Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) offerings from major cloud providers (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and GCP Cloud Functions) continue to grow in popularity amongst developers. In fact, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) estimated that over 4 million developers were using FaaS offerings in 2020. Datadog also noted that over half of…

Applications have become extremely complex and are built to run through micro-services architectures, kubernetes clusters, servereless, and more. In addition, software development that utilizes DevOps practices, progressive delivery methodology has created siloes between developers and ops teams. …

In almost any interview or conference, other than being asked what have you been up to lately, people and interviewers keep asking me the following questions: How did you became an author? Why did you decided to be an author? How long did it take you to write each of…

Before diving into my strategy for an effective continuous testing strategy, let’s ask a simple question: What is continuous testing? Here’s my favorite definition: “Continuous testing is the process of executing automated high-value tests as a part of the software delivery pipeline in order to obtain feedback on business risks…

Unlocking $300 Billion Wasted According to a 2018 Stripe report, developers spend an average of 17.3 hours per week on maintenance issues. This amounts to $300 billion in lost developer productivity every year. …

Current software development ecosystem relies heavily on open-source libraries and frameworks. Rather than building everything from scratch, developers use third-party libraries to handle standard functionalities, reducing development costs and time. …

Databases are fundamental components of many applications. It persists data reliably so other components can remain stateless for better scalability, while having the ability to access data quickly when needed. …

Legacy systems maintenance and debugging are challenging. They require specific skills and techniques, which are quite different from the approaches used on codebases under active development. Developers find themselves going through a code they don’t know enough about: either because they are unfamiliar with the codebase or not knowledgeable about…

How to debug and solve user-specific issues using Lightrun in your IDE in real-time and without redeploying. Shifting Left Observability The more we rely on software, the more it becomes complex. …