Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

You may also like: Comparing Top 10 Cross-Browser Testing Tools of 2019. In the early days of the internet (the 1990s), the number of browsers developed and used for testing was very few, namely Netscape (now known as Firefox), Internet Explorer. Testing in the Earlier Days.

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The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption , Xu et al., The study is based on one of the world’s first commercial 5G network deployments (launched in April 2019), a 0.5 Application performance. SIGCOMM’20. km university campus.

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 21, 2019

We received a report from a researcher that found a service they didn’t believe should be available on the internet. We always perform a full impact analysis to make sure we reward the researcher based on the actual impact vs demonstrated impact of any issue. We love it when researchers reach out to coordinate testing on an issue.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. 2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. Jack Lenox. Sustainable Web Design.

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High Scalability

MAY 10, 2019

1% : performers raked in 60% of all concert-ticket revenue world-wide in 2017—more than double their share in 1982. Not everyone needs high performance but the blatant waste and energy consumption of our industry cannot continue. They'll learn a lot and hold you in awe. Also Thurs are now much more productive. We work too much.

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High Scalability

MARCH 1, 2019

Don't miss all that the Internet has to say on Scalability, click below and become eventually consistent with all scalability knowledge (which means this post has many more items to read so please keep on reading). They'll learn a lot and love you forever. It was made possible by using a low latency of 0.1 So much more.

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High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2019

Don't miss all that the Internet has to say on Scalability, click below and become eventually consistent with all scalability knowledge (which means this post has many more items to read so please keep on reading). Nausea no extra charge. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon. Need cloud? This way to more quotes.

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High Scalability

JANUARY 4, 2019

copyconstruct : "GPUs will increase 1000× in performance by 2025, whereas Moore’s law for CPUs essentially is dead. Devs mostly hate 'em too but right now there's not much to be done about it 3. I still hate it but UGH OKAY FINE I guess. So many more quotes.

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CSS - Tricks

MAY 17, 2019

— Maximiliano Firtman @ 🇱🇹 Vilnius (@firt) March 26, 2019. — Pankaj Nathani ⭐️ (@croozeus) April 11, 2019. Instilling a performance culture at The Telegraph. We've been working hard at The Telegraph to improve third-party performance.

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KeyCDN

JANUARY 31, 2019

Growth Of Internet in Romania Although the Internet penetration rate isn’t as high as other countries, at 58% as of 2016, the Internet speeds in Romania have been known to be one of the fastest in the world. Here are some additional statistics about the usage and growth of Internet in Romania: There are currently 10.26

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Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

As per April 2019 data of Statistica[1], the global mobile population accounted for 4 billion unique users. The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. Globally, consumers are preferring their mobile phones for performing activities (e.g.

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

These are just a fraction of the technology buzzwords you’ll find as you Google your way around the internet. In order to avoid this, it was announced at KubeCon 2019 in Barcelona that the OpenTracing and OpenCensus projects would converge into one project called OpenTelemetry and join the CNCF. Dynatrace news.

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O'Reilly

MAY 25, 2021

GPT-3 is essentially an auto-complete bot whose underlying Machine Learning (ML) model has been trained on vast quantities of text available on the Internet. Note that the dataset on which GPT-3 trained terminated around October 2019. OpenAI’s text generating system GPT-3 has captured mainstream attention. Prompt Engineering.

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

These are just a fraction of the technology buzzwords you’ll find as you Google your way around the internet. In order to avoid this , it was announced at KubeCon 2019 in Barcelona that the OpenTracing and OpenCensus projects would converge into one project called OpenTelemetry and join the CNCF. Dynatrace news.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

The Problem Of Unpredictable Performance. At the same time, we have a widening performance gap. Low-end phones on the other hand are getting cheaper , making the mobile internet accessible to demographics that previously maybe couldn’t afford it. The performance of the user’s device is completely unpredictable.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Past swings away from OS default browsers have hinged on the superior features , better performance , improved security , and adequate site compatibility that come from switching. Without the ability to differentiate on features, security, performance, and privacy, what's to sell? What are those mechanisms? A slightly different UI ?

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KeyCDN

MARCH 14, 2019

Here is a roundup of front end web development trends to keep an eye on in 2019. Frontend Frameworks If you’re not using a frontend framework like React, Vue.js, or Angular to help build your projects, then 2019 is a good year to start. IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon are all exploring new ways to use blockchains in 2019.

