Name: Load Testing Is Complicated: A Case Study of NJ Unemployment Insurance - Rob Bayliss, Mighty Acorn Digital
Start: 2025-06-23T14:25:00-0600
End: 2025-06-23T15:05:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Monday June 23, 2025 2:25pm - 3:05pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 3F

In this session we will perform a case study of load testing for a US State’s Unemployment Insurance Modernization initiative. We will talk about the unique requirements and constraints of the project, such as the looming specter of the COVID-19 Unemployment boom. We’ll also review how the testing was done and why we ultimately decided on using browser-based tools such as Artillery with Playwright to build a testing system that could deliver and measure massive amounts of realistic traffic in a way that is quick (30 minutes) and easy to run. Attendees will walk away with an understanding of how one might approach load testing for a system like this, and why using browser based testing might or might not be a good idea.

Speakers

Rob Bayliss

Director, Mighty Acorn Digital

Rob Bayliss is passionate about automation, and has been building fast, reliable systems for state governments since 2017. He is passionate about performance, and once led an initiative to reduce the response times of Mass.gov by 50%, preventing downtime during the pandemic. In 2023... Read More →

Monday June 23, 2025 2:25pm - 3:05pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F

OpenGovCon

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit North America 2025

Rob Bayliss

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