Mocking APIs is a popular practice in software development. An increasing number of developers are reaping the benefits and no longer using their valuable time to spin up duplicate resources. Many mock services do not require account creation, making them easy to use and privacy-friendly. In the rest of this article, we explain what mock APIs are, when you should think about using them, and what solutions are available within the open-source and proprietary markets.

As the IT landscape evolves, businesses face increasingly complex challenges related to system availability, data integrity, and customer satisfaction. One of the most pressing dilemmas is how to manage incidents effectively—deciding between reactive and proactive incident response approaches. Both methodologies have their own merits and pitfalls, but the decision can significantly influence how efficiently an organization handles IT disruptions and maintains operational continuity.

You can connect to MySQL Server using the MySQL Command-Line Client or tools with graphical user interfaces. In this article, we consider each method in detail.

At some point, your development team may be considering implementing load testing (also known as stress testing) as part of your software testing process. Load testing validates that your web app is able to withstand a large number of simultaneous users, decreasing the chance that any traffic spikes will bring down your services once deployed. These stress tests can be highly granular, giving you the opportunity to test run virtually unlimited strategies before they are set into the wild.

Cloud engineers have become a vital part of many organizations – orchestrating cloud services to create seamless digital experiences for clients. With responsibilities spanning across cloud security to troubleshooting incidents, cloud engineers are key to keeping modern businesses running efficiently. And as the need for cloud expertise continues to rise, so do opportunities in the field.

One of Argo CD’s standout features is its powerful user interface (UI) that shows the live status of all applications and the respective Kubernetes resources. Both developers and operators can quickly understand the status of their deployments by looking at the UI and drilling down into all the different views of Argo CD applications. Some teams even use the Argo CD UI as a generic Kubernetes dashboard and management interface (especially after the addition of the web-based terminal feature).