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Service Workers can save the environment!

Dean Hume

Without effective caching on the client, the server will see an increase in workload, more CPU usage and ultimately increased latency for the end user. They allow you to cache resources on the user's device when they visit your site for the first time. This is where service workers can make a difference. Show me the money!

Energy 40
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Service Workers can save the environment!

Dean Hume

Without effective caching on the client, the server will see an increase in workload, more CPU usage and ultimately increased latency for the end user. They allow you to cache resources on the user's device when they visit your site for the first time. This is where service workers can make a difference. Show me the money!

Energy 40
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Service Workers can save the environment!

Dean Hume

Without effective caching on the client, the server will see an increase in workload, more CPU usage and ultimately increased latency for the end user. They allow you to cache resources on the user's device when they visit your site for the first time. This is where service workers can make a difference. Show me the money!

Energy 40
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The Surprising Effectiveness of Non-Overlapping, Sensitivity-Based Performance Models

John McCalpin

The presentation discusses a family of simple performance models that I developed over the last 20 years — originally in support of processor and system design at SGI (1996-1999), IBM (1999-2005), and AMD (2006-2008), but more recently in support of system procurements at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) (2009-present).

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

Smashing Magazine

Since 2009, Greenpeace has been putting pressure on big Internet companies to clean up their energy mix by way of their Clicking Clean campaign. It seems to have become more-or-less ubiquitous on the web for everyone to analyze what their website’s visitors do via tools like Google Analytics, KISSmetrics, Piwik, etc.

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Fostering a Web Performance Culture

Jos

You will work hard on implementing features, collaborating with other teams (eg adding scripts for analytics, ads, retargeting, A/B test), setting up CI/CD, ensuring security, and making sure the project is usable and pleasant to the eye. In fact, Stockholm was the first city in installing 4G back in 2009. Not even close.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

Due to concerns in the open source software community about the future of MySQL after the acquisition, MariaDB was created in 2009 by Michael Widenius (one of the original creators of MySQL), who named the new software after his daughter Maria. Analytics MariaDB ColumnStore is the MariaDB solution to analytics and using a column-based store.