What The Perf‪!‬ Mrunal and Nitesh

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!

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

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.

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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

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 whattheperf@gmail.com

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

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 whattheperf@gmail.com

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