How do you test a detector whose answer is supposed to change as it learns? This post is about BDF, the Behavioural Definition Format that makes StyloBot testable: one file defines a class of traffic, then drives regression replay, load generation, and a…
How many times have you been blocked waiting for backend APIs to be ready? Or spent hours maintaining brittle mock data that becomes stale the moment requirements change? Enter mostlylucid.mockllmapi - a production-ready ASP.NET Core mocking platform that uses…
Now that you understand the fundamentals of k6 and performance testing, it's time to put that knowledge into practice. This article walks you through writing real tests, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines, and using profiling tools to identify and fix…
Your application works perfectly on your laptop. Unit tests pass. Integration tests pass. You deploy to production, and suddenly everything grinds to a halt. Five hundred real users hit your homepage simultaneously, and your server starts returning 503 errors.…
Playwright is Microsoft's official solution for modern browser automation, offering multi-browser support (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) with a single API, built-in trace debugging, and mobile emulation. This guide covers everything from setup to advanced testing…
Modern E2E (End-To-End, using your site like users would) testing doesn't have to be painful. This comprehensive guide shows you how to use PuppeteerSharp for fast, reliable browser automation in .NET-covering everything from basic testing to PDF generation…
Need to test a snippet of C# code without spinning up a full project? C# Script files (.csx) let you write and run C# code like a scripting language. No Program.cs, no .csproj, no build step - just write and run. Perfect for testing APIs, validating logic, or…
Why I write tests last, and why that's not what you think it means Controversial take: Test-Driven Development is a brilliant practice that solves the wrong problem for most creative work. Here's what works better. The Three Phases of Building Software (That…
Well, still at it (20 hours after starting - yes, the time on this post is correct!). Really fustrating mostly, but one of those times coding where hours and hours of pain (literally in this case - flu and splitting headaches were involved) were followed by a…
Deadlocks...I hates the little buggers! Just spent the day trying to fix an 'issue' with a site I developed for a client. This is slightly annoying as it's a 'theoretical' issue. Essentially, the client has chosen to do something that I never normally do, load…