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Serverless vs Microservices: Definition and Comparison Guide

Compare serverless and microservices architectures, their pros and cons, and learn which one suits your app best.

April 21, 2025

Docker Microservice Architecture: How to Build One

In this post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Docker microservice architecture and provide a step-by-step guide to building one.

April 7, 2025

Using GPU With Docker: A How-to Guide

In this guide, we’ll cover how to use GPUs with Docker effectively, and provide step-by-step instructions for enabling GPU support in Docker

March 24, 2025

Building Secure Multi-Tenant AI Clouds: How DevZero Leverages NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs and MIG Technology

DevZero enables secure, multi-tenant cloud infrastructure with microVMs, DPUs, and MIG-enabled GPUs for AI workloads and network isolation.

March 17, 2025

Docker Alternatives: Options and How to Choose

This post covers Docker alternatives, their benefits, drawbacks, key features, and how to choose the right tool for your development needs.

March 10, 2025

Release notes: Bitbucket & GitLab, access controls

DevZero now supports Bitbucket & GitLab integrations, plus enhanced access controls with role-based permissions for secure, flexible team management.

February 25, 2025

Microservices Patterns: A Guide

This post covers what are microservices patterns, their context for using, purpose, benefits, drawbacks, examples and practical application.

February 24, 2025

3 Best Ngrok Alternatives: A Buyer’s Guide

In this post, we'll take an in-depth look into Ngrok; touch on its advantages, disadvantages, and some alternatives.

February 5, 2025

Nix vs. Docker: An In-Depth Comparison

Nix & Docker are powerful tools for app reproducibility and ease of deployment. Learn more about Nix vs Docker in this detailed guide!

January 29, 2025

DevZero Product Update: January 2025

Explore DevZero’s latest features: self-hosted environments, custom base images, developer analytics, and hibernating workspaces.

January 10, 2025

NVIDIA Inception and DevZero Partner for GPU Multi-Tenancy

DevZero partners with NVIDIA Inception to optimize GPU utilization for DevOps, Platform, and MLOps teams.

December 16, 2024

The Evolution of Developer Onboarding with Cloud Development Environments

Learn how Cloud Development Environments cut onboarding time from weeks to just hours, solving common setup and access challenges.

November 26, 2024

Beyond DORA Metrics: How Uber Inspired DevZero ODA, an Open Source Developer Productivity Platform

Discover DevZero’s ODA, an open-source solution inspired by Uber’s LDA, addressing productivity bottlenecks overlooked by DORA metrics. Gain insights to optimize developer workflows and enhance efficiency.

November 13, 2024

Engineering

Log Streaming - What We Got Wrong and How We Fixed It

Discover the challenges we faced with log streaming, the mistakes we made, and how we successfully fixed them.

October 18, 2024

Monolith vs. Microservices Architecture

Understand Monolith vs. Microservices Architecture, compare their similarities and differences, and choose the best fit for your project.

October 17, 2024

A Detailed Guide to Microservices and Containers

Learn what microservices are, what containers are, how they can work together, and the benefits of using in tandem.

October 16, 2024

Engineering

Gitpod vs. Codespaces: How to Choose

Learn about two popular platforms, Gitpod vs GitHub Codespaces, for cloud development environments compared to DevZero.

October 8, 2024

DevZero Platform v09302024: Bring-your-own-cloud, managing volumes and more

Release v09302024 includes some exciting capabilities such as support for bring-your-own-cloud / DevZero self-hosted, improved logs and the ability to set and manage shared volumes.

September 30, 2024

Minikube vs. Kind vs. K3s

As the landscape of container orchestration continues to evolve, developers have an increasing number of tools at their disposal for local Kubernetes development. Among these tools, Minikube, Kind, and K3s stand out as popular choices for developers

September 16, 2024

Network

Making The Easy Things Easy With WireGuard®

Learn how we use WireGuard®, a modern VPN solution, to securely connect you to your teammates & workspaces.

September 6, 2024

DevZero Platform Release Notes v08262024 - Storage Mounts, Github Action Runners and Windows CLI

Release v08262024 includes some exciting capabilities such as support for Windows CLI, the ability to support Github Action runnings, new logs view and other enhancements.

