LXer: Testing in production: Yes, you can (and should)

LXer · 08-15-2017, 10:24 AM

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I wrote a piece recently about why we are all distributed systems engineers now. To my surprise, lots of people objected to the observation that you have*to test large distributed systems in production.*It seems testing in production has gotten a bad rap—despite the fact that we all*do it, all the time.Maybe*we associate it with cowboy engineering. We hear*"testing in production" and assume this means no unit tests, functional tests, or continuous integration.read more

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sundialsvcs · 08-15-2017, 11:30 AM

"Test in a production-replica environment," yes. But never let your customers see you sweat. They don't give a damn how you do it. They do give a damn if it don't work, and they're not paying good money to see that. Ever.