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2nd November 2026Alba 9 Is Nearly HereAlba 9.0 RC3 is the last release candidate before the biggest release Alba has had in years: host pooling for parallel integration tests, scenarios addressed by route name, JSON path and problem details assertions, endpoint coverage and authorization audits, time travel with a fake TimeProvider, server-sent events, and a rebuilt docs site. All of it is Jaedyn's work. Plus the breaking changes to read before you upgrade from Alba 8.
20th October 2026Succeeding with Test Automation using BobcatBobcat is the Critter Stack's new spec-driven integration testing framework, and we have already used it to make our own CI builds and local gating faster and more trustworthy. This is the test automation strategy behind it: fifteen recommendations, and where Bobcat does the job.6th October 2026Introducing Bobcat: Spec Driven Development and Better Integration Testing for the Critter StackBobcat is the new Critter Stack tool for Spec Driven Development and for making our own integration testing more reliable. It projects readable specifications out of the xUnit.net or TUnit tests you already have, brings back the table driven testing ideas from Storyteller, reports failures in a way an AI agent can actually use, and has a compiled Gherkin model for when Given/When/Then is the right fit.
29th September 2026The F5 Experience, Even with Rabbit MQ, AWS SQS, or Azure Service BusA fresh git clone, docker compose up -d, and F5. That's the whole onboarding story for a Critter Stack application, and with Wolverine's AutoProvision() it stays that way when you add asynchronous messaging through Rabbit MQ, Amazon SQS, or Azure Service Bus. Here's how the stateful resource model, the resources command, and environment checks make that work.28th September 2026Introducing the Bobcat Supervisor for Reliable .NET Integration SuitesBobcat.Supervisor splits a .NET integration test suite across worker processes, isolates each worker's database, retries failures in a fresh process without hiding them, and names the test that hung. It already runs Wolverine's CI and CritterWatch's test gate, and your test project doesn't need to reference Bobcat at all.
30th August 2026Clone, docker compose up, Go: Friction-Free EF Core Integration Testing with Weasel and WolverineWeasel manages the schema for every EF Core DbContext in your application the same way it has always managed Marten's -- and its FK-aware database cleaner plus IInitialData give you a fast, repeatable reset between tests. Clean clone to green test suite with no migration chain to run.21st April 2026EF Core is Better with WolverineWolverine has a strong development and production-time story for EF Core developers — transactional middleware, automatic outbox/inbox, runtime database migrations, test data resets, and declarative persistence.
20th August 2025Integration Testing with the Critter StackA live stream laying out the tools and approaches in the Critter Stack for automating integration testing, and the technical challenges you will run into along the way.
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2nd November 2026Alba 9 Is Nearly HereAlba 9.0 RC3 is the last release candidate before the biggest release Alba has had in years: host pooling for parallel integration tests, scenarios addressed by route name, JSON path and problem details assertions, endpoint coverage and authorization audits, time travel with a fake TimeProvider, server-sent events, and a rebuilt docs site. All of it is Jaedyn's work. Plus the breaking changes to read before you upgrade from Alba 8.20th October 2026Succeeding with Test Automation using BobcatBobcat is the Critter Stack's new spec-driven integration testing framework, and we have already used it to make our own CI builds and local gating faster and more trustworthy. This is the test automation strategy behind it: fifteen recommendations, and where Bobcat does the job.6th October 2026Introducing Bobcat: Spec Driven Development and Better Integration Testing for the Critter StackBobcat is the new Critter Stack tool for Spec Driven Development and for making our own integration testing more reliable. It projects readable specifications out of the xUnit.net or TUnit tests you already have, brings back the table driven testing ideas from Storyteller, reports failures in a way an AI agent can actually use, and has a compiled Gherkin model for when Given/When/Then is the right fit.29th September 2026The F5 Experience, Even with Rabbit MQ, AWS SQS, or Azure Service BusA fresh git clone, docker compose up -d, and F5. That's the whole onboarding story for a Critter Stack application, and with Wolverine's AutoProvision() it stays that way when you add asynchronous messaging through Rabbit MQ, Amazon SQS, or Azure Service Bus. Here's how the stateful resource model, the resources command, and environment checks make that work.28th September 2026Introducing the Bobcat Supervisor for Reliable .NET Integration SuitesBobcat.Supervisor splits a .NET integration test suite across worker processes, isolates each worker's database, retries failures in a fresh process without hiding them, and names the test that hung. It already runs Wolverine's CI and CritterWatch's test gate, and your test project doesn't need to reference Bobcat at all.30th August 2026Clone, docker compose up, Go: Friction-Free EF Core Integration Testing with Weasel and WolverineWeasel manages the schema for every EF Core DbContext in your application the same way it has always managed Marten's -- and its FK-aware database cleaner plus IInitialData give you a fast, repeatable reset between tests. Clean clone to green test suite with no migration chain to run.21st April 2026EF Core is Better with WolverineWolverine has a strong development and production-time story for EF Core developers — transactional middleware, automatic outbox/inbox, runtime database migrations, test data resets, and declarative persistence.20th August 2025Integration Testing with the Critter StackA live stream laying out the tools and approaches in the Critter Stack for automating integration testing, and the technical challenges you will run into along the way.