# [[Quality Bits podcast interview]] <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0000000" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Related:: "" Related:: "" ## Topics - Intro words: a bit about yourself: both work-wise and personal. What's your current job? What do you do on a daily basis? Who are you apart from work when it comes to your interests? - I'm a Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs - I've been in performance testing for over 12 years (?) - I'm a YouTuber - How would you define performance testing? - What are the benefits of performance testing? Why should we look into performance and put efforts into improving it? - There's different types of performance testing, how could we choose what type we should work on? - How did you start your journey into performance testing? - What is the lesson you wish you learned earlier when it comes to performance testing? - How can we define good benchmarks on what to measure rather than just doing it for the sake of doing? - When we talk about performance, we also may have cases where people say that if we have observability and monitoring in production, then we don't need to test performance anymore. Or vice versa. What are your thoughts on that? - If people wanted to learn more about performance testing, where would you recommend them to start? - To wrap up the conversation and topics we've touched on here: what is the one piece of advice you'd give for building high-quality products and teams?