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5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn’t Work (My Free Advice)
Scott Moore takes a critical look at a persistent challenge in the IT world: why load testing often doesn’t work as intended.
Software Lifecycle Engineer: The Best Role For Performance Engineering?
Scott Moore introduces the Software Lifecycle Engineer (SLE). How is it different from the Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), or the Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)? Is it even worth considering as a new title?
Eliminating Blind Spots to Achieve Application Resilience
What is Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM)? In this episode of the SMC Journal, you’ll learn about blind spots in current APM and Observability platforms, and why IPM is crucial for monitoring modern applications on the web.
How Altinity Enhances The Value of ClickHouse®
In this episode of the SMC Journal show, we talk to the CEO of Altinity about how they add value to ClickHouse implementations for enterprise users and the future of this fast growing segment of the industry.
Helpful Load Testing Insights For 2025
Load testing in 2025 continues to be a critical aspect of software development and performance engineering.
Bonded Cellular Network Speed with a Peplink HD4 is Amazing
Check out the power of bonded cellular modems with the Peplink HD4 MBX and see the results of a real-world speed test.
Classic Episodes
Episode 062: 5 Reasons Performance Testing Sucks
Scott shares five reasons why performance testing is not effective in organizations when they are out of balance or do not communicate between teams very well.
Can You Automate Application Reliability?
Can you prepare ahead of time for a point load situation like Black Friday? Aperture is an open source flow control and site reliability management platform from FluxNinja developed to address this problem.
How Altinity Enhances The Value of ClickHouse®
In this episode of the SMC Journal show, we talk to the CEO of Altinity about how they add value to ClickHouse implementations for enterprise users and the future of this fast growing segment of the industry.
Episode 069: The Application Performance Index (APDEX)
What is the Application Performance Index (APDEX) and what should performance engineers know about it?
Episode 049: Realistic Load Tests With RIP
Realistic Load Tests With RIP - Random Interval Pacing https://www.youtube.com/embed/TT4T-i0VuO8 Air Date: 06/16/2022 Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee Show Notes: Learn what Random Interval Pacing is and how to use it to...
Building a Proxmox Server: The Efficient Home Lab
Build A Proxmox Server For Your Home Lab that is silent and power efficient, the way a performance engineer would.
About SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about all things related to Software and Systems Engineering, DevOps, Observability, Performance, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more. The show covers news events, company profiles (mergers and acquisitions), corporate events, vendor software features and updates, and much more.
Content includes commentary and demonstrations by Scott Moore and his guests. Join him as he interviews industry experts, company representatives and hosts lively discussions with the performance community.
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