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Migrating Netflix to GraphQL Safely

The Netflix TechBlog

We migrated Netflix’s mobile apps to GraphQL with zero downtime, which involved a total overhaul from the client to the API layer. Until recently, an internal API framework, Falcor , powered our mobile apps. And we definitely couldn’t replay test non-functional requirements like caching and logging user interaction.

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Native App Network Performance Analysis

DZone

When 54 percent of the internet traffic share is accounted for by Mobile , it's certainly nontrivial to acknowledge how your app can make a difference to that of the competitor!

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Redis vs Memcached in 2024

Scalegrid

Key Takeaways Redis offers complex data structures and additional features for versatile data handling, while Memcached excels in simplicity with a fast, multi-threaded architecture for basic caching needs. Redis is better suited for complex data models, and Memcached is better suited for high-throughput, string-based caching scenarios.

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Improving our video encodes for legacy devices

The Netflix TechBlog

Given the global nature of the service and Netflix’s commitment to creating a service that members enjoy, it is not surprising that we support a wide variety of streaming devices, from set-top-boxes and mobile devices to smart TVs. Hence, as the encoding team, we continuously maintain a variety of encode families, stretching back to H.263.

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How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience

Smashing Magazine

It increases our visibility and enables us to draw a steady stream of organic (or “free”) traffic to our site. While paid marketing strategies like Google Ads play a part in our approach as well, enhancing our organic traffic remains a major priority. The higher our organic traffic, the more profitable we become as a company.

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Seamlessly Swapping the API backend of the Netflix Android app

The Netflix TechBlog

This allows the app to query a list of “paths” in each HTTP request, and get specially formatted JSON (jsonGraph) that we use to cache the data and hydrate the UI. Looking at our high traffic UI screens (like the homepage) allowed us to identify any regressions caused by the endpoint before we enabled it for all our users.

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How To Use Google CrUX To Analyze And Compare The Performance Of JS Frameworks

Smashing Magazine

The origin value is an aggregate of the values of all the pages for that origin, computed as a weighted average based on page traffic. This means that an origin that has relatively little traffic, but sufficient to be included in the dataset, is counted equally to a very popular, high-traffic origin. Large preview ).

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