Ashley Goolam

Ashley Goolam

API Observability: What It Is and How to Achieve ItViewpoint

API Observability: What It Is and How to Achieve It

API observability explained: how it differs from monitoring, the three pillars (metrics, logs, traces), RED, SLOs, and how to implement it.

Ashley Goolam

July 6, 2026

Switching Back to Fable 5: How to Re-Point Your API Workloads SafelyViewpoint

Switching Back to Fable 5: How to Re-Point Your API Workloads Safely

Fable 5 is back after the June outage. A practical runbook for re-pointing API workloads from Opus 4.8: regression testing, reroute monitoring, cost math.

Ashley Goolam

July 2, 2026

What Is Kreya?Viewpoint

What Is Kreya?

A look at the gRPC-first, privacy-first desktop API client by riok: protocols, offline use, git-diffable storage, pricing, and who it suits.

Ashley Goolam

June 30, 2026

What is composable architecture? The MACH and API-first guideViewpoint

What is composable architecture? The MACH and API-first guide

What is composable architecture? A clear guide to PBCs, MACH, and the API-first backbone, with composable vs monolith and when to adopt it.

Ashley Goolam

June 30, 2026

What is a headless commerce API? MACH, composable commerce, and the contract layerViewpoint

What is a headless commerce API? MACH, composable commerce, and the contract layer

A headless commerce API decouples your storefront from the commerce engine. Learn how it works, composable vs MACH, the main platforms, and the API contract.

Ashley Goolam

June 29, 2026

What is Strands Agents? AWS’s open-source model-driven agent SDKViewpoint

What is Strands Agents? AWS’s open-source model-driven agent SDK

Strands agents is AWS's open-source model-driven agent SDK. Learn the loop, tools, model providers, MCP, multi-agent, deploy, and when to use it.

Ashley Goolam

June 26, 2026

What is Semantic Kernel? Microsoft’s SDK for AI orchestrationViewpoint

What is Semantic Kernel? Microsoft’s SDK for AI orchestration

What is Semantic Kernel? Microsoft's open-source SDK to orchestrate AI in C#, Python, and Java, with kernel, plugins, and OpenAPI-to-plugin import.

Ashley Goolam

June 26, 2026

k6 load testing: a practical guide for APIsViewpoint

k6 load testing: a practical guide for APIs

A practical k6 load testing guide: install k6, write your first script, set VUs, stages, and thresholds, read p95/p99 results, and run it in CI.

Ashley Goolam

June 25, 2026

Apidog CLI vs SpecmaticViewpoint

Apidog CLI vs Specmatic

Apidog vs Specmatic for spec-first API testing in CI/CD: contract verification vs design, mock, and functional test runs. Honest comparison and when to use both.

Ashley Goolam

June 25, 2026

How to Test the Sakana Fugu API in Apidog?Tutorials

How to Test the Sakana Fugu API in Apidog?

Test the Sakana Fugu API in Apidog: build OpenAI-compatible requests, inspect SSE streaming, read usage, and compare balanced vs Ultra latency.

Ashley Goolam

June 22, 2026

Best Keploy Alternatives for API TestingTutorials

Best Keploy Alternatives for API Testing

Looking for a Keploy alternative? Compare Apidog CLI, Newman, Hoppscotch, Schemathesis and record-replay tools with honest pros, cons, and a feature table.

Ashley Goolam

June 17, 2026

What Is Keploy? Record-and-Replay API TestingViewpoint

What Is Keploy? Record-and-Replay API Testing

What is Keploy? Learn how its eBPF record-and-replay engine auto-generates API tests and mocks, the keploy record and test commands, and honest limits.

Ashley Goolam

June 17, 2026

Apidog CLI vs Hoppscotch CLI: Which Runner for CI/CD?Viewpoint

Apidog CLI vs Hoppscotch CLI: Which Runner for CI/CD?

Apidog CLI vs Hoppscotch CLI: compare install, data-driven runs, reporters, open source, and platform features to pick the right API test runner for CI/CD.

Ashley Goolam

June 17, 2026

How to Migrate From the Hoppscotch CLI to Apidog CLITutorials

How to Migrate From the Hoppscotch CLI to Apidog CLI

Migrate from Hoppscotch CLI to Apidog CLI: export collections, map hopp test to apidog run, convert iteration data and JUnit reports, keep CI green.

Ashley Goolam

June 17, 2026

Best Hoppscotch CLI Alternatives for API TestingViewpoint

Best Hoppscotch CLI Alternatives for API Testing

The best Hoppscotch CLI alternative options for API testing: Apidog CLI, Newman, inso, Step CI, and Hurl compared with honest pros, cons, and a table.

Ashley Goolam

June 17, 2026