About this DevOps Toolchain Episode:
In this awesome installment, host Joe Colantonio sits down with Mark Meier and Tom Miseur from Grafana Labs to dive deep into the world of performance testing and how their brand new open source Grafana k6 Studio is making these powerful practices accessible for everyone on your team—from developers to QA and SREs.
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Listen in as they discuss the evolution of k6 from a developer-first tool to one built for seamless collaboration across teams, the challenges of performance testing in modern DevOps pipelines, and practical advice for avoiding common pitfalls like the dreaded million virtual user myth.
You’ll also get an insider’s look at how k6 Studio simplifies recording, scripting, and correlating test scenarios and how it compares to longtime industry players like JMeter. Discover the team’s vision for the future, including enhanced browser testing features, integration with Grafana Cloud, and thoughts on leveraging AI to accelerate performance testing efforts.
If you’re ready to learn actionable strategies for making performance testing a team sport (not just a developer or QA silo) and want to hear tips on integrating load testing into your CI/CD pipelines, this episode is a must-listen!
Check Out Grafana k6 Studio: https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/k6-studio/
Watch k6 Studio demo: https://testguild.me/dzebxa
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About Mark Meier
Mark Meier is a Product Manager at Grafana Labs, working across performance testing and synthetic monitoring. He’s been part of the k6 team for nearly 10 years and now focuses on making reliability testing easier and more accessible; especially for teams trying to bridge the gap between QA and Dev.
Connect with Mark Meier
- Company: www.grafana
- LinkedIn: www.markjamesmeier
About Tom Miseur
Tom Miseur is a Field Engineering (k6) @ Grafana Labs
Connect with Tom Miseur
- Company: www.grafana
- LinkedIn:www.tommiseur
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