Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In 2010, Netflix introduced a technology to switch production software instances off at random — like setting a monkey loose in a server room — to test how the cloud handled its services. Speeds incident response. By learning what failure scenarios are possible, these teams can speed troubleshooting, repairs, and incident response.

Engineering 224

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 224

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I didn't end up getting published in SysAdmin directly, but my performance work did make it as a feature article (thanks Matty).

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As for attending USENIX conferences: I finally started attending and speaking at them in 2010 when a community manager encouraged me to (thanks Deirdre Straughan), and since then I've met many friends and connections, including Amy who is now USENIX President, and Rikki with whom I co-chaired the USENIX LISA18 conference.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Winning in this race requires that we become much more customer oriented, much more efficient in all of our operations, and at the same time shift our culture towards more lean and experimental. Vivino was founded in 2010 and now has more than 20 million users worldwide and offices in four countries across three continents.

AWS 124

AWS Cloud Games Serverless 124

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 9, 2019

Mbps download speed Jake Archibald mentioned his relative getting or the 0.8 Mbps download speed my in-laws get at their house. Hardware gets better, sure. In a 2012 paper, The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy estimated the internet uses 5 kWh on average to support every GB of data. It makes sense.

Performance 111

Performance Energy Internet Internet 111

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. India's speed test medians are moving quickly, but variance is orders-of-magnitude wide, with 5G penetration below 25% in the most populous areas.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90