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Checkly Playwright Reporter: A Cloud Dashboard for Your Playwright Tests

The Checkly Playwright Reporter is an npm package that sends the results of npx playwright test to Checkly as a cloud test session, including traces, screenshots, videos, and full debugging context. Run your Playwright suite in CI or locally, and every result gets a persistent, shareable home in Checkly with AI-powered analysis, richer trace-derived views, and a direct path to production monitoring. It does not replace Playwright. It makes the output of Playwright much easier to work with.

Introducing kosli evaluate: Rego Policy Evaluation for Your Compliance Data

If you’re evaluating compliance controls against your Kosli trail data today, there’s a good chance you’ve written some glue code to make it work. A script that pulls trail data from the API. Another that downloads attestations one by one. Something that mangles the JSON together into a shape that your chosen compliance engine can evaluate. And then that engine itself, whether it’s OPA, a custom Python script, or something else, installed and configured in your pipeline.

2026 CMA investigation: What it means for the cloud industry

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has now set out its latest actions under the Digital Markets Competition Regime (DMCR), following its multi-year Cloud Services Market Investigation. While the regulator has now expanded its focus into business software ecosystems, we must not lose sight of the core issue: the entrenched dominance within the UK's cloud infrastructure.

The reality check: why manual debugging setups are a hidden factory

The first 70% of a debugging cycle is usually spent on "plumbing", the undocumented toil of syncing databases, matching service versions, and aligning networking to mimic a production failure. This manual setup is a hidden factory that consumes senior engineering capacity and delays recovery. True velocity is found by eliminating the infrastructure variables that make bugs hard to reproduce.

Unified Logging for a Single Source of Truth

In Star Trek, the Borg are a cybernetic alien organism that forcibly assimilates other beings and technologies into its hivemind called “The Collective.” Each assimilated being or technology becomes part of the unified consciousness, with the villainous Borg Queen as the leaders. As the only independent thinker, the Borg Queen leads this rapidly adapting Collective.

Node Groups: Organize Your Infrastructure Into Reusable Views

When you’re managing a handful of nodes, the flat list in the nodes tab works fine. When you’re managing hundreds or thousands, it becomes a wall of hostnames. You end up applying the same filters repeatedly: all the production database servers, all the nodes in eu-west, all the Kubernetes workers in the staging cluster. The filters work, but they don’t persist, and there’s no way to share them with the rest of your team. Node groups solve this.

Operational Excellence: Why Roofing Maintenance is Non-Negotiable

Owning a building means juggling a lot of responsibilities. Most people focus on the interior space or the curb appeal. The roof often gets ignored until a leak appears. This part of the structure protects everything beneath it from wind and rain - taking a proactive approach keeps the building in top shape for years. It saves money and prevents a lot of stress.

Best Video Downloader App Without Ads (2026 Guide)

In 2026, video consumption has reached an all-time high. From short-form clips on social platforms to full-length HD content, users increasingly prefer downloading videos for offline viewing. Whether it's for saving mobile data, avoiding buffering, or archiving favorite content, video downloader apps have become essential tools.

Best Instagram Downloaders in 2026 (Complete Comparison Guide)

In 2026, Instagram continues to dominate the short-form content space with Reels, Stories, and high-quality video posts. However, one limitation remains unchanged: users still cannot directly download most media from the platform for offline use. This gap has fueled the rapid evolution of Instagram downloader tools. Modern solutions now offer: Additionally, web-based tools have become especially popular because they require no installation and work instantly across devices.

Customer Service KPIs: What to Track & Why They Matter

A customer support team can look busy all day and still miss the signals that matter most. Calls get answered. Tickets move. Dashboards fill with numbers. Yet none of that tells you, on its own, if customers leave with their problem solved, if agents have the right tools, or if service quality improves month after month. That is why smart teams put clear measurement in place early. Good customer service KPIs turn a noisy operation into something leaders can read, question, and improve with confidence.