Cloud Testing Blog

Key takeawaysChromium is the open-source base; Chrome adds proprietary codecs, auto-update and Google services.For automated testing Chromium is usually the better choice: lighter, pinnable and no forced updates.Test against what ...

Key takeawaysCaching and image optimisation deliver most of the available gain on WordPress.Plugins are the usual cause of slowness, since each adds queries and assets to every page.Measure after each ...

Key takeawaysMonitor from outside Azure as well as inside, or you miss what customers experience.Alert on latency percentiles and error rate, not on average response time.Watch platform limits alongside app ...

Key takeawaysDomain expiry takes sites down completely and is entirely preventable.Alert weeks ahead, not days, since transfers and payment issues take time.Monitor certificates on the same schedule; they fail the ...

Key takeawaysThe token endpoint is a single point of failure: if it stalls, every client fails.Monitor token acquisition end to end, not just that the host responds.Alert on latency as ...

Key takeawaysAPI monitoring catches failures between your services and the customers depending on them.External checks see what internal dashboards cannot, because they fail the same way users do.Monitor the endpoints ...

Key takeawaysThe biggest wins are usually images, requests and caching, in that order.Do the non-technical items first. They need no deploy and often move the number most.Re-measure after each change ...

Key takeawaysA baseline turns future runs into comparisons instead of isolated numbers.Capture it on a stable build under representative load, then leave it alone.Re-baseline deliberately after a genuine improvement, not ...

Key takeawaysThe recurring obstacles are environment parity, test data and interpreting results.Most of them are planning problems rather than tooling problems.Solve the one currently blocking a release rather than working ...

Key takeawaysUse __UUID() when you need uniqueness, and a Counter when you need a predictable sequence.Unique data per virtual user avoids the false speed that comes from hitting the same ...