Load testing is the process of simulating real-world usage of your application to see if it can handle the traffic without crashing harder than Twitter on an Elon tweetstorm. It's like inviting all your friends to your new website and hoping it doesn't turn into a Fyre Festival-level disaster.

How to use it in a sentence

• "Before we launch our new AI-powered toaster app, we should do some load testing to make sure it doesn't burn out like a Samsung Galaxy Note 7."

• "I spent all weekend load testing our blockchain-based dog walking service, and now I'm questioning my life choices."

If you actually want to learn more...

• Load/performance testing a Rails application with ApacheBench - Martin Kleppmann dives deep into using ApacheBench for load testing a Rails app, complete with EC2 instances and Mongrels.

• The Rise of Test Impact Analysis - Paul Hammant introduces Test Impact Analysis, a technique to speed up testing by analyzing code changes. Not directly related to load testing but useful for optimizing your overall testing strategy.

• Is TDD Dead? - David Heinemeier Hansson declared TDD dead, sparking a lively debate with Kent Beck and Martin Fowler. While not about load testing, it's a fascinating discussion on the role of testing in modern software development.

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