Is the blockchain just a hype? Can it offer an exponential benefit above other existing technologies? It’s safe to say that blockchain is not going away, so people working in tech should have (at least) a base-level understanding of how this technology works. This infographic sums up the findings on blockchain’s importance and future.

API integration is one of the most critical aspects of application development today, according to The State of the API Integration report 2017. Even if you agree or not, you can’t deny that there has been an explosion of APIs recently. Let’s have a look at the trends that are set to affect APIs and application integration.

Massimo Ferrari, Management Strategy Director at Red Hat believes that automation is one of the most powerful technologies in IT. Should we embrace automation or should we fight it? What are its advantages, disadvantages and misconceptions? Is automation alone enough to steer the digital transformation journey in the right direction? Let’s find out!

Let’s take a break from analyzing the top programming languages and focus on the most searched (and possibly popular) IDEs instead. According to PYPL index, the top three most searched IDEs this month (compared to 2016) are Visual Studio, Eclipse and Android Studio. Read on to see if your favorite IDE has been included in PYPL’s August Top IDE Index.

Women are underrepresented in the tech sector —myth or reality? In addition to the Women in Tech survey, we also launched a diversity series aimed at bringing the most inspirational and powerful women in the tech scene to your attention. Today, we’d like you to meet Sara Inés Calderón, director and Austin Evangelist at Women Who Code Austin.

Companies are racing to find programmers capable of coding for ML and deep learning but, as Googlers Nikhil Thorat and Daniel Smilkov point out, “the development of ML systems is often restricted to those with computational resources and the technical expertise to work with commonly available ML libraries.” Enter deeplearn.js, an open source JavaScript library for machine learning.

The second milestone release for Kotlin 1.2 was announced less than a week ago but now it’s time for Kotlin 1.1.4 to shine. Read on to find out what’s new and what has been improved.

Swift 4 will be released later this year but what about Swift 5? Ted Kremenek, ‎Senior Manager, Languages and Runtimes at Apple encourages you to submit your proposals for Swift 5 and reveals the core themes and focus areas for it.

You might already be familiar with TestFX so you’re probably wondering why FX-Test was created. Well, you should know there are multiple reasons why the latter was created. Keep in mind that there are no releases yet.

Jenkins is still one of the most widely used tools in the area of ​​continuous delivery. Why? In this interview from DevOpsCon 2017 in Berlin, we interviewed Gianluca Arbezzano about the strengths and weaknesses of Jenkins, Docker, and the future of container technology.

Ever feel lost while programming? Not to worry! Today, Martin Patsov is here to show you there’s nothing to fear from Java.

It’s time to talk about Java 8 streams. Are they actually a sign of lazy coding? In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder explains why they are important and why you should filter first, map later.

Are you a mad scientist coding AI in your spare time? Bankrolling backyard AI enthusiasts, the AI Grant is calling for submissions for its latest round of funding! Aimed at the DIY researchers and hobbyists, this no-strings-attached grant comes with hours of cloud credits and a dream to advance artificial intelligence.

Cloud computing has taken off in the past few years and security is more important than ever as our data goes serverless. The convenience of cloud technology also has some drawbacks. In this article, Jenny Harrison goes over 12 important cloud security threats to watch out for.