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Isolating Bottlenecks: How to Determine If Your Slowdown Is Due to the Database or API

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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Traffic-Driven Testing: All the Benefits of Shift-Right Testing with None of the Risk

The shift-right testing approach moves testing to later in your production cycle. Also known as "testing in production," with shift-right, you test software after it has been deployed. It gives you continuous feedback based on real-world user interactions. However, there are major drawbacks to the approach. For example, testing in production risks disrupting your user satisfaction and can mean you catch issues too late to respond to them effectively. It can also be difficult to test problems related to scale and traffic volume. Your tests are also difficult to repeat under the same conditions.

How to Speed up your Playwright Tests with shared "storageState"

What are the two things making your end-to-end test investment a failure? Firstly, it's test flakiness. If you've invested days (if not months) in creating your test suite and it didn't turn out to be like this one trustworthy friend you have in your life for decades, you failed. You failed because eventually, you'll discover that every moment waiting for retrying tests became a burden.

How I cut 22.3 seconds off an API Call using Trace View

Dan Mindru is a Frontend Developer and Designer who is also the co-host of the Morning Maker Show. Dan is currently developing a number of applications including PageUI, Clobbr, and CronTool. As a developer, few things are more frustrating than an API that’s slower than molasses. You know the code works, but you know it can’t possibly be a good user experience anymore. I had one of those and looked the other way for a couple of weeks. However, some issues become personal after a while.

Announcing $20M to Enable Engineers to Detect and Resolve Issues 10x Faster With Checkly

Our mission at Checkly is to enable engineers to detect and resolve issues 10x faster. We are very excited to announce $20 million in Series B funding led by Balderton, alongside the participation of our existing investors Accel and CRV.

Top 5 WireMock Alternatives

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.

How to authenticate with third-party APIs in your Grafana app plugin

Whether they’re for synthetic monitoring, large-language models, or some other use case, Grafana application plugins are a fantastic way to enhance your overall Grafana experience. Data for these custom experiences can come from a variety of sources, including nested data sources. However, they can also come from third-party APIs, which usually require authentication to access.