Tag: software

July 5, 2022

I’m often taken aback by the unpolished way that people interview for tech jobs. This is not about lacking skills; this is about candidates not providing an easy way for the interviewing company to understand how skilled they are, what […]

July 5, 2022

When software moved online, so did the documentation. Today, hosted documentation is the norm. But while the formats and delivery methods for documentation have changed, the fundamental goal of explaining software has not. If anything, writing good documentation has become […]

July 5, 2022

Microsoft is working on a smaller and faster Outlook Lite app for Android. The software giant has detailed the app in its Microsoft 365 roadmap, where it describes Outlook Lite as “an Android app that brings the main benefits of […]

July 1, 2022

As so many enterprises confidently add an “s” to their “year” of experience in cloud computing, some traditional IT architecture concepts are beginning to pop back up. These concepts can make or break a cloud deployment, but they’re largely forgotten […]

July 1, 2022

There was a time when you had to choose between creating universal mobile apps and native apps. Universal apps used web technologies like HTML and JavaScript, which often performed badly in mobile devices. Native apps performed better because they were […]

July 1, 2022

Windows 11 comes with more restrictive install requirements when compared to its predecessor, including restrictions on older processors as well as requiring an internet connection and Microsoft account. Luckily, there are workarounds that allow for upgrades to Windows 11 on […]

July 1, 2022

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit that provides numerous services for open source software projects, has announced it will abandon GitHub and has invited others to follow in its footsteps. At the heart of the problem is GitHub Copilot, […]

June 30, 2022

Microsoft .NET 6 is the culmination of the .NET unification that started with .NET 5. Cross-platform .NET 6 merges the .NET Core, .NET Framework, and Xamarin/Mono technologies into a single .NET Framework, unifying the SDK and runtime for desktop, mobile, […]

June 30, 2022

Ecma International has approved the sixth edition of the C# language specification, with language author Microsoft citing a more open process in the development of the specification. Known officially as ECMA-334, the sixth edition of the C# language specification was […]

June 30, 2022

After being tipped off by cybersecurity researchers from Unit 42, a division of Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft has pushed out a patch for a high-severity vulnerability found in Service Fabric. Publishing a blog post(opens in new tab) to explain what […]