September 3, 2024

Useful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools for 2024

How Infrastructure as a Code (IAC) works and what is the most widely used IaC tools in the market today.

August 21, 2024

Mesuring developer productivity

How to move beyond DORA metrics to quantify developer productivity? Are vanity metrics hurting your engineering team's culture?

August 1, 2024

What is Docker

Learn all about Docker, a powerful tool used for containerization. Discover its wide range of applications and gain a deeper understanding of how it works.

July 31, 2024

10 useful VS Code shortcuts that will make your coding life easier

Boost your coding efficiency with 10 essential VS Code shortcuts. From Quick Open to Multi-cursor editing, streamline your workflow and maximize productivity. Learn to navigate, execute commands, and edit code faster in Visual Studio Code.

July 18, 2024

10 awesome gifts for developers to boost their productivity

Discover 10 game-changing gifts for developers that will supercharge their coding efficiency and workflow. From cutting-edge hardware to innovative software tools to fun desktop gifts, these items help boost developer productivity.

July 18, 2024

How to Fix “Failed to Solve with Frontend Dockerfile.v0” Error

The “failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0” error is a generic error message encountered during the build process of a Docker image. It always points to another underlying issue, such as syntax or structural problems in the Dockerfile or issues

July 16, 2024

5 Alternatives to Docker Desktop

Learn about various Docker Desktop alternatives, their features, pros, and cons. Also, compare these tools to identify the best among them.

July 3, 2024

Docker Build Args: A Brief Introduction

We'll walk you through docker build args and explain what they are and how to use them in practice.

July 3, 2024

4 Alternatives to GitHub Codespaces

Learn about GitHub Codespaces, its importance, and how it works. Finally, take a look at some most popular alternatives to GitHub Codespaces.

June 28, 2024

7 Essential VS Code Extensions

VS Code extensions are secret weapons that empower you to write cleaner code and take your coding skills to the next level. Let's review some of the best ones.

June 14, 2024

9 Useful Backstage Plugins

This post is about 9 useful Backstage and we'll explore the plugins that can enhance your development workflow.

June 12, 2024

9 tools, libraries and extensions our developer can't live without (and why)

We asked our developers to give us the tools the tools they are in-love with and that started a long thread of opinions and debate. Discover the top 9 essential developer tools that enhance productivity and streamline developer experience.

May 16, 2024

DORA Metrics Dashboard: How to Build One, With Examples

This blog post will explore what DORA is, what a DORA dashboard is, and some DORA metrics. We will also learn how to build a DORA dashboard.

April 18, 2024

Cycle Time in Agile: A Detailed Introduction

This post is about cycle time in Agile, exploring its definition, calculation methods, and strategies for improvement.

April 5, 2024

What VPs of Engineering care about in 2024?

Last week we held invited a selected group of engineering leaders to join us for roundtables, share what keeps them up at night and what their view is on measuring engineering organisations, increasing productivity and artificial intelligence.

April 4, 2024

6 GitOps Tools You Should Know About in 2024

Learn key GitOps tools that are influencing the future of DevOps, offering insights for both developers and IT professionals, and how to choose one.

April 1, 2024

17 Best Developer Productivity Tools to Try in 2024

Efficiency and productivity are necessities. In this post, let's dive into the top developer productivity tools to elevate your game in 2024 including Figma, Height.app, Linear, fly.io, Tigris data, Neurelo, Pullflow, Appmap, copilot, VSCode

March 11, 2024

7 Important KPIs for Software Development Teams

In this post, we’ll look at software key performance indicators (KPIs), and how you can use them to help your business thrive.

March 8, 2024

8 Proven Ways to Improve Developer Productivity

Learn how to improve developer productivity, why it's important to do so and even some bad metrics you should avoid with our guide.

March 6, 2024

Increase Developer Productivity: Expert Tips

Boost your developer productivity with our expert tips and tricks. Learn how to enhance developer experience and velocity in a cloud development environment.

February 27, 2024

What is a Cloud Development Environment? Is it better than localhost?

Learn about the advantages of cloud-based development environments and how they differ from traditional localhost setups.

February 20, 2024

How Uber tripled velocity and developer productivity?

