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May 24, 2019 | Last week, we had the opportunity to take part in an event sponsored by the United Nations at UN Headquarters in New York City. The fourth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals – STI Forum – brings together thought leaders from around the world to discuss technology gaps, needs, and capacity-building opportunities that foster solving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs consist of 17 goals that are aimed at making the world a better place by 2030 with a specific lens on poverty, inequality, and climate action. STI Forum panel participants…
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May 23, 2019 | Since 2014, microservices have expanded to become a widely adopted, powerful application architecture. The growth of cloud platforms has played a major role in microservices adoption, since applications that are built to run on those platforms follow a set of cloud-native guidelines. Although there's no single set of rules that define cloud-native, a pattern is emerging, one that relies heavily on microservices. However, this growth is not without its challenges. Although microservices have proven to be an effective way to develop and manage applications in production, they come with certain drawbacks. In this post, I'll outline some modern application architectures,…
May 23, 2019 | This general post describes different ways to deploy Kubernetes locally to emulate what you would do in a real cloud on your local machine. Running kubernetes locally can be helpful to save costs, to use portions for CI/CD on your cloud-native applications, and to address situations when you don't have reliable internet access and want to do "real" work. This blog post walks through the following technologies: Minikube Docker in Docker Microk8s k3s IBM Cloud Private building your own from scratch Note that these approaches worked in spring 2019 when I wrote this post, but this stuff moves fast! By…
May 22, 2019 | After the fires have been put out and the water recedes, first responders often begin battling another crisis — mental health. Research shows the incidences of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and domestic abuse increase during and after these events. This year's Call for Code challenge has an added emphasis on healthcare. With the necessary data and resources, developers can create solutions to potentially help individuals with mental illnesses during and after a natural disaster. Developers who are equipped with this knowledge can then use technology to create tangible solutions with their Call for Code submissions. In this…
May 22, 2019 | We heard you loud and clear — you're crazy about drones and love to create custom applications for them. That's why over the next five weeks, we're giving away 1,500 DJI Tello drones to select winners and we’ll even help you program it. The good news doesn't stop there. I’m excited to announce this year's IBM Developer Drone Giveaway has expanded eligibility to residents of the UK and Spain, as well as the United States, and Canada. We know developers can create amazing solutions when they have the right tools. During the 2018 Call for Code, for example, developer Pedro…
May 17, 2019 | As an open source platform, Kubernetes has become a core component in the digital transformation of enterprises worldwide. Kubernetes minimizes outages and disruptions through self-healing, intelligent scheduling, horizontal scaling, and load balancing. Developers can easily roll out and roll back application versions, whether collaborating in development and test environments or deploying to production. IBM is a key player in Kubernetes, Istio, and Knative open source projects, and IBM developers are also contributing to several high-profile Special Interest Groups. If you are attending KubeCon Europe 2019 May 20-23 in Barcelona, Spain, check out the following sections to learn how developers at…
May 16, 2019 | Last year the JAX conference in Mainz was an awesome experience. Last week our team returned for JAX 2019, and it was even better. This conference focuses primarily on enterprise technologies, agile methodologies, and software architectures. The high standard was clear from the quality of talks we attended, which contained a lot of practical information. Hot topics at this year's conference were definitely serverless, microservices, and cloud-native applications. There were also great talks on cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and Apache Cassandra, and other presentations covered JVM technology and Java language features. At the annual JAX conference, there are typically…
May 16, 2019 | As a developer, you have so many options when it comes to choosing the right development strategy, methodologies, and frameworks for your next project. So, when it comes to storing your code, you might be trying to figure out the best way to do so. Should you use a monorepo, which stores code for many projects within a repository? Or would it be better for you and your team to store code in separate, isolated repositories? In this blog, you will learn about monorepos, polyrepos, and what you and your team should consider when choosing which is right for your…
May 16, 2019 | Welcome back to the sixth and final installment in our Call For Code Technology mini-series, where I identify and talk about one of the six core technology areas within Call For Code. You'll learn about that technology, how to best use it on IBM Cloud™, and where to find the best resources to fuel your innovation. If you missed my other posts, make sure to check them out: Building Call for Code apps with IoT and Node-RED Building Call for Code apps with AI Building Call for Code apps using blockchain Building Call for Code apps using machine learning Building…
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