We all want our applications to run as smoothly as possible, but this isn't always the case. We need to know whether and when problems or exceptions are thrown after the application is up and running. As a result, there are several error tracking technologies available on the market.

As climate change has become a key global issue, software developers and DevOps experts reflect on their own industries to help reduce the climate impact of the industry. And, in our specific case, what can be done within static analysis tool development.

My grandmother used to say, ‘There’s more than one way to bake a cake.’ It’s a softer version of the more famous idiom involving feline taxidermy, but for our purposes, it’s a better metaphor. You can bake a cake without some of the key ingredients like sugar or eggs and it is still technically a cake. It just won’t taste as good as my grandmother’s cake did.

Flaky tests are automated software tests that sometimes pass and sometimes fail without an obvious reason. Often these tests will work well for a while, then occasionally start to fail. If the test passes on a second or third try without any obvious reason for the failures, the tester typically chalks it up to a glitch in the system and ignores the failed test result.