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The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? I've shared many posts about superpower observability tools, but often humble hacking is just as effective. Try changing the kernel clocksource.

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The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? I've shared many posts about superpower observability tools, but often humble hacking is just as effective. Try changing the kernel clocksource.

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Fixing a slow site iteratively

CSS - Tricks

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 Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile.

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6 Proven Ways to Improve Your eCommerce Conversion Rate

KeyCDN

According to Monetate , the following conversion rate results were gathered for Q3 of 2017 until Q3 of 2018. The lower conversion rate on mobile could be due to a variety of reasons including the website not being responsive for mobile devices, the speed isn’t up to par, etc. There are many ways to speed up a slow website.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights (no, it isn’t deprecated), you can get CrUX performance data for specific pages instead of just the aggregates.