As of January 1st, 2020, the Python Software Foundation announced the sunsetting of the Python 2. This means that from that date there will be no further improvements, even if someone were to identify a security risk. Their very strong recommendation is to upgrade to Python 3 as soon as…
Developing containerized applications can be time-consuming, particularly when they have multiple services and you want to ensure they run properly on different platforms and IoT devices. With balenaCloud Local Mode and livepush, development happens right on your devices, allowing you to quickly iterate and see updated results immediately. When you…
We’re excited to announce the Extended Support Release (ESR) line of operating system for Production and Enterprise fleets using balenaCloud. ESR makes it easier for at-scale fleet owners to have a more predictable OS update schedule while ensuring critical security or bug fixes are not missed. Who does ESR…
If you’re like most folks running an IoT environment, you have a mix of devices that don’t always support the same services and drivers, despite their common architecture. With balenaCloud container contracts, you can set rules that prevent devices from getting upgrades that make them fail -- and…
Here at balena, we understand that the primary users of our platform are engineers. For a long time, the tooling we provided for developers and DevOps engineers wasn’t as user-friendly or cohesive as we’d have liked it to be. So a few months back, we decided to focus…