{"id":1111,"date":"2024-01-03T04:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.41\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2024-04-04T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:09:00","slug":"discover-the-passion-for-performance-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.1.41\/episode\/discover-the-passion-for-performance-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover The Passion For Performance Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why do some people have a passion for performance? How do experienced performance engineers think? What drives them? How do you modularize and test large applications in the biggest companies in the world? What works and what doesn&#8217;t? Find out when we talk with Mike Hawkins, someone with decades of experience in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Performance Tour 2023 Episode 11   The Passion of Performance Engineering\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N1pSht4N0Co?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Performance engineering is crucial for making applications faster and more efficient, and it requires proper targets, monitoring, and thorough testing to minimize risk and maximize cost savings. Having a passion for what you do is also important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video insights on Performance Engineering Passion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfaf The challenge to make applications faster and more efficient is a bold and ambitious goal that requires determination and innovation.<br>\ud83d\udd04 Performance engineering touches many areas, not just load testing, and it&#8217;s important to have proper targets and monitoring for both the application as a whole and individual components.<br>\ud83c\udfaf The lack of SLAs for business critical applications dependent on third party API calls is an Achilles&#8217; heel for many organizations.<br>\ud83c\udf93 The need for formal education and certification in performance engineering to bridge the gap between performance and business impact.<br>\ud83d\udd04 Testing complex applications with lots of moving parts requires thorough performance testing and maximum coverage.<br>\ud83d\udd0d More tests and more coverage means less risk and more money back in your pocket, basically, because you&#8217;re able to get more done.<br>\ud83d\udd04 The idea of horizontal scalability testing for 20 years shows the importance of understanding performance characteristics and optimizing them before scaling.<br>\ud83d\udcb0 There is a direct correlation with dollars and cents in performance engineering, even in the modern cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc99 Tricentis \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tricentis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tricentis.com\/<\/a>. Make sure to visit them and tell them \u201cThank You\u201d for making this show possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to support PERFTOUR? Buy Me A Coffee! <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NadcPK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NadcPK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Connect with me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TWITTER \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HmWF8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HmWF8d<\/a><br>LINKEDIN COMPANY \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3kICS9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3kICS9g<\/a><br>LINKEDIN PROFILE \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30Eshp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/30Eshp7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Scott Moore Consulting: <a href=\"https:\/\/scottmoore.consulting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/scottmoore.consulting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perftour Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/theperformancetour.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/theperformancetour.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SMC Journal: <a href=\"https:\/\/smcjournal.com\">https:\/\/smcjournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DevOps Driving: <a href=\"https:\/\/devopsdriving.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/devopsdriving.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance engineering is crucial for making applications faster and more efficient, and it requires proper targets, monitoring, and thorough testing to minimize risk and maximize cost savings. 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