O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents. It’s not our data.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

Time is a crucial usability factor If you don't consider time a crucial usability factor, you're missing a fundamental aspect of the user experience I'm embarrassed to admit that, in my previous career as a usability tester, I spent years testing websites in lab conditions. It never crossed my mind to take rendering time into consideration.

Speed 133

Speed Website Mobile Cloud 133

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? High Performance Websites. Even Faster Websites. You only have a few seconds to get compelling content onto the screen. ” – Andy King, 2003.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The choice for the search box from Bing was driven by that it was very easy to setup and it was free, where Google Site Search asked for $100/year. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology. Recent Entries. APAC Summer Tour.

AWS 78

AWS Storage Big Data Servers 78

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative was launched in May of 2020 and, since then, its role in Search has morphed and evolved as roll-outs have been made and feedback has been received. However, to this day, messaging from Google can seem somewhat unclear and, in places, even contradictory. Don’t have time to read 5,500+ words?

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Created by Jon Yablonski, this lovely website explains 21 psychological principles that designers can consider to create more human-centered products and experiences. The right tools at the right time, help streamline the design process. User experience research is a crucial component of the human-centered design process.

Airlines 129

Airlines Mobile Design Strategy 129

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I believe anyone who comes to programming after 2010 will tell you GUI tools increase their productivity over a CLI solution. pgAdmin can be downloaded from their official website. Navicat has a powerful data modeling tool for visualizing database structures, making changes, and designing entire schemas from scratch.

Open Source 262

Open Source Database Azure Cloud 262