Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only! Grab it Explore the challenges and alternatives to end-to-end test environments in distributed architectures during this 45-minute conference talk. Delve into why traditional production-like test environments have become flaky, unreliable, and difficult to maintain in the era of independent DevOps teams and automated CI/CD. Discover why these environments are considered a dead-end approach and learn about more effective alternatives for achieving high software quality. Examine the gaps these expensive environments aim to fill and strategies for reducing their usage. Gain insights from Roy Braam, a Software Craftsman at JPoint and Solution Architect at Rabobank, as he shares his expertise in Java development and architecture, drawing from his experience with the core backend of the Online Banking Platform.