Focus on Open-Source Security This Cybersecurity Awareness Month
The explosion of open-source software (OSS) in the enterprise prompts a re-examining of the tools and processes that secure the technology critical to modern businesses. Open-source security is on everyone’s mind these days thanks to breaches like Log4j and global conflict stemming from the war in Ukraine. We’ve seen in recent years how small vulnerabilities […]
Propelling Python Into the Next Decade: Anaconda’s OSS Vision
This year marks Anaconda’s 10th anniversary, and we’ve been taking time to reflect on all we’ve accomplished as a company and as part of the Python open-source development community—and to think about where we are going from here. There is still so much to do, and in this blog post I’ll try to provide a […]
State of Data Science 2022
State of Data Science 2022: Paving the Way for Innovation Anaconda’s 2022 State of Data Science report is here! As with years prior, we conducted a survey to gather demographic information about our community, ascertain how that community works, and collect insights into big questions and trends that are top of mind within the community. […]
My Open-Source Journey From Graduation to Maintainership
It was the beginning of 2020, and I had just arrived in France after earning my undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of São Paulo. I had been hired as the first developer on a new team at reciTAL—the first and only developer on the team, it turned out, because COVID-19 quickly forced […]
There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 1
Check out part 2 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. Hi! My name is Bianca Henderson, and I’m a software engineer at Anaconda. When people think about developers, most tend to think about computer science graduates or people who are super good at math; as a single mother and […]
FOSS Fridays at Anaconda
Anaconda is an important part of the Open Source ecosystem. A significant percentage of our team contributes full-time to open-source projects, but it is a passion for most of the organization. What are FOSS Fridays The idea is to take a break from normal teamwork to contribute to any open-source project that we would like […]
Making Data, Models, and Analytics Awesome
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SBOMs at Anaconda
Last fall, Anaconda launched a collaboration with Microsoft to create Software Bills of Material (SBOMs) for all packages in the “defaults” channels of our repository. We are excited to announce that we have achieved this goal and to share why and how we did it. What are SBOMs and what value do they provide? Following the discovery […]
A Faster Solver for Conda: Libmamba
conda 22.11 update: The libmamba solver’s experimental flag has been removed. To use the new solver, update conda in your base environment: conda update -n base conda conda update -n base conda To install and set the new solver, run the following commands: conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver<br /><br /> conda config –set solver libmamba […]
A New Way To Connect with Other Anaconda Users
Back in December 2021, we launched the Anaconda Community, our first-ever space for users to get insights into the newest developments in the world of data, get “unstuck” where they may have a problem, and reach out for technical help. It also allows individuals to engage with other professionals and ask questions to the broader […]