gatling.hashnode.devPerformance testing maturity: A comprehensive guidePerformance testing maturity: A comprehensive guide When Amazon's Prime Day experiences slowdowns, they lose $1.6 billion annually for every 100ms of delay. When banking applications crash during peak hours, the consequences ripple far beyond technic...Jul 22, 2025·15 min read
gatling.hashnode.devWhat engineers want in performance testing tools: A look into Reddit conversationsWhat engineers want in performance testing tools: A look into Reddit conversations When choosing a performance testing tool, most teams rely on vendor demos, feature comparisons, and analyst reports. But what if we listened to the engineers who actua...Jul 15, 2025·6 min read
gatling.hashnode.devWhat is load testing? All you need to know to prevent downtimeImagine this: You’ve just launched a feature, and traffic is spiking. Everything's riding on your system holding steady—except it doesn’t. Pages stall, services fail, and users vanish. Sound familiar? 53 % of users abandon a site if it takes more tha...Jul 9, 2025·10 min read
gatling.hashnode.devWhen website crashes happen: 10 high‑profile failures and what happenedWebsite owners often learn the hard way that massive traffic is a double‑edged sword: more visitors mean more sales potential and more chances for a full‑blown website crash. From gaming apps and burrito chains to Big Tech clouds, these real‑world cr...Jul 9, 2025·5 min read
gatling.hashnode.devPlatform Engineering 101: Build faster, ship saferIt's 3 AM. Your phone buzzes with yet another production alert. As you groggily SSH into servers trying to restore service, you wonder: “There has to be a better way.” You're not alone in this midnight ritual that DevOps engineers know all too well. ...Jul 9, 2025·6 min read
