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Optimizing DevOps with Kubernetes Ephemeral Environments: Efficient Testing and Deployment

Aug 21, 2024 By Ken Ahrens In Speedscale
Ephemeral environments transform software development by providing temporary, isolated spaces for testing and deploying microservices without affecting production. Given its robust orchestration capabilities, Kubernetes excels at creating these temporary environments, allowing teams to efficiently manage and scale containerized applications. By integrating tools like Helm and Kustomize, developers can maintain a codified version of their app and its dependencies.
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Join Ken on SMC Journal - Scaling Kubernetes, Microservices, and Ephemeral Environments

Aug 16, 2024 By Nate Lee In Speedscale
Check out Ken Ahrens and Scott Moore as they discuss some blockers of developer productivity when building in Kubernetes, and how removing environment and data challenges can reduce toil and frustration! You can catch the full podcast on Scott’s page here: Scott Moore: Hey everybody out there in internet meme land. It’s time to hide your kids and hide your wife because it’s time for the SMC Journal podcast. Some of you will get that joke. Others will not.
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Top 5 WireMock Alternatives

Aug 13, 2024 By Samuel Umoren In Speedscale
WireMock is a popular open source tool for simulating APIs in testing environments through the wiremock server in the wiremock cloud. It allows developers to stub HTTP responses, match requests by URL, headers, and body content, record and play back API interactions, and add configurable delays and errors. Initially created for Java, WireMock now supports multiple programming languages and technology stacks, making it a favorite among developers for its flexibility and ease of use.
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Isolating Bottlenecks: How to Determine If Your Slowdown Is Due to the Database or API

Aug 12, 2024 By Fortune Adekogbe In Speedscale
Every slowdown in your application can be traced to specific components like a database or an API, and quickly identifying the source aids the troubleshooting process. But when an API is underperforming, it may be difficult to tell whether the issue is with the API logic itself or an external service like a database that it interacts with before sending responses.
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How Speedscale's Traffic Viewer Complements Your Production Monitoring System

Jul 16, 2024 By Speedscale In Speedscale
Speedscale's Traffic Viewer is the perfect complement to your production monitoring or observability system because it provides detailed information (like request and response payloads, headers, cookies, and more) that actually helps developers debug any issues and requires zero developer intervention--all of the data is provided from traffic.
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