Over the years, I’ve had countless conversations with performance engineers, DevOps teams, and CTOs, and I keep hearing the same assumptions about load testing. Some of them sound logical on the surface, but in reality, they often lead teams down the wrong path. Here are five of the biggest misconceptions I’ve come across—and what you should consider instead. 1⃣ “We should be testing on production” A few weeks ago, I had a call with one of the biggest banks in the world. They were eager to run load tests directly on their production environment, using real-time data. Their reasoning? It would give them the most accurate picture of how their systems perform under real conditions. I get it—testing in production sounds like the ultimate way to ensure reliability. But when I dug deeper, I asked them: “What happens if today’s test results look great, but tomorrow a sudden traffic spike causes a crash?” Who takes responsibility if a poorly configured test impacts real customers? A...
Opsera Raises $20M to Drive AI-Powered DevOps Platform Innovation, Accelerating AI Agent Adoption and Developer Efficiency
Opsera, the AI-Powered DevOps platform trusted by top Fortune 1000 companies, today announced it has raised $20M in Series B funding, led by Prosperity7 with participation from Hitachi Ventures. The funding culminates a breakout year with several product releases that position Opsera as one of the market’s most flexible and intelligent AI-powered DevOps platforms for all apps and teams. Significant accomplishments include signing key industry partnerships with GitHub, Microsoft, AWS, and Databricks , 200% revenue growth since raising Series A+, and adding several key Fortune 1000 customers. Learn More About Opsera: https://www.opsera.io/ Empowering Developers with Agentic AI and Unified Insights The DevOps industry is undergoing a seismic shift driven by AI-driven automation, security integration, and the need for rapid, reliable software delivery. Organizations now prioritize AI Agentic approaches — systems where autonomous AI agents optimize workflows, predict risks, and s...