Most load tests use the same script for every user, missing how real traffic varies during peak events like Black Friday. JoeBot explains why this causes slow performance and revenue loss, then invites you to a free Perforce session on September 10 called Ready for the Rush to learn realistic traffic modeling.
Hey, it's Joe, and I can't believe we're heading into the holiday season again. So quick question for you: Do you know what your app actually does at 10 times traffic? Not what you hope it does; what it actually does. Most teams I speak with find out in production on the day it matters most. And here's where I see a lot of teams of testers getting burned: They run a load test where everybody hits the same button. That's the test, but that's not a real search. A Black Friday rush is heavy on checkout, lighter on account creation, and full of journeys a generic script never touches. And when it breaks, it isn't just slow— I've seen this happen— it also results in a loss of revenue, a support queue on fire, and your name tagged in a Slack channel at midnight. And that's why I'm hosting a free live session with Perforce on September 10th called Ready for the Rush. We're getting into how teams model realistic high-concurrency traffic, Find the bottlenecks before the customers do and turn readiness into something they can run every quarter, not just at the holiday season.
