The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 17, 2019

Intel and Netflix announced their collaboration on a software video encoder implementation called SVT-AV1 on April 8, 2019. Scalable Video Technology (SVT) is Intel’s open source framework that provides high-performance software video encoding libraries for developers of visual cloud technologies. What is SVT-AV1?

Open Source 166

Open Source Scalability Speed Efficiency 166

MachMetrics

APRIL 12, 2019

It’s no secret that we’re a huge fan of lazy loading your below-the-fold images to improve page speed. But now it appears the Google Chrome team has jumped aboard and is planning to implement it natively in an upcoming Chrome release. Performance Enthusiasts Rejoice! Exciting! .’ I’m celebrating!

Google 44

Google Speed Mobile Website 44

Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Let’s look at some of the most popular Percona Database Performance Blog posts in 2018. With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open source community with insights, technical support, predictions and metrics around multiple open source database software technologies.

Database 40

Database Tuning Performance AWS 40

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

When it comes to marketing your website, there are a lot of different aspects to consider, such as speed, SEO, conversation rates, bounce rate, and many others. We normally focus solely on the performance aspect, but today we want to dive into additional ways you can optimize images for the web.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Google Website 106

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 31, 2019

We recently learned about a major breakthrough: Google says it has achieved “quantum supremacy” with a 53-qubit computer. Quantum supremacy itself is a simple concept: it means performing a computation that could not be performed on a classical computer. It’s very important to understand exactly what this means.

Artificial Intelligence 53

Artificial Intelligence Google Software Architecture Cloud 53

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Google Chrome is currently one of the most popular web browsers used by developers today. According to StatCounter , as of September 2019, Google Chrome holds 63.72% browser market share across the globe. What Are the Google Chrome DevTools? Open from Browser Menu You can open Chrome DevTools from the Chrome menu.

Google 85

Google Website Network Media 85

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

As per April 2019 data of Statistica[1], the global mobile population accounted for 4 billion unique users. Globally, consumers are preferring their mobile phones for performing activities (e.g. Popular search engines like Google give preference to websites that are mobile-ready[4]. Speed and Accuracy.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative was launched in May of 2020 and, since then, its role in Search has morphed and evolved as roll-outs have been made and feedback has been received. However, to this day, messaging from Google can seem somewhat unclear and, in places, even contradictory. Don’t have time to read 5,500+ words?

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Nobody frames it precisely this way; instead they'll say, if WebKit weren't mandated, Chromium would take over , or Google would dominate the web if not for the WebKit restriction. Without the ability to differentiate on features, security, performance, and privacy, what's to sell? What does this almighty torrent of cash buy Google?

Engineering 110

Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Rigor

JULY 2, 2019

Either way, redirection increases the amount of time it takes for your site to render, and you should minimize its use to optimize page performance. Redirection increases the amount of time it takes for your site to render, and you should minimize its use to optimize page performance. webperf #perfmatters Click To Tweet.

Mobile 60

Mobile Traffic Google Latency 60

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 16, 2020

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. What is Google Lighthouse? Google Lighthouse is one of the best-automated tools available on a web developer's utility belt.

Google 82

Google Latency Website Metrics 82

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. 2019-06-26T14:00:59+02:00. 2019-06-26T14:06:48+00:00. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. Suzanne Scacca. She was torn though. Clean coding practices.

Website 110

Website Speed Mobile Design 110

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. High-performing fast sites attract and preserve users better than low-performing ones. The screenshot below explains that page load time and lighthouse performance scores are not the same, yet they are really close to each other.

Cache 78

Cache Speed Google Website 78

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

We’ve been covering papers from VLDB 2019 for the last three weeks, and next week it will be time to mix things up again. I really do want to cover this one at some point, along with Implementation of cluster-wide logical clock and causal consistency in MongoDB from SIGMOD 2019. for machine generated emails sent to humans). Yes please!

Blockchain 46

Blockchain Hardware Google Analytics 46

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Back in 2016, I gave a talk outlining the causes and effects of the terrible performance of web apps built using popular tools on the fastest-growing device segment: low-end to mid-range Android phones. Poor performance has a compound effect on user expectations at an ecosystem level. Live by the link, die by the link.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Smashing Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Smaller HTML means less time for Google to download and process those long strings of text. In 2019, we sold 500k tickets a year, so our operations are complex and we need to showcase it with our landing pages in an appealing and fast manner. Both for Google bots (SEO) and to actual clients. How about errors?”

Google 111

Google Architecture Servers Speed 111

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Speed Up Your Website With WebP. Speed Up Your Website With WebP. 2019-10-29T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-10-29T13:36:09+00:00. Spend enough time running websites through PageSpeed Insights and you’ll notice that Google has a major beef with traditional image formats like JPG, PNG and even GIF. Suzanne Scacca.

