Rust Evolution in 2019 Will Aim for Maturity

This year’s roadmap for Rust was the result of an open call for blog posts from the community to set out major priorities for the language development throughout 2019, including reshaping the governance model, bringing to light new language features, and improving the compiler.

GitHub Package Registry Integrates Source Code and Packages

GitHub launched a limited beta of its new Package Registry, aiming to simplify publishing public or private packages under the same user interface as source code. GitHub Package Registry supports npm, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, and Docker images, and support for more package management tools is already on its roadmap.

Microsoft Open-Sources Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithm Powering Bing

Microsoft’s latest contribution to open source, Space Partition Tree And Graph (SPTAG), is an implementation of the approximate nearest neighbor search (NNS) algorithm that is used in Microsoft Bing search engine.

Recent Appian Survey Unveils Worst Aspects of IT Developer Jobs

Low-code provider Appian released a survey among IT developers to gauge their satisfaction at work. According to the survey, the three worst aspects of IT jobs are time spent troubleshooting application issues, pressure due to time constraints and deadlines, and time wasted on repetitive coding task. InfoQ has spoken with Malcolm Ross, vice president of product at Appian, to learn more.

GitHub Adds Dependabot Automated Security PRs and More Security-Related Features

GitHub has announced a number of new features aimed to help developers secure their code, including the ability to create PRs for any dependencies needing an update to include security fixes, integration with WhiteSource data for better vulnerability assessment, dependency insights, and more.