--- title: "Posts by Kush Mansingh | Speedscale" description: "Browse all blog posts written by Kush Mansingh on the Speedscale blog." canonical: "https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/" --- # Posts by Kush Mansingh Software engineer at Speedscale, focused on backend systems and API development. • 9 posts published [![OpenTelemetry Trace Testing for CI Release Gates](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.iX6-80KJ_ZDO9Nc.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/otel-trace-testing-ci-release-gates/) Apr 9, 2026 ### [OpenTelemetry Trace Testing for CI Release Gates](https://speedscale.com/blog/otel-trace-testing-ci-release-gates/) Trace-based testing uses OpenTelemetry traces as replayable test input so CI catches production regressions before deploy, not after incident review. [Observability](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/observability/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [DevOps](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/devops/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![The 4 Golden Signals of Monitoring Explained](https://speedscale.com/_astro/speedscale_screen.CNJoaUxb_7bk6M.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/golden-signals/) Mar 27, 2026 ### [The 4 Golden Signals of Monitoring Explained](https://speedscale.com/blog/golden-signals/) Learn the 4 golden signals — latency, traffic, errors, and saturation — and how to use them for monitoring, alerting, and pre-release testing. [Observability](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/observability/) [Developer Productivity](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-productivity/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![AI Coding Agents Have a UX Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.DI4lBVYM_Z8ag09.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/ai-coding-agents-ux-problem/) Mar 11, 2026 ### [AI Coding Agents Have a UX Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About](https://speedscale.com/blog/ai-coding-agents-ux-problem/) 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. [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [AI/ML](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/ai/ml/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![Using GRPC with Python Best Practices Guide](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.BiNy3lVv_Z14Jvi4.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/using-grpc-with-python/) Feb 5, 2026 ### [Using GRPC with Python Best Practices Guide](https://speedscale.com/blog/using-grpc-with-python/) Microservices are now the architecture of choice for many developers when crafting cloud-native applications. [Developer Productivity](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-productivity/) [Local Development Environments](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/local-development-environments/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![Ephemeral Environment Testing: Do you need it?](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.B3WbLAqI_Z1cW0dB.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/ephemeral-environments-testing/) Dec 8, 2025 ### [Ephemeral Environment Testing: Do you need it?](https://speedscale.com/blog/ephemeral-environments-testing/) Traditional testing methods often delay the software development lifecycle, as we have grown used to these outdated processes without considering. [Local Development Environments](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/local-development-environments/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![Considerations for Testing gRPC Streams](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.DWIWWU1g_Z2svRYP.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/considerations-for-testing-grpc-streams/) Sep 4, 2025 ### [Considerations for Testing gRPC Streams](https://speedscale.com/blog/considerations-for-testing-grpc-streams/) If you’ve spent any time building cloud-native systems, you’ve probably tripped over the tricky beast that is gRPC streaming. It’s powerful, flexible... [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer Productivity](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-productivity/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![What is Traffic Mirroring: A Complete Guide](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.B3WbLAqI_Z1cW0dB.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/what-is-traffic-mirroring/) Jan 6, 2025 ### [What is Traffic Mirroring: A Complete Guide](https://speedscale.com/blog/what-is-traffic-mirroring/) Ensuring seamless data flow and robust application performance is crucial in modern networking and cloud computing. [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![The Ultimate Guide to REST API Testing: Best Practices and Tools](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.BiNy3lVv_Z14Jvi4.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/rest-api-testing/) Dec 27, 2024 ### [The Ultimate Guide to REST API Testing: Best Practices and Tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/rest-api-testing/) APIs might not always be in the spotlight, but they’re the unsung heroes of just about every modern software project. [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Load Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/load-testing/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) [![A Guide to Optimizing Kubernetes Clusters with Karpenter](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.8RKCuAZ6_ZC4i7N.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/optimize-kubernetes-karpenter/) Dec 20, 2024 ### [A Guide to Optimizing Kubernetes Clusters with Karpenter](https://speedscale.com/blog/optimize-kubernetes-karpenter/) With the promise of auto-provisioning and self-healing, Kubernetes environments can be an attractive option for hosting your application platform. [Developer Productivity](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-productivity/) [Kubernetes](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/kubernetes/) [by Kush Mansingh](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/kush-mansingh/) ## Try Speedscale free Choose the desktop proxymock or the hosted cloud trial to get started. 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