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The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache

CSS Wizardry

Compressing them over the network: Which compression algorithm, if any, will we use? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? In our specific examples above, the one-big-file pattern incurred 201ms of latency, whereas the many-files approach accumulated 4,362ms by comparison.

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The Fastest Google Fonts

CSS Wizardry

It’s widely accepted that self-hosted fonts are the fastest option: same origin means reduced network negotiation, predictable URLs mean we can preload , self-hosted means we can set our own cache-control. However, the execution of this header is bound by the response’s TTFB, which on high-latency networks can be very, very high.

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Redis vs Memcached in 2024

Scalegrid

In this comparison of Redis vs Memcached, we strip away the complexity, focusing on each in-memory data store’s performance, scalability, and unique features. Redis is better suited for complex data models, and Memcached is better suited for high-throughput, string-based caching scenarios.

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Choosing a cloud DBMS: architectures and tradeoffs

The Morning Paper

For query executors that can be frequently started and stopped the authors explore performance with cold and warm caches (where applicable), and also the horizontal and vertical scaling performance. Query performance is measured from both warm and cold caches. Key findings.

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What bugs cause cloud production incidents?

The Morning Paper

Microsoft is also using fuzz testing, cloud contract checking, and network configuration verification tools. In comparison, automatically generating mitigation steps has not been well studied and is worth more attention in the future. Data formats. the most common causes are data format change (21%). Constant-value setting incidents.

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Optimize Images for Web

KeyCDN

An easy way to compress images is with our image processing service that happens to also be fully integrated into our existing network. KeyCDN’s Cache Enabler plugin is fully compatible the HTML attributes that make images responsive. It also allows for additional control over the caching of your images as well as hotlink protection.

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Use Distributed Caching to Accelerate Online Web Sites

ScaleOut Software

The Solution: Distributed Caching. A widely used technology called distributed caching meets this need by storing frequently accessed data in memory on a server farm instead of within a database. It’s not enough simply to lash together a set of servers hosting a collection of in-memory caches.

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