Testing in Production

Explore lessons learned from testing directly in production in this conference talk. Discover how to increase release cadence, implement faster deployments, and commit directly to the master branch. Learn about synchronous and asynchronous deployment strategies, various testing flavors, and the importance of timing. Delve into running functional and load tests against production environments, handling special cases, and managing users in the wild. Examine rolling back techniques, event overlaying, and the concept of Monitoring Driven Development. Gain insights on effective alerting practices, creating feedback loops for production testing, and building "full cycle" developer teams. Understand how these strategies contribute to developer happiness and overall team success in the context of modern software development practices.