Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

2016: The company adds service-loaded MongoDB Professional to its mix. Though still not “profitable” by many benchmarks, it’s a lot closer to being so, perhaps in a big way.) Here are other key developments in company history: 2013: 10gen changes its name to MongoDB, Inc. 2017: MongoDB goes public, trading as MDB.

Open Source 81

Open Source Programming Database Servers 81

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. All modern browsers are fast, Chromium and Safari/WebKit included. Gamepad API.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Reduced network and device capacity correlate with other access challenges. Folks with powerful laptops, new iPhones, and low-latency networks are noticing, which is a very bad sign. This often happens out of an ad-hoc virtual team that forms in earlier stages but is now formalised and has long-term staffing.

Performance 86

Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86