performancethat

Performancethat is a term used in discussions of software and systems design to denote a performance-first approach in which outcomes are defined by measurable performance criteria rather than by feature count alone. It is not a formal standard or widely adopted framework, but a neologism that appears in engineering blogs and design guidelines to emphasize alignment of product goals with performance objectives.

Origin and usage

The word blends performance with the demonstrative idea of “that,” as in identifying the specific performance outcomes that matter. In practice, performancethat encourages teams to specify clear, testable performance requirements at the outset and to trace those requirements through design, development, testing, and deployment. Common targets include latency, throughput, resource utilization, reliability, and availability. The approach advocates integrating performance measurement into planning, coding, continuous integration, and monitoring in production.

Core concepts

A performancethat mindset typically involves: defining measurable performance objectives (for example, percentile latency under load, requests per second, or error rates); instrumenting code and infrastructure to capture relevant metrics; implementing iterative optimizations based on data; and validating performance in realistic environments before release. It also stresses ongoing monitoring and adjustment, so performance remains aligned with user expectations as workloads evolve.

Relation to other disciplines

Performancethat intersects with performance engineering, site reliability engineering, performance testing, and product management. It is not a replacement for these disciplines but a framing that centers performance criteria within the development lifecycle.

Limitations

The term remains informal and may vary in meaning between teams. Without clear metrics and disciplined measurement, it can lead to ambiguous goals or misaligned priorities.

See also

Performance engineering, performance testing, SRE, reliability engineering, latency, throughput, monitoring.