Novels as History
To the Editors: Recently, Professor Robert Paxton did me the honor of writing a wide-ranging review of The Order of the Day, ending with a brutal...
Arguing Affirmative Action
To the Editors: A rule against racial discrimination might prevent such discrimination from recurring, but it will not eradicate and may even perpetuate the effects of...
Revisiting Malcolm Lowry’s ‘Under the Volcano’ on the Day of the Dead
Last year, fighting the anxiety and listlessness that seems to have become the norm of our overstimulated era, I read Under the Volcano for the first...
Is there a correlation between DevOps support from management and higher salaries?
It’s that time of the year again! Puppet’s fifth DevOps Salary Report examines a myriad of factors impacting salary levels, including region, role, demographics, industry, and size...
Vue.js is the absolute rockstar of the JavaScript ecosystem
Keep those 2018 reviews coming! This time around we take a look at the 2018 JavaScript Rising Stars. The third edition of this annual report compares the...
A popular WordPress plugin leaked access tokens capable of hijacking Twitter accounts
A popular WordPress plugin, installed on thousands of websites to help users share content on social media sites, left linked Twitter accounts exposed to compromise. The...
Activists Publish ‘An Illegal Book?’ to Defend Popcorn-Time News Site in Court
Five years ago, Popcorn Time was widely embraced by pirates, thanks to its ability to stream torrent files through a user-friendly interface. This rapid rise raised concern...
Coinbase acquihires San Francisco startup Blockspring
Coinbase is continuing its push to suck up talent after the $8 billion-valued crypto business snapped up Blockspring, a San Francisco-based startup that enables developers to...
German HR and recruiting platform Personio raises $40M Series B led by Index
Personio, the German HR and recruiting platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding. Leading the round is London-based Index Ventures, with participation from...
“In the history of the Jenkins project, we’ve had 8 vulnerabilities reported with co-ordinated disclosure deadlines – all in the second half of 2018.”
JAXenter: 2018 has been a particularly tough year for open source on the security front and Jenkins, unfortunately, was not the exception. Why do you think...
