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How FAANG Engineers Use Testing in Production
In Episode 123 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the controversial but powerful practice of testing in production at FAANG companies. They break down how Netflix’s Chaos Monkey pioneered the approach, how feature flags and canary deployments reduce risk, and why shipping to 1% of users before 100% is a core reliability strategy. Lucas contrasts this with the traditional 'test in staging' mindset, while Luna brings up the importance of observability tools like distributed tracing and dashboards. They also discuss how engineers at smaller companies can adopt production testing…
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