MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

In 2017, mobile internet usage passed desktop as the majority. Unfortunately, the data from Backlinko paints a bleak picture when it comes to mobile internet browsing. Google’s best practice is to have a speed index under 3 seconds. Google’s best practice is to be below 0.5

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. top(1) showed that only the Cassandra database was consuming CPU. Colleagues/Internet I love using [Linux performance tools]. A quick check of basic performance statistics showed over 30% higher CPU consumption.

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Many database administrators find themselves having to support instances of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), or at least the backend databases that are required for SSRS. In the early days of SSRS, a requirement was to also install and configure Internet Information Services (IIS).

Tuning 67

Tuning Servers Database Best Practices 67

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. top(1) showed that only the Cassandra database was consuming CPU. Colleagues/Internet I love using [Linux performance tools]. A quick check of basic performance statistics showed over 30% higher CPU consumption.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

From Fast By Default: Modern loading best practices by Addy Osmani (Slide 19). From Fast By Default: Modern Loading Best Practices by Addy Osmani (Slides 18, 19). An interesting way of avoiding parsing costs is to use binary templates that Ember has introduced in 2017. Evaluate each framework and each dependency.

Performance 104

Performance Cache Metrics Network 104

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

To provide some coherence to the music, I decided to use Taylor Swift songs since her discography covers the time span of most papers that I typically read: Her main albums were released in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022. This choice also inspired me to call my project Swift Papers.

Programming 98

Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98