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Essential KPIs for Software Development: Measure Success Effectively

Jan 10, 2025 By Nate Lee In Speedscale
In almost all industries, a standard set of KPIs helps to guide teams on whether they are doing the right things in the right ways, with the right outcomes. In software development, this is something that can sometimes go untouched, allowing ourselves and fellow developers to continually work on our code and platforms without making sure we are paying attention to what matters. Some development frameworks, such as Agile, have some KPIs baked directly into them. For example, when calculating your team's story point velocity, you likely establish a benchmark after a few sprints, which becomes a team KPI to meet or exceed.
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Mock vs Stub: Essential Differences

Jan 2, 2025 By Nate Lee In Speedscale
When discussing the process of testing an API, one of the most common sets of terms you might encounter are “mocks” and “stubs.” These terms are quite ubiquitous, but understanding exactly how they differ from one another – and when each is the correct method for software testing – is critical to building an appropriate test and validation framework. In this blog, we’re going to talk about the differences and similarities between mocks and stubs.
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What does OOMKilled mean and how do I prevent it?

Jan 1, 2025 By Shaun Duncan In Speedscale
When creating production-level applications, enterprises want to ensure the high availability of services. This often results in a lengthy development process that requires extensive testing for the applications or a new release. This involves testing the behavior of the application under load, measuring the performance metrics, and accounting for the resource consumption. All this is done to ensure that the application does not behave unexpectedly when being used by clients.
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gRPC Golang Example: Using gRPC with Golang | Speedscale

Dec 31, 2024 By Shaun Duncan In Speedscale
In this tutorial, you will learn how to work with the gRPC Golang library for microservice communication by creating a simple note-taking application. You will generate a gRPC client that is highly efficient and has a service implementation that handles a diverse range of request and response types. APIs and service-to-service communication are what make modern microservice architecture possible.
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Graphql vs GRPC : Key Differences

Dec 30, 2024 By Matthew LeRay In Speedscale
APIs have never had more connections and requests for data. With variable data types, changing programming languages, and a demand for high performance, even with an increased focus on authentication mechanisms and data security, it’s never been more critical to figure out the efficiency of your systems. Enter GraphQL and gRPC.
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The Ultimate Guide to REST API Testing: Best Practices and Tools

Dec 27, 2024 By Kush Mansingh In Speedscale
APIs might not always be in the spotlight, but they’re the unsung heroes of just about every modern software project. APIs make it possible for different apps, services, and platforms to talk to each other seamlessly. When an API falters, so does the entire system. That’s where REST API testing comes in. It’s not just a box to check off—it’s the key to making sure your services are dependable, secure, and prepared to handle the unexpected.
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Python Observability : A Complete Guide

Dec 24, 2024 By Matthew LeRay In Speedscale
Observability is a critical element of modern software development, unlocking awareness across complex and distributed systems with ease. This has allowed developers to monitor, understand, and debug their applications effectively, leveraging existing resources for more efficient lifecycle management and iteration. In the context of Python, observability is an engine for boosting and maintaining the performance, reliability, and stability of the implementation.
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How to Load Test Kubernetes

Dec 23, 2024 By Josh Thornton In Speedscale
Performance tests, end-to-end tests, integration tests. There are many different types of tests you can run on your infrastructure. One of the most overlooked kinds is load testing. Failure to include load tests in your supply chain can be detrimental, as you will be missing out on a number of benefits. Some of the big advantages of load testing Kubernetes are.
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What is Service Virtualization?

Dec 22, 2024 By Nate Lee In Speedscale
Service virtualization is increasingly popular in the software & DevOps toolkit. Learn what it is, how it works, and how to use it. Service virtualization is an increasingly popular tool in the software developer and DevOps toolkit. This blog covers what it is, its use cases, and how it works. This introduction is part of our in-depth series on service virtualization. Stay tuned and follow along for more content!
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A Guide to Optimizing Kubernetes Clusters with Karpenter

Dec 20, 2024 By Kush Mansingh In Speedscale
With the promise of auto-provisioning and self-healing, Kubernetes environments can be an attractive option for hosting your application platform. However, with increasing budget restrictions, the competitive cloud providers and offerings, and the need to do more with less, engineers are looking to get a handle on their resource utilization.
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