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Although not a new concept, we've noticed the growing availability and use of decentralized code execution via content delivery networks (CDNs). Services such as Cloudflare Workers or Amazon CloudFront Edge Functions provide a mechanism to execute snippets of serverless code close to the client's geographic location. Edge functions not only offer lower latency if a response can be generated at the edge, they also present an opportunity to rewrite requests and responses in a location-specific way on their way to and from the regional server. For example, you might rewrite a request URL to route to a specific server that has local data relevant to a field found in the request body. This approach is best suited to short, fast-running stateless processes since the computational power at the edge is limited.
Security champions are team members who think critically about security repercussions of both technical and nontechnical delivery decisions. They raise these questions and concerns with team leadership and have a firm understanding of basic security guidelines and requirements. They help development teams approach all activities during software delivery with a security mindset, thus reducing the overall security risks for the systems they develop. A security champion is not a separate position but a responsibility assigned to an existing member of the team who is guided by appropriate training from security practitioners. Equipped with this training, security champions improve the security awareness of the team by spreading knowledge and acting as a bridge between the development and security teams. One great example of an activity security champions can help drive within the team is threat modeling, which helps teams think about security risks from the start. Appointing and training a security champion on a team is a great first step, but relying solely on champions without proper commitment from leaders can lead to problems. Building a security mindset, in our experience, requires commitment from the entire team and managers.
Text to SQL is a technique that converts natural language queries into SQL queries that can be executed by a database. Although large language models (LLMs) can understand and transform natural language, creating accurate SQL for your own schema can be challenging. Enter Vanna, an open-source Python retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) framework for SQL generation. Vanna works in two steps: first you create embeddings with the data definition language statements (DDLs) and sample SQLs for your schema, and then you ask questions in natural language. Although Vanna can work with any LLMs, we encourage you to assess NSQL, a domain-specific LLM for text-to-SQL tasks.
We keep experiencing the improvements teams make to their ecosystem by treating the health rating the same as other service-level objectives (SLOs) and prioritizing enhancements accordingly, instead of solely focusing on tracking technical debt. By allocating resources efficiently to address the most impactful issues related to health, teams and organizations can reduce long-term maintenance costs and evolve products more efficiently. This approach also enhances communication between technical and nontechnical stakeholders, fostering a common understanding of the system's state. Although metrics may vary among organizations (see this blog post for examples) they ultimately contribute to long-term sustainability and ensure software remains adaptable and competitive. In a rapidly changing digital landscape, focusing on tracking health over debt of systems provides a structured and evidence-based strategy to maintain and enhance them.
AI coding assistance tools like GitHub Copilot are currently mostly talked about in the context of assisting and enhancing an individual's work. However, software delivery is and will remain team work, so you should be looking for ways to create AI team assistants to help create the "10x team," as opposed to a bunch of siloed AI-assisted 10x engineers. We've started using a team assistance approach that can increase knowledge amplification, upskilling and alignment through a combination of prompts and knowledge sources. Standardized prompts facilitate the use of agreed-upon best practices in the team context, such as techniques and templates for user story writing or the implementation of practices like threat modeling. In addition to prompts, knowledge sources made available through retrieval-augmented generation provide contextually relevant information from organizational guidelines or industry-specific knowledge bases. This approach gives team members access to the knowledge and resources they need just in time.
LLM-backed ChatOps is an emerging application of large language models through a chat platform (primarily Slack) that allows engineers to build, deploy and operate software via natural language. This has the potential to streamline engineering workflows by enhancing the discoverability and user-friendliness of platform services. At the time of writing, two early examples are PromptOps and Kubiya. However, considering the finesse needed for production environments, organizations should thoroughly evaluate these tools before allowing them anywhere near production.
LLM-powered autonomous agents are evolving beyond single agents and static multi-agent systems with the emergence of frameworks like Autogen and CrewAI. These frameworks allow users to define agents with specific roles, assign tasks and enable agents to collaborate on completing those tasks through delegation or conversation. Similar to single-agent systems that emerged earlier, such as AutoGPT, individual agents can break down tasks, utilize preconfigured tools and request human input. Although still in the early stages of development, this area is developing rapidly and holds exciting potential for exploration.
While we applaud a focus on automated testing, we continue to see numerous organizations over-invested in what we believe to be ineffective broad integration tests. As the term "integration test" is ambiguous, we've taken the broad classification from Martin Fowler's bliki entry on the subject which indicates a test that requires live versions of all run-time dependencies. Such a test is obviously expensive, because it requires a full-featured test environment with all the necessary infrastructure, data and services. Managing the right versions of all those dependencies requires significant coordination overhead, which tends to slow down release cycles. Finally, the tests themselves are often fragile and unhelpful. For example, it takes effort to determine if a test failed because of the new code, mismatched version dependencies or the environment, and the error message rarely helps pinpoint the source of the error. Those criticisms don't mean that we take issue with automated "black box" integration testing in general, but we find a more helpful approach is one that balances the need for confidence with release frequency. This can be done in two stages by first validating the behavior of the system under test assuming a certain set of responses from run-time dependencies, and then validating those assumptions. The first stage uses service virtualization to create test doubles of run-time dependencies and validates the behavior of the system under test. This simplifies test data management concerns and allows for deterministic tests. The second stage uses contract tests to validate those environmental assumptions with real dependencies.
Each edition of the Radar features blips reflecting what we came across during the previous six months. We might have covered what you are looking for on a previous Radar already. We sometimes cull things just because there are too many to talk about. A blip might also be missing because the Radar reflects our experience, it is not based on a comprehensive market analysis.
have received greater attention than ever as poor indoor air quality has been linked to a host of health problems. Builders can employ a variety of construction practices and technologies in their new homes to help address these concerns.
All of the techniques and materials described below are commonly used in home construction. No special skills or materials are required when adding radon-resistant features as a new home is being built.
A new home buyer may ask the builder about these features, and if not provided, may ask the builder to include them in the new home. If a home is tested after the buyer moves in and an elevated level of radon is discovered, the owner's cost of fixing the problem can be much more.
WCAG 2.1 guidelines and success criteria are designed to be broadly applicable to current and future web technologies, including dynamic applications, mobile, digital television, etc. They are stable and do not change.
Specific guidance for authors and evaluators on meeting the WCAG success criteria is provided in techniques, which include code examples, resources, and tests. W3C's Techniques for WCAG 2.1 document is updated periodically, about twice per year, to cover more current best practices and changes in technologies and tools.
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