Patching Azure VMs from AWS Systems Manager using Hybrid Activation Each cloud platform provides its own native tools, which can lead to fragmented processes and increased administrative overhead. To address this challenge, AWS Systems Manager (SSM) offers a powerful solution through its Hybrid Activation feature. This capability allows non-AWS machines, such as Azure Virtual Machines […]
Introduction Test automation is a core part of software development. Tools like Playwright make end-to-end testing easier with reliable browser automation, smart waits, and strong support for modern web apps. But even with these tools, a lot of work still feels repetitive. Engineers spend significant time on: Planning what to test Writing test scripts Fixing […]
Introduction We started seeing repeated OutOfMemoryError exceptions in a Spring Boot service running on Amazon ECS in EC2 mode. The impact of the OutOfMemoryError was serious:- JVM threads crashed, including SQS listeners, HTTP threads, and AWS SDK threads. Messages were retried and eventually sent to SQS Dead Letter Queues. The service became unstable under load. […]
Introduction to Mabl If you’ve ever been stuck fixing broken Selenium tests at 2 a.m., you know the pain of traditional test automation. A small CSS change or a renamed element ID, and suddenly half your regression suite is red. The team wants to ship. Product is pushing. And QA is caught in the middle.This […]
Introduction IT teams are constantly confronted with it-itself an indicator of bigger problems: manual incident resolution, repetitive provisioning, rising cloud costs, and compliance needs. Traditional solutions involve custom scripts, cron jobs, or expensive third-party tools. What if you could automate all of it, smartly, in one location? Welcome to n8n: an open-source, AI-powered workflow automation […]
Introduction At To The New, we help customers across various industries develop cutting-edge, scalable infrastructure. However, you must first tame the beast before you can scale anything. And in this case, the beast was Jenkins. Jenkins setups that have grown disorganized over time are a problem for many organisations. Engineers spend more time troubleshooting than […]
Introduction You probably already know how powerful GitHub Workflows are. They can transform the way you consume software and significantly boost your productivity. With them, you can automate almost anything. If you’re new to GitHub Actions or want to understand them in depth, I highly recommend Sudarshan’s excellent post, “GitHub Actions for Seamless CI/CD,” which […]
Introduction We know that sometimes the cloud infrastructure is already set up before we start using Terraform. Traditionally, if we wanted to import these resources into Terraform and control them, we had to run some manual import commands. It was a pain and made it tricky to keep things smooth when working in a collaborative […]
In the first part of this blog series, we walked through our decision to migrate from Bitbucket to GitHub, the strategic planning that went into it, and how we laid the groundwork for a successful transition. From aligning stakeholders to building custom automation scripts, every step was designed to support a migration at scale. In […]
