TfT Performance: Methodology

This is the first article in a series looking at the performance of current applications for Personal Knowledge Management - so-called "Tools for Thought."

Introduction

If you want to get realistic results from performance tests, you must create natural conditions. If you're going to compare different applications, you have to use the same data. I've chosen synthetic test data over a copy of one of my personal knowledge graphs to ensure this.

A lightweight Python script that I developed generates the synthetic test data.

The Python script for generating the test data

The program flow is straightforward and shown below; start reading in the upper-left.