What The Perf!

By Mrunal and Nitesh

A podcast about all things Software Performance!

Your hosts Mrunal and Nitesh talk about Performance topics, Industry trends and news.

Occasionally there will also be Interviews with Performance profe... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

What The Perf! episodes:

June 26, 2022 S3. Ep. 01. Caching
In this episode, I and Karan try to explain caching in simple terms.
We explore some caching algorithms and some of the performance metrics to measure for caching.
Listen and Enjoy!
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11min
April 25, 2021 S2. Ep. 03. Conversation with NaveenKumar Namachivayam, QAInsights
In this episode, I converse with NaveenKumar Namachivayam. Naveen talks about his inspiration to start his blog, the youtube videos and what it takes to keep doing it.
He also talks about things that he wants to see change for better in Performance Projects.
He blogs at : QAInsights.com and his YouTube channel is : https://qain.si/youtube
You can reach him on linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveenkumarn/
News:
1. Change in CLS measurement method
2. Opposition to SpacesX's Starlink broadband service in India
3. Tricentis acquires Neotys

What The Crash:
1. India Tax Website Crash
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39min
February 25, 2021 S2. Ep. 02. Interview with Mohan Manoharan
In the 2nd Episode of Season 2, I and Mohan Manoharan have a freewheeling chat about what devops transformation means, how performance engineers can adapt to it. Mohan also talks about the the three ways and ideals discussed in the books The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project.
Enjoy the Episode!
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1h 2min
January 24, 2021S2. Ep. 01. Essential Skills For Performance Engineers
In this episode we explore what are some essential skills that performance engineers need to acquire to be able to add value to their work.
News:
Wikipedia completes 20 years

Project Loon shutdown

Will Google pull out of Australia?
Pointers to essential skills:
Acquire Foundational Skills

Understand Application Architecture

Hone Your Debugging Skills

Automate Repetitive Work

Google Every Tech Word / Jargon You Hear

Know Thy Tool

Know Antipatterns

Be A Continuous Learner
What The Crash!
Gensee County Website Crash

Wake County Website Crash

Hitman 3 Carry Over Website Crash
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15min
October 18, 2020Ep. 09. Explainer : Cardinality in Databases
In this Episode we explain what is Cardinality in databases.
Listen and enjoy!
Further Reading on Indexes and Cardinality:
Indexes

Cardinality
Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf and share episode suggestions at [email protected]
Tech News:
Britain tracks Covid patients in Excel

India leads world in number of financial transactions per day

AWSome Day Online Conference
What The Crash!:
Florida Voter Registration website crash

Delhi University Admission Website crash

NEET Results website crash
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14min
October 04, 2020Ep. 08. Book Review: High Performance Browser Networking
In this Episode we talk about the book High Performance Browser Networking written by Ilya Grigorik and why every Performance Engineer should read it.
Listen and enjoy!
Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf and share episode suggestions at [email protected]
Read High Performance Browser Networking here: hpbn.co
Tech News:
Open Source Load Test Tool k6 latest release

India Thinking of creating own app store

Neotys Performance Advisory Council

Chaos Conf
What The Crash!
Tesla Network Outage

Tokyo Stock Exchange Outage

Illinois Voter Registration site down

Louisana Voter Registration site down

UK Game Website crash
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23min
September 20, 2020Ep. 07. Interview with Sajeesh Nair, Head of Performance Engineering, Druva
We talk to Sajeesh Nair about Storage Performance, applying First Principles Thinking to solving performance issues and a lot more interesting stuff.
Listen and enjoy!
Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf and share episode suggestions at [email protected]
Tech News:
New Relic Browser Agent Update

W3C Trace Context

Web Vitals by Google

Catchpoint acquires WebPageTest

DynatraceGo Conference
What The Crash!
PlayStation5 Pre-order crash

Calcutta University Website Crash

Google Drive Outage

KFintech Crash
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45min
September 06, 2020 Ep. 06. Performance Testing Best Practices
In this episode we explore some of the best practices you can follow to save time, avoid mistakes and add value to your performance testing project.
Your feedback is important to us. Please share suggestions and feedback on twitter at @whattheperf or Email us at [email protected]
Best Practices:
Monitor the health of your load generators
Monitor all possible infra components and their relations in your application architecture
Write down notes about your observations while your test is running
Always preserve raw results
Decide test duration based on caching in your application architecture
Randomize test data
Follow good naming conventions in scripts and result files
Write useful comments wherever necessary in your scripts
Correlate all possible dynamic values
Use think time in scripts
Modularise your scripts
Automate test runs
Avoid application changes during tests unless that is the goal
Run tests a second time to ensure repeatability and consistency
Don't focus on any one measurement
Tech News:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/bringing-ai-supercomputing-to-customers/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/delivering-http-2-upload-speed-improvements/
https://www.chaosconf.io/chaosconf/begin
https://www.cloudbees.com/devops-world/register
What The Crash!:
https://techjaja.com/moh-website-crashes-as-citizens-try-to-download-the-new-covid-19-guidelines/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12360028
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article245369120.html
https://blog.catchpoint.com/2020/09/03/centurylink-outage-and-everything-that-went-down-with-it/?utm_source=bambu&utm_medium=social&blaid=793056
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27min
August 23, 2020Ep. 05. How to do Performance Testing?
In this episode we explore what are the steps involved in performance testing and their significance.
Listen and enjoy!
Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf

Broad Steps followed in Performance Testing:
Identify Test Environment

Identify KPI's and their acceptance values

Test Tool, Test Planning and Design

Setup Test Environment

Create Test Scripts and Implement Test Plan

Execute Tests and Generate Test Reports

Analyse, Tune & Retest
Tech News:
https://in.mashable.com/tech/16350/wear-os-to-soon-become-faster-and-more-intuitive

https://www.techspot.com/news/86416-chrome-android-label-sites-load-quickly.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/spacex-starlink-beta-tests-show-speeds-up-to-60mbps-latency-as-low-as-31ms/

https://blog.sentry.io/2020/07/14/see-slow-faster-with-performance-monitoring/
What The Crash! :
https://auto.mahindra.com/suv/thar

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53865145

https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/122532611/parliament-website-goes-down-restaurant-subsidy-petition-loses-500-signatures
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23min
August 09, 2020 Ep. 04. Interview with Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Director of DevSecOps @ ZestMoney
In this Episode we talk to Ganesh Narasimhadevara, who is the Director of DevSecOps @ ZestMoney. We spoke about his journey in tech industry, shift to devops from performance, advice for new performance engineers and future roles for performance engineers.
Listen and enjoy!
Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf
Tech News:
1. https://www.neotys.com/blog/neotys-announces-neoload-7-5/
2. https://www.technowize.com/spacex-launches-next-batch-of-starlink-internet-satellites-into-orbit-today/
3. https://www.engadget.com/intel-internal-documents-leak-063157088.html
4. https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-network-to-safeguard-americas-assets/
What The Crash:
1. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53576008
2.https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/victorian-coronavirus-website-crashes-as-melbourne-workers-download-essential-covid-worker-permit-c-1217077
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43min

FAQs about What The Perf!:

How many episodes does What The Perf! have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.