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Xray - Native Test Management for Jira

A quick overview of Xray Test Management - cutting-edge test management app for Jira. Xray is the leading Quality Assurance and Test Management app for Jira. More than 4.5 million testers, developers and QA managers trust Xray to manage 100+ million test cases each month. Xray is a mission-critical tool at over 5,000 companies in 70 countries, including 137 of the Global 500 like BMW, Samsung and Airbus.

The Role of Microservices in Digital Banking Transformation: Architecture, Migration & Implementation Guide (2026)

A customer opens a banking app at 9:02 AM to check a failed payment. The balance looks wrong. Support says, “It’s a system delay.” The transaction finally reflects several hours later. That’s not a UX problem. It’s an architecture problem. Traditional banks still run on tightly coupled, monolithic systems designed for batch processing, not real-time expectations. But customers today compare banking experiences to Google Pay or Apple Pay, not legacy core systems.

AI code created a new testing problem | From the Bear Cave Ep. 3

SmartBear’s study Closing the AI software quality gap found that 60% of teams have already experienced quality issues tied to AI-generated code, evidence of how increased abstraction is changing how software gets built. When development shifts from well-defined requirements to prompts and generated outputs, it becomes much harder to understand what the system is actually supposed to do, and what you should be testing against.

Expanding the Atlassian Ecosystem with Xray and Easysecrets

Over the past few years, Easysecrets has established itself as a trusted partner within the Atlassian ecosystem. Beyond consistently delivering efficient solutions through strong development capabilities, the company has also built a reputation for offering a diverse and innovative portfolio tailored to evolving customer needs. When discussing Atlassian, it is impossible not to mention Jira.

Static Data Masking vs. Dynamic Data Masking: What's the Best Approach?

Data masking comes in different forms: dynamic vs. static masking. Each has its own characteristics, use cases, and methods for data protection. But when it comes to comprehensive, consistent protection, static data masking rises above. In this blog, we’ll break down where dynamic data masking works, how it fails, and which use cases you need to use static masking for.

7 Ways to Monitor Critical User Flows on Your Website

Your website’s critical user flows are the lifelines of your business. A single broken button or unexpected error can send users packing — and that means lost revenue and a damaged reputation. Yet a lot of teams still rely on sporadic manual checks or basic uptime monitoring. The problem? Revenue-draining bugs love to hide in complex UI interactions that only show up under real browser conditions.

How a Marketing Intern Ended Up Running Claude in a Terminal

Before I ever ran Claude in my terminal, I thought I already understood AI tools pretty well. Like most people, I had used ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity for everyday tasks. Such as helping with schoolwork, organizing ideas, summarizing information, or getting through something faster when time was tight. They were useful, but they still felt separate from how real work happened.