Considerations for Testing gRPC Streams
Test gRPC streams with clear boundaries for recorded mocks, real message buses, cancellation, flow control, and supported streaming versions.
Posts by Kush Mansingh
Software engineer at Speedscale, focused on backend systems and API development. • 9 posts published
Ephemeral Environment Testing: Do you need it?
Choose tests for ephemeral environments, keep real integration gates, isolate branch data, and retain evidence before teardown.
OpenTelemetry Trace Testing for CI Release Gates
Use OpenTelemetry traces to choose high-risk flows, pair them with captured traffic, and gate CI on reviewed replay results and explicit failure criteria.
What are Preview Environments?
Use preview environments for branch review with explicit data, access, and dependency boundaries. Automate expiry and verify resource cleanup.
REST API Testing: Practices, Assertions, and Tools
Test REST APIs with useful assertions, contract checks, controlled data, and test identities. Build a smoke test that fails for the right reason.
The 4 Golden Signals of Monitoring Explained
Learn the 4 golden signals — latency, traffic, errors, and saturation — and how to use them for monitoring, alerting, and pre-release testing.
AI Coding Agents Have a UX Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Fast mode or deep mode? Haiku or Opus? Cursor or Claude Code? The decision fatigue from AI coding tools is killing the productivity they promised.
Using GRPC with Python Best Practices Guide
Microservices are now the architecture of choice for many developers when crafting cloud-native applications.
What is Traffic Mirroring: A Complete Guide
Ensuring seamless data flow and robust application performance is crucial in modern networking and cloud computing.
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