This is the story of how Uber improved developer productivity and experience over the course of 6 years, and what internal tools were used to triple velocity.

February 19, 2024

Why should an engineering organization embrace GitOps?

Discover the compelling reasons why engineering organizations should adopt GitOps the the future of AI assisted Gitops.

February 3, 2024

Internal Developer Platform vs Internal Developer Portal

Discover the key differences between internal developer platforms and internal developer portals in the competitive world of software development.

January 29, 2024

How to Calculate Developer Productivity Metrics Using MergeStat and DevZero

Combine MergeStat and DevZero to calculate crucial metrics, gain insights into development team productivity, and make informed decisions to

January 17, 2024

What is an Internal Developer Platform and why do you need it?

Discover the power of an internal developer platform and why it's essential for your organization's success.

December 4, 2023

Mastering Self-Hosted Runners for GitHub Actions: Setup, Benefits, and Best Practices

Set up self-hosted runners for GitHub Actions to gain control, customization, and access to local resources; follow our guide to configure,

July 14, 2023

Kubernetes Debugging Tips

Practical debugging tips for Kubernetes, highlighting key aspects such as observability tools and understanding pod lifecycle.

May 30, 2023

Artificial Intelligence

Impact of AI, Product Velocity, and more: Learnings from Engineering Leaders Forum

Insights from the inaugural Engineering Leaders Forum.

May 17, 2023

Orchestration Basics: Tool Functionality DevOps Teams Need

From automation and real-time monitoring to workflow management.

April 18, 2023

Time Management Tools and Tips: Boosting Productivity for Software Developers

Discover the best time management tools and tips specifically designed for software developers to optimize workflow and increase productivit

April 14, 2023

Converting from Docker Compose to Kubernetes

Most teams attempt to recreate their Kubernetes production deployments with Docker-compose for their local laptops and CI.

April 11, 2023

Google Developer Productivity: Key Insights & Best Practices

Learn how to measure developer productivity effectively. Discover Google's developer productivity optimization strategies and the importance

April 7, 2023

How to Set Up a VS Code Server For Working Remotely

Learn how to set up a visual studio code server to create secure access to your virtual machine or PC devenvs from any web browser

March 27, 2023

Boosting Developer Productivity in 2023 with AI Tools

Stay ahead of the game with these AI tools every software developer should know of in 2023. Streamline your workflow and boost productivity.

March 24, 2023

Will Javascript Containers Overtake Linux Containers?

The emergence of Javascript Containers has many questioning what that means for Linux Containers.

March 21, 2023

Empowering Leaders to Maximize Developer Potential

Learn how to increase the productivity of your software engineering team with tips from a former software engineer at Uber in this Forbes ar

March 17, 2023

Achieving SOC 2 Compliance: What It Means for DevZero and Our Customers

DevZero announces their recent achievement of SOC 2 Type II certification, confirming their commitment to security and compliance for their

March 10, 2023

Tips for Zoom that make everyone's experience better

Zoom is an indispensable tool for distributed. Check out some tips to improve the UX of Zoom for you and your teammates.

March 8, 2023

Development Environments: Trends and Insights from LinkedIn Polls Feb 2023

Gain insights into the latest trends and challenges in software development from DevZero's weekly LinkedIn polls. Get valuable results on to

March 3, 2023

Introducing DevZero. It’s time to upgrade localhost.

This is a short essay that will focus on the most important aspects of DevZero and how it can be used to accelerate developer productivity.

January 27, 2023

Kubernetes vs. Terraform: Which DevOps/Platform Engineering Tool Do You Need?

Terraform and Kubernetes are great tools with exceptional functionality. Learn to identify the best use case for each of these tools for you

January 18, 2023

Why Software Development Environments are Important and How to Manage them Effectively?

A software development environment is a valuable workspace for building, testing, and maintaining programs.

December 15, 2022

Why You Should Invest In Developer Workflow Optimization?

Optimizing your developer workflow is not a one-time task. Creating a cycle of improvement is critical.

November 11, 2022

Cloud Development Environments Reduce The Risk of a Breach

With consistency and a central point of control, cloud development environments are inherently more secure than developing on a laptop.

August 1, 2022