Alex Rai

Alex Rai добавлена новая статья IT, Cloud, Software and Technology
2026-08-14 04:27:27 -

A Mock Without an Owner Is a Liability Waiting to Happen
Teams talk a lot about writing mocks and almost never about who owns them afterward. That gap is where a surprising amount of trouble comes from. A mock is a copy of some real dependency, and like any copy it goes stale unless someone is responsible for keeping it true. Most mocks have no such someone. They get written once, in the heat of building a feature, and then quietly orphaned, and an...

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Alex Rai добавлена новая статья IT, Cloud, Software and Technology
2026-08-10 08:50:01 -

Most Teams Do One Type of API Testing and Call It Done
When a team tells me they do API testing, I have learned to ask which kind. Almost always the answer, once you dig in, is functional testing. They send requests, check responses, confirm the endpoints return what they should. That is real and useful, but it is one type out of several, and the incidents that hurt most tend to come from the types nobody set up. The phrase covers far more ground...

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Alex Rai добавлена новая статья IT, Cloud, Software and Technology
2026-07-22 06:11:21 -

Half of My 'Testing' Bugs Were Actually Design Bugs Wearing a Disguise
I spent a couple of years believing I was bad at testing. My APIs kept shipping bugs that my tests should have caught, and the obvious conclusion was that my testing discipline had a hole in it. So I got stricter. More cases, more coverage, more assertions. The bugs kept coming anyway, just with better test reports attached. The actual problem took me embarrassingly long to see. A large chunk...

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Alex Rai добавлена новая статья IT, Cloud, Software and Technology
2026-07-21 11:35:52 -

The Day I Realized My CI Pipeline Was Testing Nothing
Our pipeline was green for eight months straight. I used to feel good about that. Then one afternoon a teammate pushed a change that returned the wrong currency on a pricing endpoint, the pipeline went green anyway, and the bug shipped to production where a customer caught it before we did. That is the moment I learned the difference between a pipeline that runs tests and a pipeline that...

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2026-07-16 05:54:41 -

What's the smallest beta program that's actually worth running?
Question for anyone here who's shipped software with a small team. The big-company version of pre-release testing is well documented: internal alpha with QA, structured beta with thousands of enrolled users, staged rollout. But most of us aren't working with those numbers. If your entire user base is a few hundred people, your "beta program" might realistically be a dozen volunteers in a...

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2026-06-22 12:49:26 -

Why Engineering Managers Should Care About Which Postman Alternative Their Team Uses
The postman alternative decision usually gets made by developers. The person with the most opinions about API testing tooling advocates for a switch, the team agrees or disagrees, and the decision gets made at the individual contributor level with varying degrees of management awareness. This is fine for most tool decisions. It's less fine for API testing infrastructure, because the...

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Alex Rai добавлена новая статья Другое
2026-05-26 10:22:41 -

API Design Principles Every Developer Should Follow
APIs are the foundation of modern software development. From mobile apps and SaaS platforms to cloud services and AI tools, APIs help systems communicate with each other efficiently. But building an API is not enough. The real challenge is creating one that developers can easily understand, scale, and maintain over time. Following proper api design principles helps teams reduce complexity,...

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2026-04-28 19:14:31 -

Software Testing Strategies: A Complete Guide
In modern development, having a clear testing approach is essential—not optional. If you’re exploring software testing strategies, this guide explains everything you need to know, from basics to best practices. What Are Software Testing Strategies? A software testing strategy is a high-level plan that defines how testing will be performed across a project or organization. It...

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2026-04-28 08:31:41 -

What Is Scenario Testing in Software Testing?
In modern software development, ensuring that applications work feature-by-feature isn’t enough—you also need to validate how they behave in real-world situations. That’s where scenario testing plays a critical role. If you're exploring what is scenario testing , this guide breaks it down in a simple, practical way while showing how tools like Keploy help streamline...

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2026-04-20 13:32:56 -

Types of API Testing: Complete Guide for Modern Applications
APIs are the backbone of modern software, enabling communication between services, applications, and systems. Ensuring they work correctly is critical—and that’s where understanding the types of API testing becomes essential. Each testing type targets a specific aspect of an API, from functionality to security and performance, helping teams deliver reliable and scalable...

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2026-04-20 13:26:02 -

Top API Testing Services for Scalable and Secure Applications
APIs are the foundation of modern software, enabling seamless communication between services, applications, and third-party platforms. As systems grow more complex, ensuring APIs remain reliable, fast, and secure becomes critical. This is where api testing services play a vital role. They help teams validate API behavior, prevent failures, and maintain performance at scale. In this...

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2026-02-24 10:29:32 -

Test Cases in Software Testing: A Comprehensive Guide
Test cases are the foundation of any successful software testing effort. They define the inputs, execution steps, and expected results that help verify whether a software application behaves as intended. A well-structured set of test cases in software testing not only ensures higher quality but also enables repeatable, reliable test execution across development cycles. Understanding how to...

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