The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Software 2.0 , in case you missed it, is a term coined by Andrej Karpathy to describe software in which key components are implemented by neural networks. A really interesting thing happens when you go from developing a Software 1.0 (i.e., Google were able to delete about 45K lines of code, greatly reducing the code footprint.

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Systems Design Software Software 84

Speed Curve

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Chances are, you're here because of Google's update to its search algorithm , which affects both desktop and mobile, and which includes Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor. If you're new to Core Web Vitals , this is a Google initiative that was launched in early 2020. When Google talks, people listen.

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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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Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

This blog article traces key developments that coincided with MongoDB’s move away from open source software, and it examines how SSPL influence might have lured others in the same direction. It was welcomed by many, especially developers, whose language tends to be of objects and structures, not of rows and columns.

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Open Source Programming Database Servers 81

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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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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Media Games Education Engineering 145

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To many designers and developers the process of designing for mobile assumes that touch is natural, so we don’t need to pay any particular attention to the design of touch systems. Feature phones all use proprietary and little known operating systems developed by the makers of the phones, as opposed to prevalent ones like Android or iOS.

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Mobile Design Internet Internet 104

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. High Performance Browser Networking. Fail, and you can kiss your customers and profits goodbye.” Time is Money.

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MachMetrics

JULY 31, 2020

Thankfully, there are simple measures that web developers can take to ensure that the files being served to their visitors are as small as possible. These compressed files allow for quicker network transfers so that your website can be loaded as fast as possible. One such measure is HTTP compression. Brotli Compression. Source: Zoomph.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Thanks to progress in networks and browsers (but not devices), a more generous global budget cap has emerged for sites constructed the "modern" way: ~100KiB of HTML/CSS/fonts and ~300-350KiB of JS (compressed) is the new rule-of-thumb limit for at least the next year or two. Modern network performance and availability.

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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? Large preview ).

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Establish a performance culture. Adjust the argument depending on the group of stakeholders you are speaking to.

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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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Virtualization Website Speed Mobile 64

CSS - Tricks

AUGUST 18, 2020

Server rendering is also cool—even if that’s just how we say “send HTML over the network” these days. Most developers—I hope —aren’t going to rely solely on React to drive such simple behavior for just one thing on their website. My RSS feed app is still in development. Google Chrome on Nokia 2. I think JSX is great.

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Performance Mobile Servers Code 101

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. De-duplication can prevent multiple copies on disk, but we're out of luck on reducing network costs. One available proxy is the distribution of use from Google's hosted JS libraries.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

In many organizations, front-end developers know exactly what common underlying problems are and what loading patterns should be used to fix them. Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ). Establish a performance culture. thanks, Guy Podjarny!

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

It is much worse to be a software developer now. vl : I have a hilarious story about this from Google: I wanted second 30" monitor, so I filed a ticket. billion increase in pure-play foundry market; Quotable Quotes: WhatsApp cofounder : I am a sellout. I acknowledge that. After all, nobody gets fired from creating a hierarchy.

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