HTTP 200 doesn’t mean your product works
Watch on YouTube A URL returning HTTP 200 doesn’t prove that the product works end to end. A homepage can load while login, the database, payments, or a third-party API are failing. That’s the thesis of this episode: the takedown is an uncomfortable obligation, yes, but it can help separate “my endpoint responds” from “my service delivers on its promise to the user.”
A URL returning HTTP 200 doesn’t prove that the product works end to end. A homepage can load while login, the database, payments, or a third-party API are failing. That’s the thesis of this episode: the takedown is an uncomfortable obligation, yes, but it can help separate “my endpoint responds” from “my service delivers on its promise to the user.” Even if we don’t present the obligation as though it were a gift. For many teams, the ping test was sufficient and inexpensive for a basic check.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/kk_t9pfU69c
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