The digital product engineering company R Systems has adopted a mandatory process for detecting and rating “dark patterns” in client applications. Th company embeds an audit directly into the development pipeline for every feature release. This proactive step aims to eliminate deceptive practices, such as subscription traps and false urgency. We also look at the CLEAR framework (Consent, Legibility, Empowerment, Accessibility, Respect) for finding dark patterns. Find out how both approaches help developers prioritize ethical design.

In other technology guidance we’ve publishing today:

• Despite massive investment, 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail to deliver measurable return on investment, which suggests a need for a better implementation strategy. A new ebook from The New Stack,  “AI for the Enterprise,” outlines best practices for an incremental, measurable AI strategy. To be among the first to receive this ebook when it’s released, register now.
• Apptainer, formerly Singularity, is an open source container platform designed specifically for secure, high-performance computing environments and multiuser Linux systems. Analyst Janakiram MSV writes that Apptainer uniquely allows users to run containers entirely without root privileges while maintaining compatibility with most Docker images. In today’s post, Janakiram explains when to use Apptainer over Docker.

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