Half a year ago we were contacted by a fast-growing mobile bank. They needed a DevOps specialist to support their infrastructure. What started as a small maintenance job soon became the basis for many improvements we’ll discuss in this case study.

To get all the benefits out of test automation, you need to have a right test automation framework in place. Selecting a wrong one may lead to a waste of your time and money.

In September 2014 Apple had to pull back the latest iOS 8 update in less than an hour after its release. The update caused severe unlocking issues along with frozen updates, lost signal, and 67% more crashes. What’s unfortunate, the tech giant could’ve avoided this blunder entirely with regression testing.

Software testing is like health insurance – you don’t think you need it until you receive a massive bill. Just like insurance, there are many different types of software testing, so it often confuses business people. Let’s fix this confusion!

Scrum and Kanban are two of the most popular Agile frameworks. Both have their pros and cons. Both have proven their ability to produce great results in the face of high uncertainty. Yet, they shine in completely different situations. And here’s where the Kanban vs Scrum debate starts and goes on up until now.

The success of a software development project is closely related to which software development approach is used. Agile and Waterfall are two of the most popular types of software development methodologies today. But how are both of them managed and what is the difference?

We often deal with projects that face a high level of uncertainty. With networking applications, you can’t predict how many connections you’ll have in the future and how complex they’ll get. So it can be hard to pick an optimal tech stack. However, there might be a perfect database for such cases.

Building a predictable and error-free software is something each developer should strive for. Using automated testing allows you to sleep soundly at night as you know for sure your code works properly. A good Javascript testing framework may become your sleeping pill.

Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are the interfaces that help us integrate third-party features, connect enterprise systems, and exchange data between apps. Learning how to build an API lays the foundation for modern web development.

When it appeared on the market, API became a real game changer. For the software development world, it introduced a new approach to synchronizing information between different solutions. For businesses, it has become a valuable asset that drives revenue and efficiency.

High-speed innovation allowed companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix to dominate markets. Yet at some point, they all faced issues familiar to established companies. Slow, risky releases and a rift between development (dev) and operations (ops) pushed them to adopt a radical DevOps strategy.

We have invested plenty of time researching and deciding which tools to include in our DevOps tool package. Our decisions are based on almost ten years of experience in the IT industry and we are ready to share the list of best devops tools with you.