complexity that comes with running a service oriented architecture.