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LLoadStrikeloadstrike-engineering.hashnode.dev2d ago · 5 min read

A Design Review for Completion Events in Kafka-Backed APIs

A useful performance test starts with evidence that engineers agree means finished. In a Kafka-backed application, a completion event can be that evidence, but only when its meaning, identity and obse

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ABAbdul Basit Khan (Abdul Basit)abdulbasitblog.hashnode.devSep 24 · 16 min read

Autocannon: A Simple Guide to Testing How Much Traffic Your API Can Handle

Learn Autocannon from scratch with simple examples and practical commands Have you ever wondered: “My API is working fine right now, but what will happen if 100, 500, or 1,000 users hit it at the sam

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AAmarwebtrixy.hashnode.devAug 31 · 6 min read

Software Testing Strategies and Best Practices for Reliable Releases

Reliable software does not come from running a few tests just before release. Teams need clear software testing strategies that identify risks early, define responsibilities and integrate quality chec

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ARAn Radkovaproxybuyerguide.hashnode.devJul 28 · 10 min read

How to Measure Proxy Session Stability: Rotation, Latency, Timeouts, and Retries

A proxy can connect successfully and still behave inconsistently over time. One request may complete quickly, the next may time out, and a session expected to remain stable may rotate earlier than pla

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FCFernando Castellanosbackend-debugging.hashnode.devJul 27 · 17 min read

From Smoke Tests to Production Truth: Lessons from Load Testing Five APIs with Locust

What five production APIs taught me when a green smoke test stopped being enough The short version. An API that returns HTTP 200 in a smoke test has told you almost nothing about whether it survives

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SMSyed Muhammad Alidevstacked.hashnode.devJul 22 · 20 min read

Image Optimization in Next.js 16: The Complete 2026 Guide

If you've ever shipped a page with a 2.5MB hero image and watched your Lighthouse score crash to single digits, you already know why this matters. A slow, unoptimized image is one of the fastest ways

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VHVitali Haradkouvitalicset.hashnode.devJul 13 · 3 min read

Perfscale News #1: OSS Release, QUERY HTTP Method Support & a VC Application

TL;DR: Part of the Perfscale engine is now open source with a self-comparing benchmark pipeline; we shipped native support for the new QUERY HTTP method (RFC 10008) — likely the first load testing too

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JRJothimani Radhakrishnanrunbook.opsinsights.devJul 12 · 6 min read

Prompt #2: CloudWatch Agent Setup for a Java App Load Test - in One Prompt

Hello All, Today's prompt comes straight from a real performance-testing session. We had a load test planned against a legacy Java application (JBoss with a Tanuki wrapper, running on Windows Server o

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NSNishant Singhnishant-singh.hashnode.devMay 10 · 71 min read

Chaos Engineering for Databases: The Experiment Nobody Runs Until It's Too Late

You've chaos-tested your microservices. You've killed pods, injected latency, and simulated AZ outages. But have you chaos-tested your Postgres? Your RDS cluster? Your Redis cache? Because production

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SASam Atinksonsamatinkson.hashnode.devApr 28 · 4 min read

How Connectivity Testing Improves Network Performance Beyond Basic Checks

Your users can still experience dropped calls, failed transactions, and slow app responses even when network health checks pass. These issues typically surface in production, where traffic moves acros

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A Design Review for Completion Events in Kafka-Backed APIs

Autocannon: A Simple Guide to Testing How Much Traffic Your API Can Handle

Software Testing Strategies and Best Practices for Reliable Releases

How to Measure Proxy Session Stability: Rotation, Latency, Timeouts, and Retries

From Smoke Tests to Production Truth: Lessons from Load Testing Five APIs with Locust

Image Optimization in Next.js 16: The Complete 2026 Guide

Perfscale News #1: OSS Release, QUERY HTTP Method Support & a VC Application

Prompt #2: CloudWatch Agent Setup for a Java App Load Test - in One Prompt

Chaos Engineering for Databases: The Experiment Nobody Runs Until It's Too Late

How Connectivity Testing Improves Network Performance Beyond Basic Checks