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Critical CSS? Not So Fast!

CSS Wizardry

Note that the CSS file is marked as blocking (see the orange cross), and thus carries Highest priority and hits the network first. priority request, and hits the network after the JavaScript. By switching from an asynchronous media type (i.e. media=print ) to a synchronous media type (e.g. Moving Away From media.

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Bringing AV1 Streaming to Netflix Members’ TVs

The Netflix TechBlog

by Liwei Guo , Ashwin Kumar Gopi Valliammal , Raymond Tam , Chris Pham , Agata Opalach , Weibo Ni AV1 is the first high-efficiency video codec format with a royalty-free license from Alliance of Open Media (AOMedia), made possible by wide-ranging industry commitment of expertise and resources.

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Better Video Streaming With imgix

Smashing Magazine

How do I account for different network speeds in different environments? This solution is fine when network speeds are fast, but it can be problematic when network speeds are not fast (or fluctuate). And if there is one thing we all know — we cannot control the speed network our customers are using.

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Engineering a Studio Quality Experience With High-Quality Audio at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

the brilliant synth-pop score or the perfectly mixed soundscape of a high speed chase?—?is This approach selects the audio bitrate based on network conditions at the start of playback. Adaptive streaming is a technology designed to deliver media to the user in the most optimal way for their network connection.

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Update of our SSO services incident

Dynatrace

These include improving API traffic management and caching mechanisms to reduce server and network load, optimizing database queries, and adding additional compute resources, just to name some. Accelerate the Dynatrace Status portal update delivery speed and review our accessibility to Tech Support in such cases [In Progress].

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The new normal of digital experience delivery – lessons learned from monitoring mission-critical websites during COVID-19

Dynatrace

Over the last two month s, w e’ve monito red key sites and applications across industries that have been receiving surges in traffic , including government, health insurance, retail, banking, and media. Media p erformance . Watching media sites including CNN, Fox News, and CNBC has been very interesting.

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Optimizing Video For Size And Quality

Smashing Magazine

A video with large dimensions or a high bitrate will take longer to download and will require a higher speed network to play back smoothly. This leads to longer startup times, and if the network cannot supply the video fast enough, the video will stall during video playback. Bitrate is the playback speed of the video.

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