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What Can We Learn From the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack?
While the brazen attack of the Colonial Pipeline is cause for alarm, it’s not surprising. One of the most important things your organization can learn from the Colonial Pipeline attack is that attacks against your organization will occur.
- Cybersecurity
- Ransomware Attacks
- Colonial Pipeline
Using Sinatra to Mock Shopify API Calls in Rails Test Suites
Designing a test suite involves constant decisions about how closely to replicate your end product. When APIs are involved, things can get even more complicated. Here’s how to use Sinatra to make things easier.
- Rails
- Automated Software Testing
- Custom Software Development
Shifting Left of Bang to Improve Your DevOps Security
By adopting a "Left of Bang" mentality and taking some simple proactive steps, you can improve your cyber situational awareness and keep your program safe from hackers and out of the news.
- Security
- Cybersecurity
- DevSecOps
A Django Upgrade Guide for Major and Minor Releases
Getting ready to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of Django? Want to take advantage of a recent minor release? Here's how to do it without getting into trouble.
- Django
- Custom Software Development
Why Companies of All Sizes Should Consider Automated Software Testing
Not every company is blessed with a huge quality assurance team. In small to medium sized companies, QA is a team sport. But automated testing can go a long way to help knock out the mundane tasks and work toward continuous integration and delivery.
- Automated Software Testing
- DevOps
Our RuboCop Configuration for Successful Rails Projects
We've used RuboCop to help create plenty of successful projects over the years. Check out these tips for a solid RuboCop configuration and try them in your next Rails project.
- Rails
- Custom Software Development
Building a Kubernetes CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Helm
The post will show you how you can deploy your applications to Kubernetes via a CI/CD pipeline.
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
React 16 vs. React 17
On October 20, 2020 Facebook released React 17, the latest version of one of the most popular JavaScript frontend frameworks. Here's what you need to know.
- Custom Software Development
- React
Most Common Types of Technical Debt in Rails
Rehabing older Rails projects often leads to uncovering quite a bit of technical debt. Here's the most common kinds of tech debt you run into and how to fix it.
- Rails
- Custom Software Development
Finding The Opportunity in Uncertainty in Custom Software Development
'Am I Doing This Right?' It’s a question every software developer, project manager, or business owner asks at least once in their careers. How it’s handled can be the difference between growth and stagnation, success and failure.
- Custom Software Development
5 Emerging DevOps Trends to Watch in 2021
In terms of work and technology, 2020 was a transformative year for companies and the country alike. Here's the DevOps trends we're tracking for 2021.
- DevSecOps
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
Improving Django View Performance with Async Support
Django 3.1 provides support for asynchronous views, allowing developers to make signifcant performance improvements.
- Django 3.1
- Django
- Python
- API
- Performance
6 Things to Do When Inheriting Legacy Rails Apps
Becoming the owner of a legacy Rails app can mean inheriting a project bogged down with tech debt, bugs, and sketchy documentation. Here's how to survive it.
- Full Stack Engineering
- Rails
- Project Work
- Legacy Code
- Technical Debt
HashiCorp Boundary: A Game Changing Infrastructure Access Solution
For companies like NextLink Labs that operate at the heart of DevOps and Security, Boundary is a game-changing infrastructure security solution.
- HashiCorps
- Boundary
- DevSecOps
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
The Critical Role of Cybersecurity in the Digital Transformation
Cybersecurity and privacy should be priorities for every company when pursuing a digital transformation to maintain security and privacy in the modern digital marketplace.
- DevSecOps
- Digital Transformation
- Cybersecurity
Terraform Infrastructure as Code Basics
The second of our multipart series featuring Terraform. Here we will focus on some of the basics of using as Terraform to build and manage infrastructure.
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
Efficient Iteration of Big Data in Django
Learn some memory optimization tips for working with Django QuerySets.
- Django
- Memory
- Big Data
Growing and Scaling a SaaS Product or Development team
NextLink Labs CEO Jordan Saunders discusses maturing a software organization through looking at their DevOps and Cybersecurity Maturity Assessments
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
Introduction to Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
The first of our multipart series featuring Terraform. In this article we go over the benefits of infrastructure as code and introduce Terraform
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
DevOps Fuels the Digital Transformation Journey
DevOps is more than a buzzword, it fuels the Digital Transformation journey
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
No Code and Low Code Platforms
NextLink Labs CEO Jordan Saunders discusses No and Low Code Platforms
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
- NoCode
Serverless contact form using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and SES.
Learn how to quickly set up a serverless email contact form for your website.
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
Building a CI/CD pipeline for your website with GitLab.
In this article we run through how to build and configure a CI/CD pipeline to deploy your business's website using AWS, Terraform & Gitlab
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
Digital Transformation Strategies for Organizational Change
Digital Transformation is just the 2019 version Organizational Change in our increasingly digital world
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
NextLink Labs Digital Transformation Podcast Series Episode 4
NextLink Labs CEO Jordan Saunders discusses what successful software teams have in common
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
NextLink Labs Digital Transformation Podcast Series Episode 3
NextLink Labs CEO Jordan Saunders brings on special guest Will Sweeney from Cybersecurity Compliance firm Zaviant to discuss our changing security and privacy landscape.
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
NextLink Labs Digital Transformation Podcast Series Episode 2
NextLink Labs CEO Jordan Saunders talks about the basics of DevOps to drive digital transformation across IT projects.
- Digital Transformation
- DevOps