Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

TL;DR: A lot has changed since 2017 when we last estimated a global baseline resource per-page resource budget of 130-170KiB. A then-representative $200USD device had 4-8 slow (in-order, low-cache) cores, ~2GiB of RAM, and relatively slow MLC NAND flash storage. The Moto G4 , for example. Here begins our 2021 adventure. Hard Reset.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

How fast is the average time to first byte (server delay)? In 2017, mobile internet usage passed desktop as the majority. How long is the average server delay? It is typically reduced via server-side optimizations, such as enabling caching and database indexes. How fast is the average page load time in 2020?

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

A close monitoring of the hardware enthusiast community, including many of the most respected hardware analysts and reviewers paints an even more dire picture about Intel in the server processor space. Despite all of this, Intel is not going to lose their entire server processor business any time soon. So, what has changed my mind?

Servers 46

Servers Hardware Architecture Retail 46

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

A 2017 study by Akamai says as much when it found that even a 100ms delay in page load can decrease conversions by 7% and lose 1% of their sales for every 100ms it takes for their site to load which, at the time of the study, was equivalent to $1.6 Compressing, minifying and caching assets. The final thing we can check is caching.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

Back on December 5, 2017, Microsoft announced that they were using AMD EPYC 7551 processors in their storage-optimized Lv2-Series virtual machines. These AMD EPYC processors have a number of advantages for SQL Server workloads, as I will explain in this article. The L3 cache size is 64MB. The L3 cache size is 64MB.

Azure 42

Azure Virtualization Storage Benchmarking 42

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

— Alex Russell (@slightlylate) October 4, 2017. Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. Late-loading JavaScript can cause “server-side rendered” pages to fail in infuriating ways. Deciding what benchmark to use for a performance budget is crucial. Maybe "ambush by JS"?

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68