# Performance engineering as a habit, not a project

DevFeed: [Performance engineering as a habit, not a project](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/performance-engineering-as-a-habit-not-a-project-38796.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://fidelitas.io/2026/05/performance-engineering-as-a-habit/>)

Author: fidelitas.io

Published: 2026-05-16T16:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [fidelitas.io](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fidelitas-io.md>)

Topics: [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [engineering-practice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-practice.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [performance-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance-engineering.md>), [regression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/regression.md>), [runner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/runner.md>), [slo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slo.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that teams should treat performance engineering as a recurring engineering habit rather than a temporary project. It recommends measuring every pull request, comparing results with the previous day, and making performance regressions fail the build as part of CI.

## Source excerpt

Most performance work is reactive: the bill goes up, the dashboard turns red, somebody opens an investigation ticket. Here's how to make it boring instead.