End to end UI tests are the bane of testers and developers alike. They are slow, brittle, and need constant updates. They are also indispensable. A good automation strategy will speed up the feedback loop between a defect being introduced and that defect being detected.

It might seem obvious but loading everything into memory is a bad idea. GoDoc examples, tutorials and Stack Overflow posts often use byte slices because its a quick way to illustrate a point but it is rarely the ideal data structure for engineered software solutions.

Are you still having an uphill battle with security, does it always feel like just one more problem to solve? Or you treat it more like a feature that gets de-prioritised at each of your Sprints? Perhaps you sometimes even struggle to understand what that "security hype" is all about? Read on and discover how to embrace security to make it the cornerstone of any information system you build.

This approach can be used to easily mock out any part of the code, including HTTP calls, database queries, and more. There is also an added advantage of making the code more modular and maintainable. Try this out on your own codebase and see how much more of your code you can test!

Ever wanted to build a quick Internet-of-Things device? This is a quick tutorial of how to get a Raspberry Pi up and running as a simple doorbell that responds to simple Slack commands.

At AWS re:Invent 2019, Amazon Detective was announced as a service to investigate and identify the root cause of potential security issues or suspicious activities. This week the service has become generally available.

Microservices or monolith? If you are still on the fence, this write-up might show you how to choose the right answer based on your project, team and their skills, budget and time constraints. As an added bonus, a look is also taken at the nanoservices: a fairly new phenomenon on the systems architecture landscape.

AWS CloudFormation now allows you to create your own custom resource types with the new Resource Provider Toolkit. This post walks you through the new toolkit's features and how to create your own custom resource type.

An example of how to use the export_test.go idiom to unit test a package wrapping AWS Athena.

Being a knowledge worker in a reasonably modern company affords you some privileges not every worker has — like working from home.

Developing reliable integration tests requires you to control every part of your execution environment, from the operating system up to the source code itself.

Amazon Textract was announced as a next-generation OCR service which not only performs word-based translation, but can also provide form and table value extractions.

A quick, no nonsense guide to getting started with Go Modules. I’m a fan of quick guides – just tell me what to do so I can start using it now. I don’t need an essay on why I should be using it or painful detail on the tool’s inner workings.