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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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Codacy nabs $15M to improve code reviews with automation

TechCrunch

Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work. To date, Codacy has raised $28 million.

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Lessons from the field: How Generative AI is shaping software development in 2023

CIO

Specifically, organizations are contemplating Generative AI’s impact on software development. While the potential of Generative AI in software development is exciting, there are still risks and guardrails that need to be considered. It helps increase developer productivity and efficiency by helping developers shortcut building code.

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Investors share how infrastructure as code is taking over DevOps

TechCrunch

Infrastructure as code (IaC) has been gaining wider adoption among DevOps teams in recent years, but the complexities of data center configuration and management continue to create problems — and opportunities. Why are companies hesitant to adopt infrastructure as code? We surveyed top investors in IaC startups to find out more.

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10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022

TechCrunch

No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. But the winds are shifting, and these suites are increasingly finding a place in DevOps and security. It’s transforming entire categories of enterprise software.”. Raviraj Jain , partner, Lightspeed Ventures.

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The Significance of Open Source Software in the Digital-First Future Enterprise

CIO

As companies shift their focus from the digital transformation of individual processes to the business outcomes enabled by a digitally transformed organisation, software engineering will become a core enterprise capability. 61% of respondents rated the performance of OSS as being superior compared to proprietary software.

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Emphasizing the Dev in DevOps

Xebia

The term “DevOps” was supposed to be a method to bridge the gap between Developers and Operations and create self-sufficient, autonomous teams. When a developer builds software, they want to know several things, for example: Does it functionally do what it’s supposed to? But in practice it’s mostly associated with operations.

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