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Automating Chaos Experiments in Production
Ali Basiri discusses the motivation behind ChAP (Chaos Automation Platform), how they implemented it, and how Netflix service teams are using it to identify systemic weaknesses.
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Implementing Config Server and Extending It
Clint Checketts discusses the concerns to consider when rolling out a config server around security, encryption, and location of repositories, and Config Server's extensibility.
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The Psychology of Security Automation
Jason Chan discusses how security teams can use thoughtful tools and automation to improve relationships with development teams while creating a more secure and manageable environment.
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Building Confidence in a Distributed System
Sean T. Allen talks about creating repeatable tests using programmatic fault injection, message tracing, and auditing to create a trustworthy system which provides correct results.
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2-Speed DevOps for Cloud-minded Enterprise
Ming Zhou and Adam Lewis share their experience of building cloud automation and orchestration platforms.
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An Introduction to Property Based Testing
Aaron Bedra focuses on describing a system as a series of models that can be used to systematically and automatically generate input data and ensure that a code is behaving as expected.
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CD at LMAX: Testing into Production and Back Again
Sam Adams talks about testing at LMAX Exchange, extending functional tests into live monitoring of production through isolation, and moving fast through incremental delivery, quality and automation.
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Monkeys in Lab Coats: Applying Failure Testing Research @Netflix
The authors present how lineage-driven fault injection evolved from a theoretical model into an automated failure testing system that leverages Netflix’s fault injection and tracing infrastructures.
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Beyond Ad-hoc Automation: To Structured Platforms
Bridget Kromhout discusses how to work with the right level of abstraction with DevOps tooling, how different DevOps pieces fit together into a cohesive solution.
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Joy of Testing
John Hughes presents automated techniques that can improve testing, focusing on what the code should do rather than which cases should be tested, with war stories from Ericsson, Volvo Cars, and Basho.
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FsCheck: For Each Function There Exist Properties to Be Checked
Paulmichael Blasucci takes a look at FsCheck, a powerful library for doing property-based testing and sophisticated data generation in the CLR ecosystem.
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Mobile Testing Trends, Their Unique Challenges and Innovations that Address Them
Melissa Tondi discusses mobile testing, advising on creating a device testing matrix and the balance between devices and emulators, along with a comparison between various automated testing tools.