Performance Time

By Stephen Townshend

A show about performance testing and engineering (and human beings).

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The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

Performance Time episodes:

January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 28: The Grand Finale!
In this episode I wrap up the Performance Time show with some commentary around my blog "Wrapping up 13 years as a Performance Engineer" (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrapping-up-13-years-performance-engineering-stephen-townshend/)
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24min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 27: Oh No! Not Documentation!
Can documentation be... fun? How is it relevant to SRE?
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13min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 26: Chicken or the Egg? SLI's and SLO's and which comes first?
This week we look at whether to identify SLI's or SLO's first - and take a look at how both approaches might look like with a ridiculous example.

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The intro and background music is "Elevator Music Lofi" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.
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10min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 25: Defining Service Level Indicators
What are SLI's, SLO's, and SLA's? Why do they matter? How can you identify SLI's for your products?

The intro and background music is "Elevator Music Lofi" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.
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16min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 24: Kubernetes Explained
In this episode I attempt to explain Kubernetes and what it's all about.
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10min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 23: Docker
In this episode I try and explain Docker and containers as simply as possible.

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9min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 22: Signals Amongst the Noise
How do you know what to alert on? And are there things we shouldn't alert on? What about dashboards?

In this episode we talk about locating signals amongst the noise of monitoring and logging data in our organisations.
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9min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 21: The Four Golden Signals
This week we talk about the Four Golden Signals, a starting point when choosing what to monitor and alert on in your software platforms.
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12min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 20: What is SRE?
In this episode I share my first week working as an SRE and try to explain what it's all about.
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12min
January 09, 2023 Performance Time Episode 19: Not As Broken
In this update I give a quick update on how things are going and where the podcast is going next.
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9min

FAQs about Performance Time:

How many episodes does Performance Time have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.