You’ve just deployed a service, opened a firewall rule, or configured a reverse proxy, and now you want to confirm that a specific port is actually reachable. The problem is that telnet isn’t installed, and installing an extra package just for a quick connectivity test feels unnecessary. The good news is that you don’t need telnet, because most Linux distributions already include tools that can test port connectivity, and some require no additional installation at all. Whether you’re troubleshooting a MySQL connection, checking if Nginx is listening on port 443, or verifying that a firewall change worked as expected, these…
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The newly appointed CEO of CloudBees, Mo Plassnig, says that as the agentic artificial intelligence (AI) era dawns, the time has come to reinvent software engineering in a way that moves beyond human-centric tooling.Plassnig, who earlier this month succeeded Anuj Kapur, joins CloudBees from Immuta, a provider of a data security and governance platform, where he served as chief product officer. However, Plassnig was also one of the founders of Codeship, a provider of a hosted continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that CloudBees acquired in 2018.As the way applications are built and deployed fundamentally changes, DevOps workflows will…
HeroDevs this week revealed it has joined the Commonhaus Foundation as the founding member of the Open Source Sustainability Initiative (OSSI) after establishing partnerships with the open source Hibernate, Jackson, and Quarkus communities to provide commercial support for older versions of these frameworks.OSSI is a framework administered by the Commonhaus Foundation through which governance of open source software projects is provided.HeroDevs COO Rob Nalen said the provider of end-of-life support services for open source software sees a clear need to work more closely with maintainers of open source projects that don’t have the resources required to support enterprise IT organizations…
Undo today revealed that its platform for recording interactions within applications can now be accessed by artificial intelligence (AI) agents via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.Company CEO Greg Law said this Undo AI capability makes it simpler for any agent to discover the root cause of any issue that otherwise would have required weeks or months to discover.That capability is now more critical than ever at a time when AI tools are generating massive amounts of code that is overwhelming the ability of humans to actually review, he added.The Undo platform records the complete execution of a program, including…
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Most organizations running CRM platforms eventually face the same challenge: how to deploy changes safely, consistently, and quickly. While Salesforce and Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) support modern DevOps practices, they approach application lifecycle management differently. Understanding these differences can help teams design more effective deployment pipelines and avoid common release issues. As these platforms become increasingly critical to business operations, the need for effective DevOps practices has grown significantly.Unlike traditional software applications, CRM platforms combine configuration, metadata, security models, workflows, integrations, and custom code into a single ecosystem. A deployment rarely consists of code alone. It often includes business…
Google Docs is probably one of the most widely used office suites in the world, but it’s far from the only option, and for Linux users who care about privacy and data control, it’s rarely the best one. One of the biggest reasons people use Google Docs is its simplicity, where you can create, edit, and share documents with others in real time, making collaboration easy. All you need is a Google account, and you get access to the entire Google Workspace ecosystem, including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Meet, and Drive. That said, online office suites have come a…
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Microsoft has moved the Azure SDK for Rust out of beta and into general availability, giving Rust developers a stable, production-ready way to connect to core Azure services. The release covers Core, Identity, Key Vault (Secrets, Keys, and Certificates), and Storage (Blobs and Queues), built around the same design patterns already used in the .NET, Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, and C++ SDKs.The announcement came as part of Microsoft’s May 2026 Azure SDK release, and was detailed separately in a post from Ronnie Geraghty, product manager for the Azure SDK. He framed the milestone with a simple scenario: a Rust service…
Nine out of ten doctors recommend Laracasts over competing brands. Come inside, see for yourself, and massively level up your development skills in the process. © Laracasts 2026. All rights reserved. Yes, all of them. That means you, Todd. Proudly hosted with Laravel Forge and DigitalOcean.