Focus on what truly matters Availability, Performance, User Behavior, Critical Paths, and Business Metrics.

We use Bytecode instrumentation in software analysis, particularly in programming languages compiling to bytecode, such as Java or .Net....

Businesses must optimize their operations and maximize financial efficiency in today's dynamic business landscape. FinOps, short for...

You can't hope for a rich harvest if your plants are in lousy soil. Farmers have known the secrets of a rich harvest for thousands of years. They plant their seeds on the best soil and provide water and care until everything is ready for the harvest. If farmers stopped removing weeds, providing water, or feeding their animals, their entire crop would be lost. Our IT industry finally adopted the secrets for a rich harvest in the last decade. We no longer release business appli

In our fast-paced world of software development, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their processes and deliver high-quality products efficiently. One revolutionary approach that has gained significant attention and adoption in recent years is DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment). DORA emerged from extensive research conducted by its founders, who aimed to identify the critical drivers of high-performing technology organizations. Through their collaborati

I assume many of you faced outages or slowdowns of your favorite services in the last few weeks. Our digitized world won't work without...

In today's digital landscape, robust observability solutions are more critical than ever. As applications become increasingly complex and...

A few weeks ago, I read a blog post on StackOverflow stating, "What is the minimum information we need for monitoring?" It's a question...

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

In recent weeks a new hype called ChatGPT became extremely popular. Millions of users were using this new AI-powered brain for writing...

Businesses usually have agreements with service providers to ensure applications are available when required and downtimes do not impact...

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...

Keeping awareness for load and performance testing on a consistently high level can be difficult. Leadership is willing to invest several months after severe production issues occurred but their motivation declines the more time goes by. You might see cut's in your performance engineering budget if the speed and reliability of your apps are too long too good. Well, you could introduce performance problems and deploy them on production to get the attention back, but this is mo

Our service portfolio is increasing, and frustrated users can nowadays quickly move away to more reliable sites. Besides this commercial...