A default Linux install is convenient, not secure. Hardening is the process of reducing a server’s attack surface and tightening its configuration so that the inevitable probing from the internet finds nothing easy to exploit. This guide covers the hardening steps that matter most in 2026, in a sensible order of...
CI/CD
Articles, guides and tutorials on CI/CD, covering continuous integration, continuous delivery and automating build, test and deployment pipelines.
Interest in CI/CD automation has grown consistently over the past three years, and search volume for “CI/CD pipeline setup” rose 34% in 2025 alone. Despite that, the majority of UK development agencies still deploy via manual SSH sessions or ad-hoc scripts. That gap represents a significant competitive disadvantage:...
AI code review has moved from experimental to production-standard in 2026. Development teams that once debated whether AI could reliably review code are now debating which tool to use and how deeply to integrate it. The quality of AI-generated code review has improved to the point where, for many categories of finding,...