SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about all things related to Software Engineering, Performance, DevOps, Observability, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more.
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Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
This episode explores the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence in software, with a focus on how software engineering professionals and QA can keep pace. We discuss the quality of software generated by AI tools, and how to adapt mindsets to these new tech trends.
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Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
In this episode, Scott Moore interviews Stephane Landelle, CTO of Gatling. They talk about the new Gatling Studio and the problems it solves for both developers and performance engineers.
Find out more at https://gatling.io
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Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
How can AI drive performance engineering and testing? This episode explores five significant shifts in the landscape, providing insights into the impact of artificial intelligence on software testing. Discover how automation testing and performance monitoring tools are evolving, making the untestable, testable, with machine learning approaches.
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Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Host Scott Moore dives into the world of AI in performance testing, exploring how tools like Tricentis NeoLoad, BlazeMeter, and OpenText are leveraging predictive analytics, generative AI, and agentic AI to transform the field. But is the hype real? Moore offers a balanced perspective, urging us to embrace AIâs potential while staying grounded in expertise and validation.Â
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Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
The P99 Conference is a must-attend event that dives deep into the art and science of building and scaling high-performance systems.
Register: p99conf.ioHuyen Chip's site: https://huyenchip.com/
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Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
In this episode, we are exploring the concept of context engineering and its potential to bring back discipline to software development in the age of vibe coding. Could context engineering bring back some needed discipline for better software outcomes?Â
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Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
MCP servers everywhere in tech feeds these days, and while it's becoming a crucial part of AI agents communicating with software and utilizing their services to perform powerful tasks. On today's show we talk about how much the MCP Server phenomena is impacting the developer experience. My gues is Ricky Robinett from Cloudflare.
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Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Are your load testing efforts falling short? In this episode of the SMC Journal, I give you five big reasons why load testing doesn't work for many organizations based on my 30+ years of consulting experience in performance engineering. Just me talking directly to you.
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Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Is the Software Lifecycle Engineer (SLE) the future for addressing software performance? In this video, Scott Moore will discuss a possible alternative to the Site Reliability Engineer for operational requirements across the entire software development lifecycle.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
What is Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM)? In this episode of the SMC Journal, youâll learn about blind spots in current APM and Observability platforms, and why IPM is crucial for monitoring modern applications on the web.
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SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about Software Engineering, Performance, DevOps, DevPerfOps, Observability, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more. The show covers news events, corporate events, vendor software features and updates, and more.Â
Content includes commentary and demonstrations by Scott Moore and his guests. Join him as he interviews industry experts, company representatives and hosts lively discussions with the performance community.Â