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Your Test Data Environment: Build vs Buy - a conversation we need to have

After three decades of working with databases, one thing I’ve seen over and over is this: we don’t treat our development and test environments with the same respect we do our production systems. Not because people don’t care. Far from it. It’s usually because teams are under pressure, everyone’s juggling multiple priorities, and the quickest path forward often wins the day.

How to Plan a Successful UAT: Roles, Timeline, and Readiness Checklist

You're two weeks from launch. Development says they're done. QA signed off. Then you hand the system to actual users and watch everything fall apart. Buttons nobody clicks. Workflows nobody understands. Features that technically work but make zero sense in real life. That's what happens when you skip proper User Acceptance Testing planning. UAT isn't just the final testing phase. It's your last chance to catch the gap between what you built and what users actually need. Miss this step and you're fixing production issues while angry customers flood your support inbox.

Why test data management is becoming increasingly important to senior IT leaders

We recently sat down with James Phillips, Senior IT Leader, to talk about test data management (TDM) and the growing attention it’s getting from the senior IT leaders. It’s been prompted by the recognition that provisioning test and development environments with realistic production-like data improves the quality of code being developed, reduces errors, and deliver new features to customers faster.
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What Do You Use for AI Agent Infrastructure? The Complete Guide to Building Production-Ready Agent Systems

The question "what do you use for AI agent infrastructure?" has become one of the most searched queries in the DevOps and platform engineering space. And for good reason: the global AI agent market is projected to grow from $5.1 billion in 2024 to $47.1 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of nearly 45%. With 85% of enterprises expected to implement AI agents by the end of 2025, getting the infrastructure right has never been more critical.

How Web Test Recorders Help Teams Improve App Quality and Efficiency

Every time a new feature goes live, teams hold their breath. Web apps are updated faster than ever, and expectations keep rising. In fact, software bugs cost teams up to 25 times more to fix after release than during development, reinforcing how expensive missed issues can be for small teams trying to grow. Many teams push updates weekly or daily. At first, manual testing feels manageable.

Testing Icinga in a Homelab Setup With Nextcloud

If you want to get started with Icinga but don’t have a data center lying around, no worries. Icinga is a lightweight monitoring tool that works for both large infrastructures and small home labs. When I first explored Icinga during my first year as an apprentice, it was also my first real contact with monitoring tools. After completing the Icinga Fundamentals training, I wanted to experiment with hosts and services, but what should I monitor?