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Using shift-left and shift-right in video games

There’s a new way to approach quality. In game testing, "shift-left" is all about catching issues earlier in the development process rather than waiting until production. @Mac Clark from Sauce Labs explains how game engines like Unity and Unreal allow for a shift-left approach using AI agents to automate testing before a game reaches players. This proactive method can help identify potential crashes and errors at the engine level, ensuring a more stable product launch.

The best Testlio alternatives in 2025

When you want to expand your QA testing capabilities or resources, Testlio can recruit QA specialists from their large “crowd” of QA personnel. Testlio also provides a platform to manage your tests, test runs, and results. If you’re considering a platform-enabled QA service like Testlio, there are a handful of other noteworthy providers you should know. We’ll cover them in this piece.

Kubernetes vs Docker: 7 Key Differences

It’s impossible to learn about containerization without hearing about Docker and Kubernetes. These two tools together dominate the world of containers, both being the de facto standard in what they each do. When you’re first getting started learning about containers, it can be quite a challenge to figure out the differences between these two tools.

Test with scaling in mind

Is your error reporting solution ready to handle millions of players? Without the right tools, scaling for large games can lead to overwhelmed systems and missed insights. Here’s a strategy: Prioritize Scalability: Choose tools like Backtrace that can handle the sheer volume of errors in massive releases without compromising on performance. Enable Easy Triage: Look for solutions that streamline error sorting so teams can quickly pinpoint and resolve critical issues.

DevOps as a Service (DaaS): Transforming Enterprise IT Operations

A software update failure led to one of the most infamous outages of the year: the Crowdstrike Outage. The incident is estimated to have cost Fortune 500 companies more than USD 5 billion. Per the congressional testimony by Crowdstrike’s officials, the downtime wasn’t attributed to a malicious attack but a configuration and software update failure. Incidents like these make us question how we deal with our digital ecosystems - the configurations, the monitoring, the testing, etc.

What is Resilience Testing: The Ultimate Guide

Today’s complex, dynamic applications demand rigorous resilience testing. A common hurdle is accurately mimicking real user behavior. This post discusses a possible solution: production traffic replication (PTR), a technique that captures actual user interactions to enhance chaos testing, and the principle of intentionally introducing failures to evaluate application recovery.

9 Test Automation Best Practices to Start 2025 Off Right

As we round the bend into 2025, here’s our best advice for maximizing your automation testing productivity and avoiding mistakes. Automated testing entails much more than simply creating tests and enabling them. A “set it and forget it” approach won’t get you very far with automated tests — particularly automated browser tests, which interact with the ever-changing frontend of your application or website.

System Testing: Definition, Guide, Best Practices

System testing is like the ultimate test drive for your software. Before the app hits production, you need to ensure every feature works as promised, every component plays nicely together, and nothing breaks under pressure. That’s where system testing shines. In this article, we’ll explore everything you need to know about system testing: what it is, why it’s essential, the processes, techniques, and best practices.