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What the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity Means to You Cybersecurity

What the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity Means to You

On May 12, the White House released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, focusing on Federal systems and resources in the wake of t

What Can We Learn From the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack? Cybersecurity

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

Using Sinatra to Mock Shopify API Calls in Rails Test Suites Custom Software Development

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. See how you can simplify the process.

Shifting Left of Bang to Improve Your DevOps Security Cybersecurity

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

NextLink Labs Joins GitLab Partner Program Press Release

NextLink Labs Joins GitLab Partner Program

Custom Software Development and Cybersecurity consultancy, today announced it has joined the partner program for GitLab, the single application for the DevOps lifecycle.

A Django Upgrade Guide for Major and Minor Releases Custom Software Development

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 gettin

Why Companies of All Sizes Should Consider Automated Software Testing 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 lon

Our RuboCop Configuration for Successful Rails Projects Custom Software Development

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.

NextLink Labs Hires Veteran NSA Defense Professional to Lead Cybersecurity Practice Press Release

NextLink Labs Hires Veteran NSA Defense Professional to Lead Cybersecurity Practice

Pittsburgh DevOps and Software Consultancy Bolsters Cybersecurity Practice, Adds Chief Information Security Officer.

Building a Kubernetes CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Helm DevOps

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.

React 16 vs. React 17 Custom Software Development

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.

Most Common Types of Technical Debt in Rails Custom Software Development

Most Common Types of Technical Debt in Rails

Rehabbing older Rails projects often leads to uncovering technical debt. Here are the most common kinds of tech debt you run into and how to fix it.