Articles by Nate Swanner
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GitHub Token Scanning Adds Dropbox, Discord, Atlassian as Partners
GitHub’s token-scanning feature, which carefully monitors repositories for nefarious code injection, is adding Dropbox, Discord, Atlassian, Proctorio, and Pulumi as partners in an effort to broad… -
H-1B Visa Most Used for ‘Software Engineer,’ ‘Software Developer’ Roles
A recent H-1B visa data-dump from the U.S. Department of Labor shows job titles such as “software developer” and “software engineer” are the most widely used for H-1B candidates. We analyzed the… -
Weekend Roundup: Planes, Purchases, Poor Judgement, and Just Plain Spyin’
It’s the weekend, which means you’re going to procrastinate doing anything until Sunday at 8 PM, then curse yourself for wasting another 48 hours away from work. Please allow us to catch you up o… -
Self-Taught Developers: An Increasing Problem?
Developers are increasingly self-taught, according to studies from Stack Overflow and HackerRank. By some measures, at least 60 percent of developers may have learned their craft without ever ste… -
Survey Results: Alexa, Siri, Google Voice Queries Should Not Be Heard
Two weeks ago, we asked if you thought voice-activated A.I. queries made via Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, or Microsoft's Cortana should be heard by humans at (or contracted by) big tech compani… -
Survey Results: Most Tech Professionals Have Honest Résumés
Do tech professionals lie on their résumés? Our polling data suggests they are (usually) very honest. Via Facebook, Dice conducted a straightforward poll to see if tech professionals lied on thei… -
H-1B Visa Program: U.S. Cities That Use It Most... and Why
When you think of the H-1B visa, chances are good you’re also thinking of Silicon Valley as the place with the densest concentration of H-1B workers in the United States. We dug through U.S. Depa… -
Weekend Roundup: Skype, Samsung, a Shutdown, Shiny Things, and... Shingy?!
The weekend is here (or almost here), so let’s catch up on the things you may have missed in tech this week, including Skype’s mishaps, Samsung’s new phone, Apple’s credit card, 8Chan, and our ol… -
These Are The Best Universities for Tech Education
Looking to earn a computer science degree? A new study from HackerRank analyzed over 1.4 million skills assessments to discover the best universities for a tech education in the United States (wi… -
GitHub Actions Narrows Focus on CI/CD (But Remains Beta)
In October 2018, GitHub Actions launched in beta to simplify how developers used the platform. After months of feedback, it has now added distinct CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous deliver…