Practical Performance Testing
Time: Thursday 14th May 14:40-15:10
Room: Te Aro
Track: Web Tools & Complementary Technologies
"Performance testing is a powerful way to build confidence in how systems behave under real-world conditions. This talk introduces what performance testing is, why it matters, and the core principles behind it, including understanding system behaviour under load, uncovering bottlenecks early, and treating performance as an ongoing part of delivery rather than a last-minute concern.
The session then shares how PreviousNext approaches performance testing in practice. It looks at how we execute performance testing across projects and introduces k6 as our primary tool, covering how easy it is to get started and how we use it throughout local development, CI pipelines, and production-like environments to continuously validate performance.
Finally, the talk focuses on turning performance insights into action. It explores common open source tools and techniques that developers and system administrators can use to debug and diagnose performance issues across the stack, from local development profiling to infrastructure, platform-level monitoring, and observability. Attendees leave with practical approaches they can take back to their own teams."
The session then shares how PreviousNext approaches performance testing in practice. It looks at how we execute performance testing across projects and introduces k6 as our primary tool, covering how easy it is to get started and how we use it throughout local development, CI pipelines, and production-like environments to continuously validate performance.
Finally, the talk focuses on turning performance insights into action. It explores common open source tools and techniques that developers and system administrators can use to debug and diagnose performance issues across the stack, from local development profiling to infrastructure, platform-level monitoring, and observability. Attendees leave with practical approaches they can take back to their own teams."
Speakers
Nick Schuch
Driven and passionate about technology, Nick Schuch is a highly experienced systems administrator with over a decade of involvement in the Drupal community. He has deep expertise in cloud-native technologies and has played a key role in designing, operating, and scaling modern infrastructure. As Technical Lead of the Skpr Hosting platform, Nick focuses on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable teams to deliver secure and scalable digital experiences.
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