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Six Lessons from Production gRPC

May 20, 2025 By Matthew LeRay In Speedscale

In the half-decade since gRPC became part of our production ecosystem, we've encountered a range of challenges and discovered a few hidden pitfalls that can trip up even the most experienced teams. Below, we'll walk through some of the core lessons learned, with tips, best practices, and examples drawn straight from the trenches.

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First Step in Stress/Load Testing #speedscale #stresstest #loadtesting #proxy #test #mockenvironment

May 16, 2025 By Speedscale In Speedscale

Ken Ahrens explains the easy steps to have a successful stress or load test. Using Speedscale's mock environments, you are easily able to create a safe environment to test your code. Try it today!

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Eliminating Flaky Tests with Traffic Replay

May 1, 2025 By Matt Tanner In Speedscale

There are few things that can derail developer productivity and undermine your pipeline like a flaky test. Testing is the backbone of a good development process, ensuring that your code is as accurate and usable as possible. When these tests point towards faulty development, the impacts can be significant. This information is predicated on an assumption, however – the assumption that what the test says is accurate.

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REST v. GraphQL v. gRPC #speedscale #developers #softwaredevelopment #shorts #softwaretesting #api

May 1, 2025 By Speedscale In Speedscale

When it comes to building APIs and enabling communication between different software components, three prominent architectural styles and frameworks often come up: REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Each has its own approach, strengths, and weaknesses, making them suitable for different use cases.