Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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!

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Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

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.,

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Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

Interestingly, and perhaps not coincidentally, 100 milliseconds is Google's stated goal when it comes to page load times. The participants seemed to lose motivation and develop mental fatigue. After that, the "memory store" runs out and the iconic memory needs to be refreshed with new visual information.

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Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Take, for example, The Web Almanac , the golden collection of Big Data combined with the collective intelligence from most of the authors listed below, brilliantly spearheaded by Google’s @rick_viscomi. Designing for Performance. High Performance Responsive Design. Information Architecture. Front End Tooling.

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Percona

JUNE 4, 2023

While originally designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, it evolved into its own distinct database management system and is now maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation. It continues to be developed and maintained by the open source community and remains free to use under the GNU General Public License.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

As web developers, it’s understandable to feel that this is not an issue over which we have any influence, but this isn’t true. In 2013, A List Apart published Sustainable Web Design by James Christie. So, apart from powering servers with renewable energy, what else can web developers do about climate change?

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 13, 2020

Inspired Design Decisions With Herb Lubalin: Typography Can Be As Exciting As Illustration And Photography. Inspired Design Decisions With Herb Lubalin: Typography Can Be As Exciting As Illustration And Photography. Inspired Design Decisions: Avaunt Magazine. Inspired Design Decisions: Avaunt Magazine. Andrew Clarke.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Red Hat OpenShift is a cloud-based Kubernetes platform that helps developers build applications. It also protects your development infrastructure at scale with enterprise-grade security. For organizations looking to transform and modernize, OpenShift allows you to scale so you can grow your business through cloud-native development.

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Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. DigitalOcean Advantages for MongoDB. What’s most impressive is that you’re not compromising performance for cost.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Apple forces developers of competing browsers to use their engine for all browsers on iOS , restricting their ability to deliver a better version of the web platform. They are, pound for pound, some of the best engine developers globally and genuinely want good things for the web. The Compatibility Tax.

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Dynatrace

MAY 31, 2021

Although Kubernetes simplifies application development while increasing resource utilization, it is a complex system that presents its own challenges. At its start in 2013, Docker was mainly used by developers as a sandbox for testing purposes. Kubernetes forged by the rise of Google. Kubernetes design principles.

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Enprowess

MAY 24, 2022

But it is clear that React is a web app development framework and the React Native is a mobile app development framework. We will have a look into how those two technologies differ and what you should know in order to make an informed decision for your web app development. Which one is better among them? Table of Contents.

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Enprowess

JANUARY 11, 2022

Quick Summary : Frontend Frameworks are ubiquitous with web development. Web development is the latest trend in the industry these days. To prevent reinventing the wheel, developers use front end frameworks. They ease up the development efforts required while maintaining the modular properties. Let’s begin!!

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Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Browsers will cache tools popular among vocal, leading-edge developers. Developers won't need to do work to realise a benefit. Every technical challenge in this design space is paired with an even more daunting governance problem. These privacy requirements put challenging constraints on the design of a shared cache.

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Scalegrid

APRIL 2, 2019

Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform tied neck and neck at 17.5% As you can see in the DB-Engines Popularity of Open Source DBMS vs. Commercial DBMS report below, open source has been steadily stealing market share from commercial vendors since at least 2013. each amongst PostgreSQL public cloud users.

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 25, 2013

The following article was originally published in the 2013 Performance Calendar. Responsive Web Design (RWD) is now a well established technique yet it’s adoption is still surprisingly low. It’s a new image format developed by Google that’s 30-40% smaller than a jpeg. Source: SpeedCurve.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The cheapest (high volume) Androids perform like 2012/2013 iPhones, respectively. Meanwhile, developer behaviour offers little hope: Median mobile JavaScript payloads have only grown since 2016, now hovering above 400KiB of script transferred, or nearly 2.5MiB of uncompressed JS. The Moto G7 very much looks the part.

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

It is much worse to be a software developer now. Or, maybe, they can succeed as in getting comfy job at IBM, but their designs don't translate into useful products. vl : I have a hilarious story about this from Google: I wanted second 30" monitor, so I filed a ticket. I acknowledge that. That's not an obvious statement at all.

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O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

The most common programming task that a typical software developer has to deal with is: receiving input, transforming it, and producing output. One of the key realizations one develops when integrating components of unequal capacities is that flow control is not optional, but mandatory. AWS, Kafka, Google Cloud, Spring, ElasticSearch).

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Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things by David Rose 4 ⁄ 5 Rose’s book is a very clearly organized look at how widespread and cheap computing could impact objects from our everyday lives. Adaptive Web Design, 2nd Edition by Aaron Gustafson 5 ⁄ 5 Full review here. Well worth a read.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. Establish a performance culture.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. Establish a performance culture.

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