Conf42 Chaos Engineering 2025 - Online

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Chaos Engineering in Mobile Apps: Building Resilient Systems Through Controlled Failure

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Want to break your mobile app… before your users do? Discover how chaos engineering can transform your app’s reliability through controlled failure experiments. Learn battle-tested strategies from real-world case studies that reduced outages by 40% and slashed recovery times

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Hello everyone. I'm Jaspreet Kumar. Today we are going to explore the exciting world of mobile app performance optimization through data driven strategies. This session will delve into the world of optimizing mobile app performance, showcasing how data driven strategies can lead to enhanced user experiences and increased app success. Our focus will be on how leveraging data can significantly enhance user experiences and drive the success of mobile applications. I'll provide an overview of practical and actionable insights for mobile app performance optimization. The importance of performance. Performance is vital because It impacts how users perceive and interact with an app. It can make or break user retention rates as slow load times frustrate users, leading to drop offs and negative reviews. Poor performance can lead to user drop offs and low ratings, while optimized performance fosters user retention, satisfaction, and ultimately app success. This section highlights why performance matters for business growth as it directly influences customer loyalty and revenue. User attention. Studies show that 53 percent of users abandon apps that take over 3 seconds to load. Every 100 millisecond delay in low time can decrease conversation rates by 7%, making performance optimization crucial for maintaining a stronger user base. Users who experience delays are 79 percent less likely to make repeat purchases. User satisfaction. Performance directly impacts your app ratings. Apps with excellent performance average 4. 5 plus stars compared to 3. 5 stars for slower apps. Smooth animations, instant responses, and seamless transitions create the polished experience that 87 percent of users say influences their decision to recommend an app. Strategies for optimization. Effective optimization strategies are the foundation for improving app performance. These strategies ensure that app loads quickly, run smoothly, and deliver an exceptional user experience. Optimizing performance involves several key strategies like reducing app size, lazy loading, data caching, and efficient data storage. Reduce app size. Compress assets, optimize images and implement code splitting to reduce your app's footprint below industry benchmarks, resulting in 40 to 60 percent faster initial downloads. Lazy loading. Strategically defer non critical resources and implement progressive loading patterns to achieve. sub second initial page loads while maintaining seamless user interaction. Data caching. Implement intelligent client side caching with service workers and local storage to minimize API calls and enable offline functionality, reducing server load by up to 70%. Efficient data storage. Optimize database queries, implement data compression algorithms, and utilize index storage for frequently accessed data to reduce memory footprint while maintaining rapid access times. Performance monitoring and analytics. Continuous performance monitoring and analytics are essential for maintaining app quality. Monitoring helps identify performance issues. before they become critical, ensuring a seamless user experience. Using monitoring tools and analytics, we can access real time data insights to help identify issues early, improve decision making, and support ongoing optimization, ensuring app performs well under the various conditions. Let's get some insights about monitoring tools and data analysis. Monitoring tools, leading APM platforms like Firebase Performance Monitoring and New Relic deliver comprehensive real time insights into your app's health. These powerful tools track essential metrics including cold and warm launch times, API response latency, frame rates, and crash frequencies, allowing teams to identify issues. before the impact users. With customizable dashboards and automated alerts, team can maintain peak app performance 24 7. Data analysis. Advanced analytics transform raw performance data into actionable optimization strategies. By leveraging machine learning and statical analysis, teams can identify performance patterns. Predict potential bottlenecks and quantify the ROI of optimization efforts. This evidence based approach enables precise resource allocation and helps team achieve up to 40 percent performance improvements through targeted optimization backed by real user data. Predictive AI and anomaly detection. Predictive AI and anomaly detection are critical because They enable proactive performance management. These technologies identify irregularities that could lead to performance issues, allowing teams to address them before users are affected. By identifying potential issues before they occur, these technologies help maintain smooth user experiences and reduce downtime, which is key for business continuity. Proactive optimization. Advanced machine learning algorithms analyze historical performance data to detect patterns and predict potential issues up to 24 hours in advance, enabling development teams to implement preventive measures before user experience is impacted. This predictive approach has shown to reduce critical incidents. by up to 75 percent reduced crash rates. Our