Website 72

Website Speed Cache Google 72

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

2019-07-29T14:00:59+02:00. 2019-07-29T13:06:57+00:00. The speed of mobile networks, too, varies considerably between countries. Perhaps surprisingly, users experience faster speeds over a mobile network than WiFi in at least 30 countries worldwide, including Australia and France. Chris Ashton. per GB respectively.

Cache 96

Cache Google Mobile Network 96

KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

Image Optimization Importance We have been talking a lot about website optimization lately and have interviewed many web performance experts to get their recommendations and advice. Here are just a few of their responses: A big focus for our performance team is (and will continue to be) optimizing images. You guessed it, images.

Speed 52

Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2019

Handling Unused CSS In SASS To Improve Performance. Handling Unused CSS In SASS To Improve Performance. 2019-08-09T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-08-09T12:36:17+00:00. In this article, we’ll start by exploring the impact unused CSS can have on page load speeds. Google has recognized this as well. Luke Harrison.

Performance 94

Performance C++ Media Website 94

Smashing Magazine

MAY 6, 2019

2019-05-06T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-05-06T11:34:08+00:00. Lazy loading is a way to improve the performance of a website or web application by maximizing the rendering speed of the above-the-fold images and iframes (and sometimes videos) by deferring the loading of below-the-fold content. Andrea Verlicchi.

Website 103

Website Best Practices Media Open Source 103

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Web development is evolving at a rapid speed with each passing year. And so, it optimizes the page loading speed and reduces the bounce rate. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. Let’s dive deep into the top website development trends to expect in 2022.

Blockchain 59

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

2019-10-22T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-10-22T13:06:35+00:00. Plus, now that Google has made mobile-first indexing the default, you really can’t afford to let any performance optimizations fall by the wayside what with how difficult it can be to get your mobile site as speedy as your desktop. Suzanne Scacca.

Mobile 63

Mobile Media Website Storage 63

Testsigma

JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2019, the worldwide sales of mobile devices were 1524 million units. While performing the mobile app testing, we need to take care of specific challenges for each of them. For native applications, you can skip installing emulators as they do not give you the precise performance of the application.

Mobile 74

Mobile Testing Energy Operating System 74

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 9, 2019

2019-04-09T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. With these added libraries and subsequent plugins came added page weight, and before long we were starting to think seriously about front-end performance. Googling for your own platform of choice with SRI or Sub Resource Integrity will likely point you in the right direction.

Website 58

Website Servers Code Best Practices 58

Testsigma

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In the summer of 2019, British Airways faced a technical issue on its website. Notice how March 2020 has shown an extremely positive change in website users with respect to March 2019. Alternatives today such as Google Meet do not even require an installation hence there is no trouble in switching from A to B.

Testing 52

Testing Website Small Business Internet 52

Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

However, choice mainly depends on numerous factors like project timeline, framework performance, learning curve, and team size. Performance. According to Google Trends, development companies were more interested in hiring React developers, followed by Vue over the past year. Vue vs React: Performance. and Vue.js

Open Source 52

Open Source Mobile Scalability Google 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. In recent years, the industry thankfully started paying more attention to performance. As a result, website performance can suffer. Improving performance with the decoupled JSON approach. Improving Performance With The Decoupled JSON Approach. Denis Žoljom. 2018-10-26T13:45:46+02:00.

Cache 78

Cache Website Speed Database 78

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

How We Improved SmashingMag Performance. How We Improved SmashingMag Performance. Every web performance story is similar, isn’t it? A day when a project, fully polished and carefully optimized, gets launched, ranking high and soaring above performance scores in Lighthouse and WebPageTest. Vitaly Friedman.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Mobile Network 145

KeyCDN

JUNE 20, 2019

However, in 2019, the expectation for a good user experience is now higher than ever. 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. Improve Site Speed In 2019, having fast site speed is imperative.

Ecommerce 41

Ecommerce Speed Website Mobile 41

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. 2019-01-07T12:00:13+00:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? Back in the day, performance was often a mere afterthought.

Performance 104

Performance Cache Metrics Network 104

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is why a lot of our guidance on performance talks about image optimization. Assuming encode/decode speeds meet your needs. Encode/Decode Speed. Degree of compression, image quality, and decoding speed are key factors to be considered when comparing image performance for the web. Large preview ).

Open Source 144

Open Source Speed Website Google 144

Testsigma

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Here, the content hosted on the cloud could be accessed from the nearest cloud instead of a fixed location of the cloud, thus improving the speed and efficiency of executing the hosted test cases and getting the results. 75% of all website traffic runs through Google. 90% of users stopped using an app due to poor performance.

IoT 78

IoT Software Software Artificial Intelligence 78