Rapidly Simulate Production Traffic ft. Michael Drogalis

Опубликовано: 14 Апрель 2026
на канале: The Geek Narrator
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In this episode we explore how to Rapidly Simulate Production Traffic with Michael Drogalis, using his creation ShadowTraffic. I am sure you will be able to relate to all the different problems mentioned in this episode and like how ShadowTraffic aims to solve those problems.

I hope you like this conversation.

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to The Geek Narrator Podcast: Exploring Deep Tech
00:18 The Challenge of Simulating Production Traffic
00:59 Introducing Shadow Traffic: A Solution to Data Simulation
02:34 Understanding the Problem Space of Data Simulation
06:03 How Shadow Traffic Works: A Deep Dive
08:17 The Power of Declarative Data Generation with Shadow Traffic
10:40 Shadow Traffic's Architecture and Deployment
13:02 Configuring Load Testing and Throttling with Shadow Traffic
15:47 Testing and Validation in Shadow Traffic
20:42 Mimicking Production Data Distribution with Shadow Traffic
26:48 Innovative Features for Stream Processing Testing
28:47 Shadow Traffic: Adding Faults to Data for Robust Testing
29:04 Antithesis and Shadow Traffic: A Synergistic Approach
32:46 The Challenge of Generating Realistic Test Data
40:04 Enhancing Observability in Data Generation
41:50 Customer-Driven Roadmap and Future Vision
45:27 Closing Thoughts

ShadowTraffic: https://shadowtraffic.io/
Contact Michael: https://shadowtraffic.io/contact.html

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