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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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5G Will Definitely Make the Web Slower, Maybe

CSS - Tricks

as it matures 5G is predicted to improve network speeds dramatically. Carriers are predicting download speeds in 2019 for anywhere from 100Mb to 1 Gbit per second on average. But Scott continues: Faster networks should fix our performance problems, but so far, they have had an interesting if unintentional impact on the web.

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USENIX LISA2021 Computing Performance: On the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

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Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition)

Smashing Magazine

Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition). Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition). Good ol’ PerfPlanet is back for another season with all things speed and web performance. PHP is a group of people, a community of developers who build things for the web.

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Ford, et al., “TCP

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The “Developer Experience” Bait-and-Switch

Alex Russell

At the same time, most developers experience no constraint on their use of JS…until it’s too late. We need to reset our conversation about “developer experience” to factor in the asymmetric cost of JS. “JS neutral” (or negative) tools are here, but we’re stuck in a rhetorical rut. And they do.

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SEO and web performance: What to measure and how to optimize

Speed Curve

But Google's prioritization of page speed in search ranking isn't new, even for mobile. Back in 2011, Smartfurniture.com shared: "We discovered we could make a quantum leap in search engine rankings simply by increasing site performance. Avoid images that cause network congestion with critical CSS and JS. Optimize images.