Crista Perlton on November 6th, 2025.
Cloud storage has become a go-to option for storing data. It’s generally reliable and designed to scale easily as needs grow. Having said that, it does come with its challenges. User interfaces often change as providers update their platforms, permission models tend to be complex, and managing cloud storage often demands a...
Crista Perlton on November 4th, 2025.
Many organizations think that letting independent development teams manage their own package workflows is efficient …but in practice, it’s not. Every team tends to develop “its own way” of versioning, approving, and documenting packages. One might use a NuGet Server, while another stores artifacts on a shared drive....
Crista Perlton on October 23rd, 2025.
November is here, which means .NET 10, the latest installment of Microsoft’s .NET, is as well. As usual, it brings a bunch of changes and updates to improve both development and performance. Microsoft talks about the changes in the official release notes, but following my .NET 6, .NET 8, and .NET 9 rundowns, I’m back to give...
Crista Perlton on October 16th, 2025.
The differences between .NET STS (Standard Term Support) and .NET LTS (Long Term Support) aren’t always easy to grasp. It’s why we’ve already covered much of the confusion, breaking down .NET LTS. But Microsoft’s recent changes to STS support may raise new questions about the current .NET release cadence and which...
Crista Perlton on October 10th, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free downloadable eBook. Replication is a useful feature for teams working across multiple sites, even globally. It ensures your components are accessible wherever needed and supports disaster recovery. Proper implementation keeps...
Crista Perlton on October 3rd, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free downloadable eBook. Retention is a key part of managing your development environment, as it helps you automatically handle component storage. By regularly cleaning up and archiving outdated or unused artifacts, repositories stay...
Crista Perlton on September 26th, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free downloadable eBook. Data safety is a big deal in any development environment. By securely storing your artifacts and data, you can protect your projects from risks like hardware failures, system errors, and the unexpected data...
Crista Perlton on September 24th, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free downloadable eBook. SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) are increasingly becoming a requirement for organizations across industries. Policies such as the U.S. Executive Order 14028 and frameworks like NIST’s Secure Software...
Crista Perlton on September 19th, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free downloadable eBook. Sonatype’s Nexus Firewall takes an antivirus-style approach to open-source risk, quarantining packages that look unsafe. But this model simply doesn’t work for vulnerabilities or...
Crista Perlton on September 17th, 2025.
This article is part of a series on Migrating from Sonatype to ProGet, also available as a chapter in our free, downloadable eBook. Teams use Sonatype Lifecycle’s Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to find vulnerabilities, risky licenses, and high-risk packages in their applications. The downside is that Lifecycle runs as a completely...
