Closing the Loop – Shifting Right & Observability
summary
Shift Right means tying tests to real signals: analytics reveal 950 tests against user profile vs 98.5% traffic on the store page, so testing focus shifts. Investigation finds 50 of 2,400 code paths never send correct analytics, costing six‑figure revenue. The team builds feature flags for staged rollouts and instant rollback, instruments microservices and analytics, uses report-portal style tooling to map URL coverage, and runs cross‑functional release rehearsals to validate hypotheses in production.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 1:09WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT
- 8:37WHAT IS SHIFT RIGHT?
- 15:13THE JOURNEY
- 20:06THOUGHT EXERCISE
- 22:41FOR MONDAY: CLOSE THE LOOP
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