The State of Developer Ecosystem 2021

This report presents the combined results of the fifth annual Developer Ecosystem Survey conducted by JetBrains. 31,743 developers from 183 countries or regions helped us map the landscape of the developer community.

Here you can find the latest trends in the tech industry, as well as interesting facts about tools, technologies, programming languages, and many other facets of the programming world.

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/

Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea

Japan has announced it will release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, a decision that has angered neighbouring countries, including China, and local fishers.

PHP 8.1 Feature Work Includes Adding Enums, Fsync Function

PHP 8.1 Feature Work Includes Adding Enums, Fsync Function

While most haven't even moved to PHP 8.0 yet in their Linux distribution default packages let alone in production environments, PHP 8.1 is under development and like clockwork should be out around the end of November as usual for their yearly release dance. In two months already the PHP 8.1 alpha releases should start up.

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Official PHP Git server targeted in attempt to bury malware in code base

Official PHP Git server targeted in attempt to bury malware in code base

The official PHP Git server has been compromised in a potential attempt to plant malware in the code base of the PHP project. 

On Sunday, PHP programming language developer and maintainer Nikita Popov said that two malicious commits were added to the php-src repository in both his name and that of PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf. 

The malicious commits, which appeared to be signed off under the names of Popov and Lerdorf (1,2), were masked as simple typographical errors that needed to be resolved. 

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iCloud allegedly locked out a user over her last name

iCloud allegedly locked out a user over her last name

iCloud has had the occasional service issue, but its latest problem appears to be highly... specific. Actor and author Rachel True claims iCloud has effectively locked her out of her account due to the way her last name was written. Reportedly, her Mac thought lower-case "true" was a Boolean (true or false) flag, leading the iCloud software on the computer to seize up. The problem has persisted for over six months, she said.

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From Agile to DevOps to DevSecOps: The Next Evolution

From Agile to DevOps to DevSecOps: The Next Evolution

As the workforce shifts to remote locations, networks are becoming more diffuse as the edge gets farther away. At the same time, the number of devices and applications on those networks continues to rise. Some estimates suggest that, by 2030, there will be 15 connected devices for every person on the planet.