Emergent Load Testing: Rules for Organized Chaos

This talk explores the concept of emergent load testing, moving beyond sequential, predictable test scripts to mimic the organized chaos of production systems. The speaker, Nicole van der Hoeven, discusses how to apply principles of emergence, such as complexity, diversity, interaction, feedback, agency, and serendipity, to load testing. The presentation showcases how tools like Grafana k6 can be used to create load tests that exhibit emergent behavior, allowing systems to discover their operational boundaries and improve confidence in complex environments.