Company
Date Published
Author
Jim Hirschauer
Word count
1812
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Harness has launched a Community Edition for Continuous Delivery, featuring source-available licensing and a suite of new capabilities across CI/CD, Feature Flags, and Cloud Cost Management to improve software delivery efficiency and security. Key updates include support for AWS EC2 Windows and Linux instances, enhanced .Net framework capabilities, and public APIs for feature flag management. The company has also introduced several educational initiatives through Harness University, offering new courses on security, deployment verification, and application architectures. Additionally, enhancements in cloud cost management such as fixed schedules for AutoStopping Rules and Azure VMs inventory management have been made. The initiative to make the CD platform open-source, as recognized by the Open Source Initiative, aligns with Harness's strategy to foster community engagement and trust.