What The Perf!

Mrunal and Nitesh

A podcast about all things Software Performance! Your hosts Mrunal and Nitesh talk about Performance topics, Industry trends and news. Occasionally there will also be Interviews with Performance professionals, Explainers and Book Reviews! A new episode will be published every 2 weeks! Subscribe and Stay tuned!

  1. 06/26/2022

    S3. Ep. 01. Caching

    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!

  2. 04/25/2021

    S2. Ep. 03. Conversation with NaveenKumar Namachivayam, QAInsights

    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

  3. 02/25/2021

    S2. Ep. 02. Interview with Mohan Manoharan

    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. Enjoy the Episode!

  4. 01/24/2021

    S2. Ep. 01. Essential Skills For Performance Engineers

    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

  5. 10/18/2020

    Ep. 09. Explainer : Cardinality in Databases

    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

  6. 10/04/2020

    Ep. 08. Book Review: High Performance Browser Networking

    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

  7. 09/20/2020

    Ep. 07. Interview with Sajeesh Nair, Head of Performance Engineering, Druva

    We talk to Sajeesh Nair about Storage Performance, applying First Principles Thinking to solving performance issues and a lot more interesting stuff. Listen and enjoy! Don't forget to share feedback on twitter @whattheperf and share episode suggestions at whattheperf@gmail.com Tech News: New Relic Browser Agent Update W3C Trace Context Web Vitals by Google Catchpoint acquires WebPageTest DynatraceGo Conference What The Crash! PlayStation5 Pre-order crash Calcutta University Website Crash Google Drive Outage KFintech Crash

  8. 09/06/2020

    Ep. 06. Performance Testing Best Practices

    In this episode we explore some of the best practices you can follow to save time, avoid mistakes and add value to your performance testing project. Your feedback is important to us. Please share suggestions and feedback on twitter at @whattheperf or Email us at whattheperf@gmail.com Best Practices: Monitor the health of your load generators Monitor all possible infra components and their relations in your application architecture Write down notes about your observations while your test is running Always preserve raw results Decide test duration based on caching in your application architecture Randomize test data Follow good naming conventions in scripts and result files Write useful comments wherever necessary in your scripts Correlate all possible dynamic values Use think time in scripts Modularise your scripts Automate test runs Avoid application changes during tests unless that is the goal Run tests a second time to ensure repeatability and consistency Don't focus on any one measurement Tech News: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/bringing-ai-supercomputing-to-customers/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/delivering-http-2-upload-speed-improvements/ https://www.chaosconf.io/chaosconf/begin https://www.cloudbees.com/devops-world/register What The Crash!: https://techjaja.com/moh-website-crashes-as-citizens-try-to-download-the-new-covid-19-guidelines/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12360028 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article245369120.html https://blog.catchpoint.com/2020/09/03/centurylink-outage-and-everything-that-went-down-with-it/?utm_source=bambu&utm_medium=social&blaid=793056

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A podcast about all things Software Performance! Your hosts Mrunal and Nitesh talk about Performance topics, Industry trends and news. Occasionally there will also be Interviews with Performance professionals, Explainers and Book Reviews! A new episode will be published every 2 weeks! Subscribe and Stay tuned!

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  • Creator
    Mrunal and Nitesh
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    13
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