{"id":739,"date":"2022-06-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.40\/?p=739"},"modified":"2022-05-19T06:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:53:19","slug":"episode-045-5-reasons-load-testing-doesnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.1.40\/episode\/episode-045-5-reasons-load-testing-doesnt-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 045: 5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn&#8217;t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scott gives you his top 5 reasons that load testing doesn&#8217;t work in many companies.<\/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=\"5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn&#039;t Work\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mjWnG_L9js?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Support the SMC Journal. 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