Show HN: Calibre Test Profiles – Test your sites under real world conditions

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9 years ago

Hi HN! I'm Ben, the solo founder of Calibre Analytics: https://calibreapp.com. Calibre monitors websites and applications in a clean-room testing environment from all over the world. Up until January Calibre has been an "inbetween other things" / evenings / holidays kind of project. (Only, oops—I did that for four years.). Last year I knuckled down to get into the position where I could work on it full time.

I've spent the last 8 weeks working on "Test profiles" (The launch post is here: https://medium.com/get-calibre/announcing-test-profiles-and-...) — It allows you to emulate hardware devices (cpu speed, user-agents and screen dimensions), as well as limit the bandwidth (latency, download and upload speeds), and set cookies (you could use this to log into your app, test a staff-shipped feature, or maybe turn off advertising and see the performance impact.) I think I've finally got the basis of a really powerful tool, and I'm keen to share it with… everyone! I do everything myself, so if you've any questions, I'm here to answer them!

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