Never did code contain more vulnerabilities. Which makes sense, as there was never more code than today. Yet the risk grows asymmetrically. In the year 2000, there were barely 1,020 registered CVE vulnerabilities; in 2010, there were not that many more: 4,155. But in 2017, that number exploded to 14,714…

C is so omnipresent that other languages cannot achieve success without dealing with it. The language is the foundation of the world’s most important software and thus transcends itself.

What programming languages do you speak? And how important do you think that is? At the end of the day, you are trying to talk to a computer system and the hardware understands as little about C# and Java as it does about Python or R. The computer you are…

Everybody is looking for a full stack developer. This makes sense, because why wouldn’t you want to hire a genius who can do everything? You probably have one expertise, just like about every other developer. Organizations asking for a full stack developer usually don’t know what that means. As an…

Once a programmer, always a programmer? COBOL gurus without further training may think otherwise. Languages evolve, and developers have to keep up. Multilingualism is an asset in the digital world as well.

Containers are trendy. Is that sufficient reason to specialise in the things? In essence, of course, it is always interesting to stay up to date on upcoming technology. But when it comes to containers, there are additional arguments.

Without open source code, the world as we know it would come to a screeching halt. Even corporate software is full of it. And rightly so: no-one benefits when you invest time reinventing the wheel. Yet open source code is not without risks.

If DevOps combines development and IT operations, DevSecOps introduces a triangular relationship in which security plays a significant role. A good thing, but not worth the hype. DevSecOps sounds like a new goal to pursue: the illustrious successor of DevOps. But if taking security seriously is a new and hip…

IT specialists and developers have long known it: the organization where they work stands or falls on their knowledge and creations. Gradually, the rest of the company is catching on to this, and IT is evolving from an unknown and unloved cost item into a much-valued partner. A good thing,…