Performance testing is a non-functional testing technique performed to determine the system’s parameters in terms of responsiveness and stability under various workloads. In today’s times where digital web applications are being used more than ever, performance testing is a critical part of ensuring optimal customer experience. But what do you measure, especially when working with multiple tech stacks, teams of different skill sets, and managing various release deadlines? In this episode, discover some real-life examples to understand the different protocol and browser-based metrics to measure how well your web application’s performance is doing across the UI and API layer.

Load testing is a specific sub-family of a performance test that includes many concurrent users running the same program simultaneously. In this episode, I’ll share my top ten open-source load testing and performance engineering tools. Discover the pros and cons of each solution and why you might choose one over the other. Listen up!

Test tools make it easier for us to spot defects in our applications, but who tests the test tools themselves? In this episode, Nicole van der Hoeven, a performance testing expert and Developer Advocate at k6.io, will share how she chooses the right performance tool for the job. Discover how to avoid the "best" tool syndrome and instead think in terms of having a Testers' Toolbox to select the right one for the job. Listen up!

Get ready for the PAC Hero festival. In this episode, Henrik Rexed will share all the reasons why this is a must-attend event. Discover what’s new in performance engineering for experts worldwide like Scott Moore, Leandro Melendez, Mark Tomlinson, and more. Listen in to hear the latest hot trends, and why performance from a code perspective is also essential at this year’s PAC.

How do you run performance testing for massive scale? In this episode, Anvesh Malhotra, a Senior Software Developer at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK will share his experience using Artillery.io in a serverless environment. Discover how to implement a serverless architecture using Google Cloud Functions to execute performance tests with concurrency as high as 1 million requests per minute. Listen up to hear how this setup allowed Gannett to dominate the U.S. Presidential Elections’ 2020 news cycle.

If you're into Python and performance testing, you won’t want to miss this episode. Rahul Solanki, a technical leader at BlueConch Technologies, will share his experience using the performance testing tool Locust.io. Discover the benefits of using Locust and a proven approach and framework to help get you started. Listen up!

In this episode, Leandro Melendez, AKA Señor Performo, will share some stories and mind-blowing epiphanies about his journey and missteps as a performance engineer. Discover lessons learned from real-world examples of what worked and what didn’t in his performance testing efforts. Listen up to hear tips and tricks for scripting techniques as well as best practices, scenario modeling, project management styles, risk assessment, and principles.

Happy New Year! We will be away for a few weeks but will be back with more performance and SRE awesomeness in 2021. Also, make sure to register for the 5th annual AutomationGuild conference.

What do potatoes have to do with performance testing? In this episode, Joey Hendriks will share his open-source, Python-based performance testing framework for unit testing— Quick Potato. Discover how it can help catch problematic performance bottlenecks in the early stages of the development life cycle. Listen in to find out how to truly shift your performance testing left in your SDLC.

Do you want to know the value your performance engineering team brings to your company? In this episode Lloyd Watts, Founder and CEO of Neocortix, will share his economics of performance engineer formula to help you quantify your performance testing efforts. Discover what makes up the formula and how to determine the return of your testing, as well as whether you should choose open-source or vendor-based solutions for your team. Listen up!