The emergence of low-code platforms leads us to ask, is the Holy Grail of software development truly within our grasp? Have we entered a world in which coding can be done without developer knowledge? How have the roles of business analysts, software developers and programmers changed in the presence of low-coding? Let’s take a detailed look into this matter.

How can low-code platforms help us? How does a “model-controlled” architecture support change management? What does the “fail fast” principle refer to? We’ll leave these questions open for the time being and focus on the fundamental philosophy: Rock ‘n’ Roll is not a dance – and Judo is not a type of martial arts.

We now know that machine learning will greatly change our lives, but it’s not clear yet how we can get to the creation of general artificial intelligence. After explaining the main schools, we’ll look at a self-developed concept, the method of algofarming.

There was a time when software development was referred to as a job. It's much more than that. It's a passion.

A dissatisfied customer, an off-the-track development, a deadline delay caused by some communication error – who wouldn’t have nightmares about such things? One decade and a half ago the signatories of Agile Manifesto have laid the foundations of a new software development approach. The method works great, in our experiences too. Let’s imagine a huge...

Have you ever seen a rugby game? Then you surely have seen how the players face each other, their heads interlocked, they cling together and push forward with all their might. They are trying to gain possession of the ball thrown in from the side. In English this is called the ‘scrum’. One of the most...

Do you like shopping? For some it may be a chore but the advent of online shopping does make life easier, especially for the savvy shopper and not only in everyday life, but also when Christmas is coming. One can barely think of a gift idea which would not be available within a few clicks...

Developers exhausted by stooping over several ten thousand lines of programs can breathe easier if they choose TypeScript for major projects. We at BlackBelt do so in many cases. The result: less error, more sustainable and problem-free use – and more satisfied customers. More than 20 years have passed since Netscape Communications came out with...

When Bitcoin first appeared the world largely dismissed it as a fad, yet current predictions tell us it may transform the pillars of our society. At the core of the technology that gave rise to Bitcoin lies blockchain, which some claim to be just as significant as the Internet itself. But how did it all...

The Kubernetes technology has already been detailed in our former article. At that time, we highlighted its benefits regarding horizontal scaling. However, there are other situations where this technology has been a breakthrough. Let’s have a look at the software development process in a modern, agile approach. This process is based on a regular repetition of the...

Imagine this: The latest development is a failure and there is only one night left until going live because the next day is the statutory deadline for the switch. Meanwhile, the developer cannot be reached. This would never happen with Docker technology. In commonly used systems, when developers create software or an application like...

A Russian revolution has taken place in information technology. When Kotlin was released in 2011 nobody expected that a few years later the new programming language created by a team from St. Petersburg would be supported by Google.

While developers have previously communicated on a different platform from the one they were working on, ChatOps has now been able to offer real-time communication on the same interface. Meaning that the transparency of workflows increases, and chat history can serve as a data source for audits. Imagine the following situation: Alice and Bob are...

No-one needs to be convinced in 2019 to protect their network with a firewall. Just as there aren’t any company email systems running without virus protection in the 21st century. It is likewise self-evident that not everyone who works at a company is assigned system admin privileges. But what about container technology? The last two...

“I propose to consider the question: > Can machines think? < ” starts Alan Turing in his fundamental 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, which is considered the initial starting point of artificial intelligence research. The Imitation Game Turing suggested the so-called Imitation Game for a method of deciding whether a machine is able be...