AI driven monitoring systems continuously analyze millions of data points across user sessions, device types, and network conditions to identify anomalies. This systematic approach has helped leading apps reduce crash rates by 90 percent and decrease performance related user complaints. By 60 percent real world case studies real world case studies highlight the transformative impact of data driven performance optimization. They provide evidence of how data driven strategies lead to measurable improvements in user engagement, retention, and satisfaction. Companies have seen remarkable improvements with real world case studies. These case studies highlight the direct correlation between performance enhancements and business outcomes. Let's look into some points. User Pinpoints. Advanced telemetry data reveals that 78 percent of users abandon apps after experiencing 3 second load times. Helping teams prioritize critical performance bottlenecks. Optimized Workflows. Real time user journey analysis has enabled teams to reduce checkout times by 40 percent and streamline navigation paths, resulting in 2. 5x higher conversation rates, increased user satisfaction. Companies implementing data driven optimizations report 60 percent higher app store ratings and a 45 percent decrease in checkout times. in user reported issues within three months. Iterative optimization and A B testing. Iterative optimization and A B testing are key for continuous improvement. They allow developers to test different versions of app features and identify what works best for users. Incremental updates drive continuous improvement through systematic A B testing of features. Machine key metrics like Load times and memory usage. Monitor user engagement patterns and collect real time feedback to guide optimization decisions, typically testing two to three variations simultaneously. Performance gains or iterative approach consistently delivers measurable results. 25 to 40 percent faster app loading times, 30 percent reduction in memory consumption, and 50 percent decrease in API response times. Each optimization cycle compounds these benefits leading to significantly improve in user satisfaction scores. Automated alerts and custom dashboards. Automated alerts and custom dashboards are vital for efficient app management. They provide real time visibility into app performance metrics, enabling good detection and resolution of issues. Dashboards offer a comprehensive view of key metrics, helping teams identify trends and address potential problems, proactively reducing downtime and enhancing stability. Real time performance monitoring, customizable dashboards with Intelligent alerts monitor key metrics like response times, error rates, and user engagement patterns, enabling teams to identify and resolve issues within minutes instead of hours. Predictive issue prevention. Smart notification systems analyze performance trends and automatically alert developers. When metrics deviate from baseline, reducing system downtime by 85 percent and improving overall app stability by catching issues before the impact users. AI driven monitoring systems. AI driven monitoring systems are crucial for maintaining consistent app performance. They automate performance tracking Identify issues in real time, suggest optimizations, and take performance management to the next level. AI automates performance management and ensures smooth operations with minimal manual intervention. By leveraging AI, businesses can ensure high availability and reliability of their applications. Proactive issue resolution, real time detection and automated fixes for potential performance issues before they impact users, AI powered monitoring, advanced machine learning algorithms continuously analyze performance metrics, user behavior, and system health indicators, seamless app operations. It ensures consistent, high quality user experience through automated maintenance and optimization. Key takeaways and next steps. To summarize, data driven optimization strategies significantly enhance app performance, leading to increased user retention and revenue growth. By focusing on real time monitoring, Predictive analytics and continuous improvement. You can drive long term success for your app. The next step is to integrate these strategies into your development process for sustained growth. 7 percent monthly user retention or data driven optimization strategy consistently delivers a 7 percent boost Monthly active users through improved app performance and reduced crash rates. 10 percent revenue growth. Strategic performance enhancements drive a 10 percent increase in app revenue through higher user engagement, increased session times and improved conversation rates. Thank you. This session has provided a comprehensive overview of data driven strategies for optimizing mobile app performance, empowering developers to create seamless and engaging user experiences. By implementing these strategies, you can elevate your app's success and drive growth in the competitive mobile landscape. Data driven performance optimization is not just a technical necessity, but a strategic advantage. It empowers developers to create apps that are not only functional, but also engaging and reliable. Thank you for joining me today to explore the world of data driven mobile app performance optimization. I hope the session has provided you with valuable insights and actionable strategies to enhance user experiences, streamline performance, and drive app success. Thank you.
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Jaspreet Kumar

Lead Software Engineer @ Microsoft

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