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A Performance Engineer’s Story: From Spite to Success
A performance engineer recounts how he found his calling and the valuable lessons he learned along the way. Learn from his experience and avoid his mistakes.
Claude AI Computer Use: Amazing For Performance Engineers?
Discover how the Claude AI computer use feature empowers non-technical users to conduct complex website performance analysis effortlessly. Learn about its cost-effectiveness, practical applications, and the future of AI in tech.
Peplink Wireless AP Performance: A Journey to Better Home Wi-Fi
Peplink Wireless AP upgrade information for my home and test networking was a journey. I share my experience transitioning from Ubiquiti Unifi Wireless Access Points to a Peplink Wireless AP, offering insights that might help you make a better decision.
AI Optimized Code With Codeflash is Awesome
Discover how CodeFlash revolutionizes Python development with AI optimized code. Learn how this cutting-edge tool provides real-time suggestions, eliminating technical debt and boosting performance without slowing down your workflow.
Cloudflare Speed Brain: Your Web Pages 45% Faster – For Free
Cloudflare Speed Brain makes websites load up to 45% faster by prefetching content using the Speculation Rules API. It prefetches content from Cloudflare’s cache based on user interaction, leading to faster page loads and a better user experience.
Discover the P99 Conference 2024: Inspiring Insights for Performance Engineers
The P99 Conference 2024 - a ScyllaDB Community, taking place on October 23-24, will focus on performance engineering and feature insights from industry leaders, emphasizing the significance of the 99th percentile in performance metrics and showcasing advancements in...
Classic Episodes
Episode 092: KubeCon 2022: Akamas
At KubeCon 2022, Scott Moore interviews the CEO and CTO of Akamas about their impressions of the conference and how their solution helps attendees with automated AI tuning and optimization of their Kubernetes deployed applications.
Episode 076: Tricentis NeoLoad 9: Browser Based Load Testing
Scott Moore speaks with Bryan Cole about the new release of NeoLoad, which now has Browser-based load testing virtual users (RealBrowser) as well as many other major feature updates. They also talk about upcoming performance events like the Performance Advisory Board (PAC) (October 2022) and the Performance Tour Meetup in Atlanta (09/29/2022).
Helpful Load Testing Insights For 2025
Load testing in 2025 continues to be a critical aspect of software development and performance engineering.
Episode 055: Observability Platforms 2022 – Part 1 of 2
Observability Platforms 2022. Scott discusses the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant around APM and Observability.
Episode 038: Load Testing Fundamentals Part 3 of 4
Scott Moore reviews the basics of Load Testing software applications. He provides a solid methodology for approaching load testing on any project regardless of the application or development style. Part 3 of a 4 part series.
Solving the Kubernetes Autoscaling Challenge The Easy Way
Solving the Kubernetes autoscaling challenge. Find out about Bi-dimensional POD autoscaling. Scott Moore interviews Patrick Bergstrom, Chief Technology Officer of StormForge.
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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