Chaos Engineering (CE) is a unique methodology that allows you to “compare what you think will happen to what happens.” It enables you to...

Locking is a mechanism used in computer programming to prevent multiple threads from accessing a shared resource simultaneously to...

If you think good performance is expensive, try bad performance! In the last 20 years, I have worked with many customers to reduce...

In the previous post, I wrote about why performance is so important and on how to create strong non-functional requirements. Let’s focus...

Performance is your most important feature. If you’ve ever experienced performance issues in your customer-facing applications, I’m sure...

Troubleshooting performance issues can sometimes be a tough nut to crack! Customers are complaining about slow response times, and...

Have you ever experienced the frustration of slow-loading applications? Even worse, when one of your business applications is loading...

We often find ourselves busy with too many things at the same time. Living in this kind of multitasking mode not only affects our health,...

We’re often too pushed for time to run many performance tests for our new application release. Chances are, there’s no time to review...

Complex problems often have simple solutions. But when we look at our performance-testing space, many of us dream too much instead of...

During my career, I’ve seen many slow-loading and unreliable applications. All these projects had one thing in common—a disappointing...

A few weeks ago, I saw the following mind-breaking text on one of our popular social media platforms: The bitterness of poor quality...

We’ve been developing software for more than 40 years now —so why is the performance of our applications still well below our customers’...

Complex problems often have simple solutions. The trouble is, we get distracted so easily—or even neglect to validate and improve the...

Instead of being preoccupied with the mechanics of performance for their services, the most successful IT leaders are free to focus on...

There’s more to performance engineering than just load injection and response-time validation. Simulating production volumes on our...

Many companies now understand how, for their customers, performance is paramount. These companies know that the customer tolerance for...

Performance is not just a part of development—it’s also a component of design. That’s because the user experience and the usability of...

Powerful non-functional requirements definitely have a fundamental part to play in providing high-performing IT services. Sad, but true...

As the complexity of our IT landscape increases, our customers have higher performance expectations than ever before. Watching how my two...