Marcus' Blog

Slow CI/CD pipelines directly impact developer productivity and deployment frequency. When pull request checks take 15+ minutes to complete, developers context-switch to other tasks, breaking their flow and reducing productivity. Additionally, GitHub Actions charges by the minute, so inefficient workflows literally cost you money. [Read More]

Ever get annoyed having to click through Windows settings just to toggle your VPN connection? Yeah, me too. That’s why I built a VS Code extension to handle it. [Read More]

TL; DR: I created a VS Code extension that makes it easier to remove credentials from Git History. [Read More]

In 2020, I blogged about associating automated tests with Azure Test Cases. The post had 18 questions, which indicates there is still confusion on how this works, especially how to set it up with Playwright (which was pre-stable release at the time). [Read More]

I was recently tasked with measuring the impact of a Redis cache on an e-commerce site. This was pretty simple with Azure Load Testing, by comparing the results of 2 sites, one with cache, and one without. However, to better exercise the site and understand the user experience, I wanted... [Read More]