Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance Resources

MCP Servers: The Technical Debt That Is Coming

MCP servers promise faster AI-driven orchestration through the use of natural language, but they risk becoming technical debt.

May 22, 2025

by Hugo Guerrero

CORE

· 8,286 Views · 3 Likes

GitHub Copilot's New AI Coding Agent Saves Developers Time – And Requires Their Oversight

GitHub has launched a powerful AI coding agent in Copilot that writes code, fixes bugs, and opens pull requests.

May 22, 2025

by Aminu Abdullahi

· 5,129 Views · 2 Likes

Enforcing Architecture With ArchUnit in Java

In this article, we will discuss implementing architectural rules in code using ArchUnit, emphasizing its effectiveness over traditional documentation.

May 21, 2025

by Gunter Rotsaert

CORE

· 7,385 Views · 8 Likes

Agile’s Quarter-Century Crisis

Despite 25 years of the Agile Manifesto, countless books, a certification industry, conferences, and consultants, we collectively struggle to make Agile work.

May 21, 2025

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 3,126 Views · 3 Likes

Can You Run a MariaDB Cluster on a $150 Kubernetes Lab? I Gave It a Shot

Alejandro Duarte tests a MariaDB Galera cluster on a budget Orange Pi Kubernetes setup, tuning settings for resource limits and confirming successful replication.

May 21, 2025

by Alejandro Duarte

CORE

· 15,642 Views · 3 Likes

Driving DevOps With Smart, Scalable Testing

DevOps thrives on fast, reliable releases — and that means better testing. Automation across APIs, code, and E2E flows helps catch bugs early and ship confidently.

May 21, 2025

by Dima Kramskoy

· 3,750 Views

Next Evolution in Integration: Architecting With Intent Using Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduces a design-first approach to integration, enabling intelligent, context-aware connectivity in distributed systems.

May 20, 2025

by Pradyumna Amasebail Kodgi

· 4,002 Views · 3 Likes

Building Reliable LLM-Powered Microservices With Kubernetes on AWS

This article explores how to design, build, and deploy reliable, scalable LLM-powered microservices using Kubernetes on AWS, covering best practices for infrastructure.

May 20, 2025

by Rajarshi Tarafdar

· 5,966 Views · 2 Likes

Tired of Spring Overhead? Try Dropwizard for Your Next Java Microservice

You'll learn how to set up your first Dropwizard project, create a RESTful API, and run it with an embedded Jetty server — all using minimal boilerplate.

May 20, 2025

by Mohit Menghnani

CORE

· 6,603 Views · 5 Likes

How Kubernetes Cluster Sizing Affects Performance and Cost Efficiency in Cloud Deployments

Learn how Kubernetes cluster sizing impacts performance and cost efficiency. Learn best practices for optimal resource management and cloud deployment success.

May 20, 2025

by Hitesh Jodhavat

· 6,104 Views · 2 Likes

How to Ensure Cross-Time Zone Data Integrity and Consistency in Global Data Pipelines

Managing data across time zones requires using UTC for consistency, applying correct time zone conversions, and handling DST transitions carefully.

May 19, 2025

by Srinivas M

· 4,622 Views · 1 Like

Metrics at a Glance for Production Clusters

Cut through the complexity and spotlight the essential metrics you need on your radar to quickly detect and address issues in production Kubernetes clusters.

May 19, 2025

by Ruturaj Kadikar

· 4,136 Views · 2 Likes

AI-Driven Test Automation Techniques for Multimodal Systems

Learn how AI-powered test automation improves reliability and efficiency in multimodal AI systems by addressing complex testing challenges effectively.

May 19, 2025

by Gaurav Sharma

· 3,404 Views · 5 Likes

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Beyond the Basics

IaC has matured beyond basic scripting to offer scalable, secure cloud ops with reusable modules, testing, policy-as-code, and built-in cost optimization.

May 16, 2025

by Neha Surendranath

· 5,270 Views · 1 Like

Unit Testing Large Codebases: Principles, Practices, and C++ Examples

This guide shares best practices for writing scalable unit tests in large C++ codebases, covering dependency injection, Google Test, and Google Mock.

May 16, 2025

by Smarth Behl

· 5,080 Views · 2 Likes

The Full-Stack Developer's Blind Spot: Why Data Cleansing Shouldn't Be an Afterthought

Full-stack developers often focus on clean code but neglect clean data, leading to performance issues, security vulnerabilities, and frustrated users.

May 16, 2025

by Farah Kim

· 3,756 Views · 2 Likes

Debugging With Confidence in the Age of Observability-First Systems

Test Automation supports observability-first teams by enabling faster defect triage, smarter debugging and resilient deployments in complex environments.

May 16, 2025

by Harini Shankar

· 2,383 Views

Accelerating Debugging in Integration Testing: An Efficient Search-Based Workflow for Impact Localization

Parallelized 5-Point Adaptive Search boosts debugging in CI/CD by rapidly finding failing builds using parallelism and early test result analysis.

May 16, 2025

by Arun Vishwanathan

· 2,924 Views · 1 Like

Data Quality: A Novel Perspective for 2025

New testing techniques, smarter anomaly detection, and multi-cloud strategies are improving data reliability. Advanced tools are revolutionizing data quality management.

May 16, 2025

by Srinivas M

· 3,641 Views · 1 Like

AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis in SRE: Enhancing Incident Resolution

This article examines how AI is transforming root cause analysis (RCA) in Site Reliability Engineering by automating incident resolution and improving system reliability.

May 16, 2025

by Nikhil Kapoor

· 4,713 Views · 5 Likes

The Latest Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance Topics