When he isn't building or maintaining web applications, primarily of the API variety, for a handful of clients, Ian is probably biking between successively later-closing coffee shops in Austin, Texas, or making some sort of comment about transportation or communication infrastructure. He also helps organize the Austin PHP user group and Longhorn PHP Conference.
Want to find out which pieces of your site break down under load first, so you know how you'll need to scale before your systems catch fire? Load testing answers this question, and these days you can simulate full user behavior in a load test, rather than merely hammering a single endpoint.