Velocity & Validation Labs: Using Synthetic Monitoring To Protect Real User Experiences

On September 30, 2026, at 11 a.m. EDT | 5 p.m. CEST, join Applause for episode 3 of Velocity & Validation Labs, our technical webinar series for engineering and testing professionals scaling production quality and reliability, at speed.

Our first two episodes focused on managing the volume of AI-generated code. This one shifts focus to what happens after that code ships. If you're an SDET or automation engineer, you already have a library of functional test scripts built for pre-release checks. Staging environments, however, can't replicate everything a live, high-traffic production environment throws at your systems.

Tolga Sahin, Lead Automation Engineer at Applause, will explain how a leading sports and entertainment company repurposed its existing functional automation scripts into synthetic monitoring, running on a recurring schedule in production to catch issues staging couldn't surface.

Register for this webinar to learn more about:

• How synthetic monitoring applies automation on both ends of the pipeline — shifting left before release and shifting right into live, recurring monitoring in production
• How to protect real users, analytics integrity and peak-traffic performance while running tests in a live environment
• When a scripted check is enough and when it’s worth having a human confirm the experience
• Why pairing synthetic checks with human testers completing the same actions under real conditions helps surface friction, confusion and device-specific issues a script alone can't detect

Speakers

Tolga Sahin

• Lead Automation Engineer • Applause

With more than 14 years of experience in software quality and test automation, Tolga has worked across web, mobile and API testing, building automation frameworks and leading teams to improve software quality and reliability throughout his career. He currently serves as a Test Automation Lead at a leading American sports trade association, where he leads automation efforts across web, mobile and CTV applications.