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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Leverage any production issue as a reason to “pull the brakes” Introduce very complex processes for code change and common workflows. Disallow anything outside the scope of the original task, such as code cleanup or other drive-by improvements. Insist that every “stakeholder” needs to be present in the meeting.

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Product Science, which develops mobile app performance monitoring tools, lands $18M

TechCrunch

The performance of a mobile app can impact how customers perceive a brand. According to a survey from Dimensional Research sponsored by HP, 53% of app users who responded said they’ve uninstalled a mobile app with issues like lag, while 37% said that they hold an app responsible for performance problems.

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Latest Software Architecture Books That Will Be Presented at GSAS 2023

Apiumhub

As the organizers of the GSAS 2023 , we take pride in continuously monitoring new releases of software architecture books to extend invitations to their authors for our event. What’s even more exciting is that some of these authors will be generously raffling off copies of their software architecture books to our attendees!

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When your AI chatbots mess up

CIO

They don’t present big problems if you’re noodling around with gen AI prompts at home, but in enterprise organizations that are deploying new chatbots to huge numbers of customers and employees, just one AI fabrication can land companies in court. In AI parlance, they’re called hallucinations. Security guardrails.

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Streamlining Operations: The Impact of Invoice Management Software on Business Efficiency 

Cherry Work

Businesses may face difficulties due to inefficient invoice management, which can result in payments being delayed, disputes with suppliers and penalties. Integral to a company’s broader financial operations, invoice management majorly influences its financial performance.

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Ox Security lands $34M in seed funding to strengthen software supply chains

TechCrunch

The rise in software supply chain attacks, like the SolarWinds hack, prompted last year’s executive order from the Biden Administration requiring vendors to provide a software bill of materials (SBOM). SBOMs can help security teams understand if a newly disclosed vulnerability impacts them — in theory. Image Credits: Ox Security.