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7 Types of Load Testing Explained: Load, Stress, Spike, Soak & More | Harness

Discover the 7 most important types of load testing that every developer, DevOps engineer, and QA team should know in 2026. Whether you're building scalable applications, preparing for traffic surges, or ensuring system reliability, understanding these load testing types is essential for modern software performance testing. In this quick video from Harness, we break down.

Beyond AI Vibes: Deterministic Foundations for Agentic Coding

Every week there is another model drop, another agent framework, and another workflow tweak you are supposed to evaluate. Meanwhile, the largest companies, the ones operating at the highest scale and leaning hardest on AI, are also the ones making headlines for reliability strain: capacity limits, outages, and services that buckle under load.

Major Update to ODBC Drivers: Expanded Compatibility, New Authentication Options, and Enhanced Data Type Support

We are excited to announce a significant update to our ODBC Drivers product line. This release delivers broader compatibility across modern data platforms, improved integration with third-party tools, and extended support for advanced data types and authentication methods.

A/B Testing Tools: The CTO's Guide to Safe and Measurable Change | Harness Blog

Picture this: It's 2 a.m. Your phone is buzzing. A new feature just went out to your entire user base, and conversion rates are tanking. Your on-call engineer is digging through logs, your Slack channels are on fire, and you’re left wondering, Why didn't we just test this first? Every CTO has a version of this story. And most of them have quietly vowed never to repeat it.

How Engineers Get Leadership Buy-In for Technical Initiatives

Getting leadership to greenlight your technical work isn't about having the right answer, it's about speaking the right language. CircleCI CTO Rob Zuber shares the frameworks he's developed over 12 years for translating engineering priorities into business impact, navigating organizational dynamics, and building the relationships that make buy-in happen before you ever enter the room.

Agent Skills move too fast for git

Last month I was making a change to sx, our CLI. I updated a core flow, adding external catalogs as a source for sx add. Small change. Then came the testing. I knew I was messing with a core flow and wanted to be sure I hadn't broken anything. I spent about forty-five minutes setting up an isolated environment. Spinning up Docker. Fighting with tmux. Getting a clean install state I could run through the TUI a few times. Forty-five minutes of my afternoon that produced zero code. I complained in Slack.