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The Morning Paper

APRIL 11, 2019

UPDATE 2019-04-14: An author update has been published for this paper which details that with current browser versions, ServiceWorkers can only stay alive for about a minute after the user navigates away from the site. MarioNet can conduct a subset of DDoS attacks by instructing Servants to connect to a specific Internet host.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 9, 2021

According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, web application attacks were the number one type of attack. Source: Gartner, Defining Cloud Web Application and API Protection Services, Refreshed May 2020, Published 26 February 2019, Jeremy D’Hoinne and Adam Hils). Whether the process is exposed to the Internet.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in February 2019 and was updated in September 2023. Web applications rely on databases to run the internet, powering everything from e-commerce platforms to social media networks to streaming services. To illustrate, let’s look at a real-world example.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In 2019, Gartner reported that 30% of organizations worldwide were running containerized applications. Many good security tools provide that function, and benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) are clear and prescriptive. Dynatrace news. Containers have become hugely popular. The best of all worlds.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Optimizing Google Fonts Performance. Optimizing Google Fonts Performance. 2019-06-20T11:00:16+02:00. 2019-06-20T10:35:07+00:00. The Google Fonts API does more than just provide the font files to the browser, it also performs a smart check to see how it can deliver the files in the most optimized format.

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

These strange questions came to the fore back in 2014 when Netflix was switching services from CentOS Linux to Ubuntu, and I helped debug several weird performance issues including one I'll describe here. A quick check of basic performance statistics showed over 30% higher CPU consumption. How would you _time_ time?

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. Before delving into details about code-splitting, let’s quickly remind ourselves what makes JavaScript so impactful on overall performance. Performance Costs. Adrian Bece. 2022-02-02T10:30:00+00:00.

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The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As of January 21, 2019, the CA had issued a total of 538M certificates for 223M unique FQDNs… Let’s Encrypt has been responsible for significant growth in HTTPS deployment. That month, they formed the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), a nonprofit corporation, to be the legal entity operating Let’s Encrypt.

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High Scalability

JANUARY 24, 2019

Sascha Segan : The processor in the Samsung Galaxy S10 performs better than the latest iPhones on most measures. Don't miss all that the Internet has to say on Scalability, click below and become eventually consistent with all scalability knowledge (which means this post has many more items to read so please keep on reading).

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Tech News Gather

JULY 19, 2023

Smart home automation is the process of automating your house by using Internet of Things (IoT) devices to manage your lights, appliances, HVAC, entertainment, security cameras, and alarms, and other sensors for things like water or gas leaks. The global home automation market is projected to grow from $72.30 billion in 2021 to $163.24

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. The most common options are to keep the file private (ACL => “private”) and to make it accessible for reading on the internet (ACL => “public-read”). Sharing Data Among Multiple Servers Through AWS S3. Sharing Data Among Multiple Servers Through AWS S3. Leonardo Losoviz.

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CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google do strongly encourage you to focus on site speed for better performance in Search, but, if you don’t pass all relevant Core Web Vitals (and the applicable factors from the Page Experience report) they will not push you down the rankings. All Core Web Vitals data used to rank you is taken from actual Chrome-based traffic to your site.

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

These strange questions came to the fore back in 2014 when Netflix was switching services from CentOS Linux to Ubuntu, and I helped debug several weird performance issues including one I'll describe here. A quick check of basic performance statistics showed over 30% higher CPU consumption. How would you time time?

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Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 2019

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? 2019 Top Databases Used. So, which databases are most popular in 2019? just three months ago in our 2019 Database Trends – SQL vs. NoSQL, Top Databases, Single vs. Multiple Database Use report.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

2019-07-29T14:00:59+02:00. 2019-07-29T13:06:57+00:00. Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. The United Kingdom is ranked 34th out of 207 countries for broadband speed, but in July 2019 there was still a school in the UK without broadband. Performance Tip #1: Inline Critical CSS.

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

These strange questions came to the fore back in 2014 when Netflix was switching services from CentOS Linux to Ubuntu, and I helped debug several weird performance issues including one I'll describe here. A quick check of basic performance statistics showed over 30% higher CPU consumption. How would you _time_ time?

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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.

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Testsigma

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In the summer of 2019, British Airways faced a technical issue on its website. Internet presence today is more than necessary (if there is any such thing) in post covid times. Notice how March 2020 has shown an extremely positive change in website users with respect to March 2019. What does enterprise mean from a tester’s POV?

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