Dimensions and Breakdowns for Real User Monitoring
Introducing Dimensions and Breakdowns in Basicrum. See who is waiting, how much traffic they represent, and where to investigate.
Author
Tsvetan Stoychev
Founder & CEO of Basicrum
Tsvetan is the creator of Basicrum, an open-source Real User Monitoring system, and a former Akamai engineer. He teaches Real User Monitoring (RUM) at FH Salzburg and does AI-assisted bug bounty research. He writes about web performance, Core Web Vitals, and lessons learned while building Basicrum.
Articles by Tsvetan Stoychev
Magento 2 integration module for Basicrum
Connect a Magento 2 storefront to Basicrum and measure real browsing experience across product, category, cart, checkout, and customer account pages.
Basicrum opens its public beta
Basicrum is now open for a free public beta. Participants will receive four months of free access to the hosted service.
Magento 1 & OpenMage integration module for Basicrum
Connect Magento 1 and OpenMage storefronts to Basicrum and measure real browsing experience across product, category, cart, checkout, and customer account pages.
Getting started with Basicrum for WordPress
A practical, privacy-first guide to adding Real User Monitoring to a WordPress or WooCommerce site—what the plugin measures, how consent-controlled loading works, and how to validate a new installation.
· Web Performance Calendar
ClickHouse: Don’t miss out on this database (opens in a new tab)
With Rich Raposa
The aim of this article is to provide a quick introduction to ClickHouse for the Web Performance community. The article talks about some interesting Core Web Vitals queries and points to where we can find help about ClickHouse.
· Web Performance Calendar
Lessons learned from developing my Real User Monitoring system – Basic RUM (opens in a new tab)
When I blog I always write something that has practical value for readers but I also like to share a short story that relates to it. This is my intention in this article as well. This post will be a bit of story-telling and will give examples of how I do things on a lower level in Basic RUM.
· Web Performance Calendar
Open source backend RUM tool. Wait! What? (opens in a new tab)
tl;dr: I’m currently working on an open source backend RUM tool called Basic RUM. The project is still at its concept stage and is helping me answer some questions at my full-time job.