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K6 vs Gatling with Gatlytron: A Guide to Free Load Testing Tools in Action
In today's complex computing landscape, performance testing is more critical than ever. Choosing the right tool can be daunting, especially for those new to load testing. This blog post dives into two popular free solutions—K6 and Gatling with Gatlytron.
Aug 21, 20257 min read


Comparison of Open-Source Performance Testing Tools JMeter and Gatling
JMeter and Gatling are popular open-source tools for performance testing, but they have different strengths and weaknesses.
Jun 7, 20243 min read


Metrics for Performance Engineers
When designing and executing performance tests, we mainly focus on how real users will use the application in production. This end-game...
Jan 25, 20242 min read


How Load Testing and Monitoring Can Help Identify Hotspots and Improve Customer Satisfaction
With the rise of mobile devices, user experience has become more critical. We have the internet in our pockets, browse through our...
Dec 14, 20233 min read


Modernize Performance Testing in 7 Steps
We achieve nothing if we don't have substantial requirements in place, but for some reason, we seem to be ignoring this fact for the more...
Oct 26, 20233 min read


What is Level 5 Load and Performance Testing?
If you want to waste money, use the classic performance testing approach. What is the Classic Performance Testing approach? Tools first...
Aug 3, 20233 min read


Stress-Test Your Kafka System with JMeter to ensure Scalability and Reliability at Peak Workloads
Kafka is a successful messaging system; any company can use it in many powerful ways. A crucial part of Kafka is the capability to...
Apr 13, 20232 min read


Tradeoffs when using ChatGPT for Performance Engineering
Artificial Intelligence is bringing ground-breaking improvements across industries. One of the most recent developments is to make AI accessible to everyone. OpenAI implemented a so-called ChatGPT, a large language model chatbot that can also answer complex questions. I was curious and asked this ChatGPT six performance engineering related questions. Its answers were impressive, but there are also several tradeoffs everyone should consider. Preparation Register yourself at...
Jan 26, 20236 min read


Why should Performance Engineers expect the unexpected?
SOLR is the search backbone of the world's largest websites. It comes with near real-time indexing capabilities and ensures that search...
May 12, 20223 min read


How to ensure hassle-free User Experience in your SAP based University Booking System?
Universities across the globe are trying to attract the best talents, and the digitalization of their services is a must-have because our...
Apr 28, 20224 min read


How to Realize the Full Potential of your Load Testing Scripts
Businesses across the bench have integrated load and performance testing into their development chain because they can no longer afford...
Sep 9, 20213 min read


What are the top Pitfalls in Load and Performance Testing
It's great to see that the awareness for application performance is growing, but we must keep in mind that a successful load and...
Apr 8, 20213 min read


The Best Ways to determine Load Patterns
As a performance engineer, I have been engaged in many performance testing projects. You can imagine that I experienced all kinds of...
Nov 29, 20162 min read


Revolutionize Your Performance Engineering Strategy with a Risk-Based Approach
In one of my past projects, I led a non-functional testing stream and had to plan performance tests for 70 applications. My testing team...
Jul 2, 20162 min read
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