--- title: "Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa source_url: https://thenewstack.io/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it/ type: article source: "The New Stack" published: 2024-04-05T14:22:29.229Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z tags: ["security", "github", "code-scanning"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shifting Left Is Now Mainstream for Developers, or Is It? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Shifting left in software development, which involves implementing testing earlier in the development lifecycle, has become mainstream for developers. GitHub is playing a significant role in enabling developers to shift left and improve security through features like code scanning autofix. Other vendors like Snyk and GitGuardian also offer solutions to support shifting left and enhance security practices in software development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#code-scanning](https://daily.dev/tags/code-scanning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-left-is-now-mainstream-for-developers-or-is-it--hn1i1x6pa)