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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar.

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What is chaos engineering?

Dynatrace

Testing for mishaps you can predict is essential. Chaos engineering is a method of testing distributed software that deliberately introduces failure and faulty scenarios to verify its resilience in the face of random disruptions. Practitioners subject software to a controlled, simulated crisis to test for unstable behavior.

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How to Optimize Websites for Ad Publishers

Dotcom-Montior

Page speed has been a key factor in Google’s ranking algorithm since 2010 , so it is essential to understand the various ways you can optimize your pages and why implementing synthetic monitoring can ensure your pages perform flawlessly and revenue isn’t lost. Remember, speed is key to the user experience. Optimize Your Pages.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Yet, we wanted to put together our list of the top web performance books for anyone who cares about speed of the web and would like to explore the timeline of web performance engineering milestones over nearly two decades through the lens of published books. Site speed & SEO go hand in hand. ” – Andy King, 2003.

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Exploring performance and conversion rates just got easier

Speed Curve

Demonstrating the impact of performance on your users – and on your business – is one of the best ways to get your company to care about the speed of your site. In 2010, the Performance and Reliability team I was fortunate enough to lead at Walmartlabs shared our findings around the impact of front-end times on conversion rates.

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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 Creative choices increasingly tested the limits of our encoding quality. surround audio in 2010, and began streaming Dolby Atmos in 2016 , but wanted to bring studio quality sound to our members around the world. We began streaming 5.1

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JavaScript growth and third parties

Speed Curve

million sites tested on desktop.) In the early days back in 2010, the amount of first and third party JavaScript was about the same, whereas now third party JavaScript is more than twice that of first party. Certainly the amount of JavaScript has increased. These are medians from the world's top ~1.3

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