Explains the critical importance of defining clear performance targets and monitoring production metrics for effective software performance testing.
Explains the difference between benchmark and endurance performance testing, and why both are needed for real-world system reliability.
Explains how to write automated performance tests for your code by verifying its Big-O algorithmic scaling using Python's bigO library.
Article explains why GitHub Actions runners are unreliable for benchmarking due to inconsistent hardware and performance variability.
A technical exploration of seven methods to intentionally waste CPU time for precise durations, focusing on user-land implementations for profiling tests.
Learn how to write tests to verify that compiler optimizations, like loop elimination, are actually applied to your code.
A guide to overcoming XCTest Performance limitations by implementing custom iOS performance testing with Firebase TestLab on CI.
Benchmarking ClickHouse's performance on a high-end Intel i9-14900K workstation using a 1.1 billion row NYC taxi trip dataset.
Performance comparison of Azure Virtual Desktop v3 vs. v5 VM SKUs, showing significant improvements in CPU, memory, and disk with newer hardware.
A technical analysis and lab test of the throughput capabilities of Azure Firewall's Basic SKU, comparing it to higher tiers.
A developer stream recap covering a Python class exercise, SaaS feature deployment, performance fixes, and Neovim configuration.
Explains how performance metric variability can reveal real website issues like race conditions, not just measurement flaws.
An introduction to k6, a modern performance testing tool for APIs, covering its features, installation, and using TypeScript for test scripts.
A technical guide on using JMeter to replay recorded database queries from an audit log for load testing, specifically targeting Amazon Redshift.
Introduces JfrUnit, a tool for automated performance regression testing in Java by analyzing memory, I/O, and SQL metrics via JDK Flight Recorder.
Introduces JfrUnit, an open-source tool for automated performance regression testing in Java applications using JDK Flight Recorder events.
Performance testing of DynamoDB Transactions compared to other API calls, including batch writes and failed transactions.
A guide to setting up automated performance testing for static websites using Lighthouse CI and GitHub Actions.
A technical analysis comparing Azure Managed Disks and Azure Files for persistent storage in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including performance insights.
A technical analysis of serverless HTTP function scalability, testing performance under high traffic loads comparable to StackOverflow across major cloud providers.
