```json
{
    "title": "Hulk break Web site! Yargh!",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2008/04/17/hulk-break-web-site-yargh/",
    "datePublished": "2008-04-17",
    "dateModified": "2008-04-17",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "On type of my usual performance consulting, I have recently taken on the role of Web site breaker/stress tester at work. Our updated external load-testing tool is coming out soon,…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Hulk break Web site! Yargh!

On type of my usual performance consulting, I have recently taken on the role of Web site breaker/stress tester at work. Our updated external load-testing tool is coming out soon, but we have some clients who need some of its functions now.
So, what does this mean? Well, I have learned a lot about how to and not to load test a system, and that load testing a Web site is not a straightforward process.
However, it has also shifted my schedule quite substantially. You see, companies like to load test their sites at night. This means that I have been working a lot of long days, what with my usual working day starting at 06:00 and ending at 22:00.
But the it's better than tv! :-)