Alvin Lee

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11 Agentic Testing Tools to Know in 2026

This article is a review of tools used to autonomously plan, generate, maintain, and execute tests.

May 22, 2026

· 2,074 Views

Securing AI Agents: Agent Logging, Visibility, and Data Protection

AI agents create a logging paradox: too little visibility is dangerous, too much creates data leaks. Here's how to design telemetry that solves both.

April 20, 2026

· 2,172 Views · 1 Like

The Messaging Challenges No One Talks About in Regulated, Air-Gapped, and Hybrid Environments

For platform engineering, today's solutions fall short, creating a gap between operational security requirements and modernization goals.

January 20, 2026

· 1,551 Views

Why Your UEBA Isn't Working (and How to Fix It)

Traditional UEBA can't catch modern threats. Learn how AI-powered behavioral analytics detects sophisticated attacks instantly without months of training.

December 18, 2025

· 1,029 Views · 1 Like

Log Spikes? No Sweat: How Top DevOps Teams Tame Bursty Workloads

Be ready for log storms: scale smart, ingest everything, and stay clear when traffic surges hit.

July 21, 2025

· 1,743 Views · 1 Like

The Human Side of Logs: What Unstructured Data Is Trying to Tell You

Metrics show what happened. Unstructured data shows why. In this article, we learn why we don’t just ignore the messy signals.

May 9, 2025

· 4,678 Views · 2 Likes

From Concept to Cloud: Building With Cursor and the Heroku MCP Server

In this article, I used Cursor and Heroku’s MCP Server to build and deploy a SvelteKit app entirely through prompts—no CLI, just AI.

April 22, 2025

· 5,175 Views · 1 Like

Deploying a Scala Play Application to Heroku: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to deploy a Scala Play REST API to Heroku with minimal setup using sbt, a custom Procfile, and a few config tweaks.

April 8, 2025

· 2,562 Views · 1 Like

Have You Heard About Cloud Native Buildpacks?

Build OCI images without a Dockerfile using Cloud Native Buildpacks. Automate best practices, enhance security, and streamline deployment effortlessly.

March 10, 2025

· 4,612 Views · 1 Like

FastHTML and Heroku

Learn how to build and deploy a FastHTML app in just a few minutes. Gain knowledge of FastHTML and deploying to Heroku in this tutorial.

January 14, 2025

· 5,339 Views

Enhancing GenAI Applications With KubeMQ: Efficiently Scaling Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Achieve efficiency and reliability in your GenAI RAG workflows with KubeMQ for seamless message handling and FalkorDB for fast, scalable data storage/retrieval.

December 10, 2024

· 3,329 Views · 3 Likes

Deploying Kafka With Kubernetes: A Complete Guide

Learn how to effectively deploy and manage Kafka on Kubernetes with our comprehensive guide. Discover best practices, tips, and tools to optimize your streaming applications.

Updated December 5, 2024

· 61,284 Views · 8 Likes

Playwright and Chrome Browser Testing in Heroku

This blog will show you how to run automated end-to-end Playwright tests for your React app with Headless Chrome on Heroku.

December 3, 2024

· 10,383 Views · 3 Likes

Wow, pnpm, You’re Really Fast

Learn how to use pnpm on Heroku, explore its storage and speed benefits, and see why it’s an ideal choice for Node.js developers. Get started with this guide.

November 6, 2024

· 3,170 Views · 5 Likes

Ending Microservices Chaos: How Architecture Governance Keeps Your Microservices on Track

Explore tools to regain control of microservices with architecture governance to boost scalability, reduce complexity, and maintain system resiliency.

October 24, 2024

· 10,162 Views · 8 Likes

Custom Domains for HTTP/2 on Heroku

Learn how to set up a custom domain with HTTPS on Heroku in just a few minutes and take advantage of HTTP/2 support for better site performance.

October 10, 2024

· 2,752 Views · 1 Like

Node.js Walkthrough: Build a Simple Event-Driven Application With Kafka

Build a real-time event-driven app with Node.js and Kafka on Heroku. Follow this step-by-step guide to set up, deploy, and manage your application efficiently.

June 27, 2024

· 16,364 Views · 3 Likes

Take Your First Steps for Building on LLMs With Google Gemini

Learn to build an LLM application using the Google Gemini API and deploy it to Heroku. This guide walks you through setup, code, and deployment step-by-step.

June 5, 2024

· 6,269 Views · 2 Likes

I Built an App With Remix in 30 Minutes

Discover how to build and deploy a fast Remix app in under 30 minutes. Learn about Remix's features and quick Heroku deployment in this hands-on guide.

May 23, 2024

· 4,558 Views · 2 Likes

How You Can Use Logs To Feed Security

Learn how to leverage logs with tools and AI to enhance security, detect threats, manage costs, and capture all your data for proactive threat prevention.

May 14, 2024

· 5,552 Views · 2 Likes

How To Implement RAG: A Simple Walkthrough

Learn how to enhance your LLMs with retrieval-augmented generation, using LlamaIndex and LangChain for data context, deploying your application to Heroku.

April 8, 2024

· 8,625 Views · 2 Likes

I Built My First Go Application and Deployed It to Heroku

In this tutorial, we'll learn to build and deploy a Go web service to Heroku, showcasing the ease of use, speed, and power of Golang for modern web services.

March 25, 2024

· 19,112 Views · 1 Like

LangChain, Python, and Heroku

In this tutorial, learn how to build and deploy LLM-based applications with ease using LangChain, Python, and Heroku for streamlined development and deployment.

March 18, 2024

· 4,858 Views · 3 Likes

Understanding the New SEC Rules for Disclosing Cybersecurity Incidents

… and what this means for your incident detection and response.

December 2, 2023

· 5,534 Views · 4 Likes

Be a Better Team Player

Many API developers are familiar with Postman. Though I use it extensively for solo dev work, we know what Postman brings to the table for team API development.

November 21, 2023

· 4,756 Views · 3 Likes

Moving To Capability-Based Security With Flow: A Critical Evolution in Blockchain Security

Walk through capability-access control, part of the Flow blockchain, which facilitates selective access to resources, decentralizing large attack vectors.

November 10, 2023

· 3,495 Views · 1 Like

Path-Based Routing in Render With Kong API Gateway

When deploying microservices to Render, use path-based routing as a workaround to leverage an API gateway.

Updated October 27, 2023

· 17,134 Views · 5 Likes

A Better Web3 Experience: Account Abstraction From Flow (Part 2)

Walletless dApps from Flow use account abstraction to improve the web3 user experience. In part two, we walk through how to build the front end for this dApp.

September 20, 2023

· 4,230 Views · 2 Likes

A Better Web3 Experience: Account Abstraction From Flow (Part 1)

Walletless dApps from Flow use account abstraction to improve the web3 user experience. In part one, we walk through how to build the backend for this dApp.

September 15, 2023

· 3,870 Views · 2 Likes

Extracting Maximum Value From Logs

Logging for observability across languages, frameworks, and packages is challenging. A thoughtful approach to log design, metrics, and retention will help.

August 25, 2023

· 6,384 Views · 4 Likes

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