Why Are Web Server Logs Stuck In the 90’s?

Why Are Web Server Logs Stuck In the 90’s?

W3C Compliance Every W3C compliant web server is supposed to have a “time taken” field available to reveal how long the web server took to process/serve a resource. However, by default, Apache and many other UNIX based web servers do not have good logging options for...

Performance Testing HTTP/3 (QUIC)

Performance Testing HTTP/3 (QUIC)

This blog references the full documentation of research from August 2019. It documents efforts to perform a load test against a web site that supported the latest version of HTTP/3 at the time. The document contains 120+ pages of detailed notes. Here is the link to...

The Story of SimpleAPM

The Story of SimpleAPM

The idea for SimpleAPM first came about in 2009 when a customer needed an APM solution that supported a non-web application. The only option at the time was a solution that cost more than $100,000.00, which was cost prohibitive for them. After several years of looking...

Eggplanet 2019 Conference Review

Eggplanet 2019 Conference Review

Have you been in the QA industry at the Enterprise level for more than 10 years? You’ve probably seen a lot of the bigger vendors come and go, including Compuware, Mercury, HP Software, SOASTA, etc. You’ve seen the growth of open source with X, Y, and Z (tools I can’t...

Eggplant Performance

Eggplant Performance

Eggplant Performance This blog contains a link to a review of the EggPlant Performance testing product. It examines the company and review the product from a features and technical stack perspective. The purpose of this document is to capture real-world usage of the...