As part of my Trainfulness project, I sometimes
upload Creative Commons licensed videos to YouTube. I always make sure I have
the proper licence, as I want to play fair with content creators such as NRK
(the Norwegian Broadcasting Company). But lately I have received a couple of
copyright claims from the company Pirames International. This would not be
that much of an issue if YouTube did not make handling the cases extremely
frustrating.
Load testing is an integral part of deploying any web service. It should be
done already in the development phase to find bottlenecks and after deployment
when users’ usage patterns are better known. That’s not where it stops, though,
as load testing can also be used as a regular part of the web service’s
maintenance. Deploying new features without checking their effect on the
performance of the service can be a fatal mistake, which is why load testing
could be very important when integrated with a continuous integration or
continuous deployment system.