TestGuild Devops Toolchain Podcast

Want to know how to create your JMeter performance tests programmatically? In this episode, Roger Abelenda, CTO at Abstracta, shares how to develop JMeter scripts using JMeter DSL. Discover how to use JMeter DSL, an open-source developer-friendly tool for running performance tests as code, both locally and at scale. Listen up!

Few things are as persistent as a myth. In this episode, Mark Dawson, CEO of JabPerf Corp shares how to debunk five stubborn systems performance myths. Discover 5 of these stubborn performance myths, how to debunk them, and personal experience of dealing with them in the real world.

Want to know how to see the beauty of variance in your performance engineering efforts? In this episode, James Pulley, co-founder of PerfBytes, shares why variance is essential to creating realistic performance testing scenarios. Discover all about standard deviation as a measurement of the spread of data within a system, how standard deviation reflects how resources are being used in the system, and how to implement standardized analytical methods. 

How cool would it be to enable SREs to automate observability, dashboards & alerting declaratively? In this episode, Andreas Grabner a DevOps Activist at Dynatrace shares all about the open-source tool Keptn. Discover how to save time through automated configuration of observability tools, creation of dashboards, and alerting based on Service-Level Objectives (SLOs). Listen up!

Performance testing is a crucial step an agile environment. In this episode Michael Olechna a Product Marketing Manager for LoadNinja shares how and can get your whole team involved with performance testing. Also discover how anyone on your team can load test with instant playback, an easy-to-use interface, and real browsers for reliable data.

Need to push your performance testing earlier into your SDLC? In this episode, Cristiano Cunha, a Solution Architect & Test Advocate, shares some real-world tips on doing just this. Discover how performance testing has changed over the years, how to add performance into your CI/CD pipelines, what modern performance testing tools to use, and much more. Listen up!

Want to know some best practices for operating and updating telemetry systems? Listen up! Discover techniques you can apply to any size of an organization, with troubleshooting techniques for every eventuality and methods to ensure your compliance with standards like GDPR. In this episode, Jamie Riedesel, staff engineer at Dropbox with over twenty-five years of experience in IT and author of the Manning book Software Telemetry Reliable logging and monitoring, shares how to succeed with Telemetry.

Want real-world insight on how to make sure your application is available for your customers anywhere and anytime? In this episode, Stephan Mousset, a Performance Consultant, shares his experience integrating and improving performance testing across teams in a changing global financial organization. Discover Where and how to start, Foundations and principles, Challenges and pitfalls, and much more.

Through the years, and especially now, the world of software engineering has seen massive changes. With new innovations daily, business needs can change rapidly which makes performance testing imperative.  In this episode you’ll discover some of the key trends to help lead your organization to develop more performant applications. Listen up!