Anthony Shaw

In this engaging discussion, Anthony Shaw, Python advocacy lead at Microsoft and creator of the VS Code Pets extension, shares insights on load testing for web applications. He emphasizes the importance of simulating realistic user behavior to prevent app failures during high-traffic events. Shaw explores tools like Locust and Playwright, and discusses managing resource usage and response times. He highlights the necessity of realistic data generation with Mimesis and introduces observability tools like OpenTelemetry to enhance performance monitoring.

In this engaging discussion, Anthony Shaw, a lead Python advocate at Microsoft and author, along with Aaron Powell, a .NET developer, dive into their groundbreaking project, CSnakes. They explore how this tool enables developers to seamlessly integrate Python into .NET applications, unlocking access to nearly 600,000 PyPI packages. The duo discusses overcoming challenges in embedding Python, performance optimization, and the exciting world of code generation and type compatibility, making .NET much more versatile for developers.