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Automating API Mocks in Your CI Pipeline with proxymock

When running tests in a CI/CD pipeline, relying on external APIs can introduce instability, slow down execution, and even lead to failed builds due to rate limits or API downtime. Fortunately proxymock provides a solution by capturing API interactions and running a local mock server, enabling fully isolated and repeatable tests. In this blog, we’ll demonstrate how to integrate proxymock into a GitHub Actions CI pipeline using a demo app called outerspace-go.

Service Mocks #speedscale #service #mocks #software

Ken Ahrens from Speedscale break down the challenges with service mocks — from the complexity of building them to common misunderstandings about their purpose. Many think of mocks like unit test stubs, but service mocks are much more powerful. They can simulate production conditions right on your laptop, making testing more realistic and reliable.

AI Integration #speedscale #ai #integration #mcp #march

Ken Ahrens from Speescale dives into the best AI API integration model of March 2025 — Anthropic's MCP model. This innovative integration enables seamless communication with browsers and various tools, including the popular Cursor. Discover how the MCP model is revolutionizing AI-powered workflows and boosting productivity.
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What Are Cloud Development Environments?

Especially, if you have a globally distributed team, CDEs give you a smoother developer experience just by its online nature. Instead of wrestling with conflicting dependencies, trudging with inconsistent local setups, or waiting for your code to compile, you have a powerful, instantly accessible development environment in the cloud. CDEs remove typical limitations like hardware and scalability. You can quickly get started with minimal setup and configuration, but confidently move forward due to the flexibility and customization features CDEs provide.

Modernize Test Data Management with Traffic Replay

In software testing or platform engineering, having realistic data is crucial. For years, teams have relied on Test Data Management (TDM) to copy entire production databases, scrub any sensitive information, and then spin up test environments from these sanitized data sets. While TDM gets the job done, it can be costly, time-consuming, and can quickly become outdated.

How to Mock AI APIs Using proxymock

APIs often represent the cutting edge of the technology space. This is especially true with Artificial Intelligence – as AI has evolved from speculative technology to mass adoption, it has shown up significantly in APIs as a modality and mechanism. However, as with all new technologies, using AI APIs comes with significant challenges.
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What Is Shadow Traffic? All You Need to Know

Production traffic can often be unpredictable, and distinguishing genuine user interactions from mere noise becomes a pivotal step in comprehensively grasping the types of requests and workflows occurring within your deployment. One important concept to explore in this context is shadow traffic, which plays a significant role in analytics and cybersecurity but is often misunderstood or rarely discussed.