The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) community has released an out of band update to their famous "Top 10" list of critical security risks. Each category title, like "Injection" or "Broken Access Control", is abstract to fit a wide range of risks, like how your code is one big risk.

There are many heated arguments software developers have amongst each other. *So. Many. Arguments.* Like feral cats, software developers will hiss, growl, or bare their teeth when in the midst of such an argument. One debate amongst them, developers not cats, is the difference between a UUID and a GUID. We spoke to some developers to understand the pros and cons of each so we could come to a final conclusion and save them from themselves.

Looksmaxxing, some new fad kids are doing to make themselves look better, has made its way into the software development industry. Jeffery Cook, Staff Developer at D'Amore Software LLC, has fallen for the fad his son has become so obsessed with.

Local developer Diego Cala is about to go into the office for a chill last day of the week. He usually works from home Friday, his one day a week. But the team decided this day is special. They'll all go to the new pizza restaurant across the street for lunch. It has one of those Coke machines with every flavor. They all hate those machines, but won't admit it. Diego is feeling good about today. It feels right. He's even on track to get in at 8:25 am because he didn't smack the snooze button. But Diego doesn't know just how bad the day will be.

Your code sucks. I know it. You know it. Everyone on LinkedIn knows it. But improving your code isn't just aspirational anymore because as of this morning, the latest standard from the DevExMatters Standards Working Group, YouGood v1.0, was ratified saying your code can't suck anymore.

"Everyone thought Microsoft would screw up NPM when GitHub acquired it, but I think this proves all the haters wrong." The opening line from GitHub's latest announcement regarding NPM is a bold statement, but accurate.

The developers at Soft And Co. have developed a new service architecture which has improved their development throughput by nearly 300%.