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We’re happy to announce that Codemagic has received a perfect SOC 2 Type 2 report! We received our SOC 2 Type 1 report earlier this year and now we have received our Type 2 report with no exceptions noted! At Codemagic, we take the security and privacy of your data seriously. That’s why we went through the tough process of getting audited with the SOC 2 framework. “We’re proud to have achieved a perfect SOC 2 Type 2 report!

App Center, a popular CI/CD platform from Microsoft, announced it will close its doors on March 31st 2025. This has left many mobile developers and teams looking for an alternative. Probably the most affected is the React Native community who have relied on App Center because of its OTA updates with CodePush.

Today’s software testing trends show the growing demand for more efficient and automated API testing. Manual testing is not only time-intensive for internal testing teams, it can also lead to poor customer experiences. When manual testing processes cannot proactively discover issues, your customers may inevitably be the ones finding them. Many of the current test automation solutions today focus on the UI, while most API-level testing is still done manually.

One of the most important aspects of a product is the ability to showcase its functionality. In the API space, it’s very important for a product to not just claim something, but to show that utility and use. One of the best ways to do this is through the use of a demo environment. A demo environment is a perfect method to surface a specific use case or example for users, showcasing functionality that is often tailored to a specific interest group.

When building applications with Docker Compose, it's common to encounter duplicate configurations across services, especially as projects grow and configurations become more complex. The benefits of using aliases in Docker Compose are crucial in this scenario. Docker Compose aliases provide a way to streamline this setup, reduce redundancy, and simplify logging configuration.

Today’s fast-paced development environments require new approaches to testing. Enter continuous performance testing. Unlike traditional performance testing, automated continuous performance testing is part of every build, monitoring the application continuously under increased load. With continuous performance tests, organizations with lots of users can expect to improve the customer experience, prevent major outages, and find and resolve issues faster.

As we close out 2024, developer productivity and happiness continue to be a focus for many organizations. Platform engineering can play a pivotal role in shaping the developer experience. With the growing complexity of distributed systems and the ever-pressing need for faster delivery cycles, platform engineers are uniquely positioned to enable developers to focus on what they do best: shipping high-quality code.

When it comes to different concepts around data within software development, the concept of ephemeral data is gaining traction. But what exactly is ephemeral data, and why should you care? Ephemeral data is temporary information that exists only for a short period or for a specific purpose. Think of it like a disappearing message or a fleeting snapshot of a moment in time. It offers numerous benefits, including increased privacy, improved security, and greater system efficiency.

Over the years, CI/CD has become such an integral part of DevOps that it is difficult to think of one exclusive of the other. However, DevOps’ much broader set of utilities might often undermine the role and scope of CI/CD. The vast DevOps toolchain for configuration management, IaC, monitoring, security, and other such use cases confines the CI/CD strategies to mere code handling.