Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Caching the base page/HTML is common, and it should have a positive impact on backend times. The use of server-timing headers by content delivery networks closes a big gap. Key things to understand from your CDN Cache Hit/Cache Miss – Was the resource served from the edge, or did the request have to go to origin?

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Servers Cache Retail Benchmarking 57

Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2023

Metrics provide a unified and standardized definition to numerical data points over a period of time (for example, network throughput, CPU usage, number of active users, and error rates), whereas logs address traditional logging and allow you to handle logging information in an aggregated fashion.

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Percona

APRIL 24, 2023

I keep seeing many articles and talks on “tuning” discussing how creating new indexes speeds up SQL but rarely ones discussing removing them. Effectively, the memory available for pages of the table gets less. The more indexes, the more the requirement of memory for effective caching.

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Tuning Cache Storage Database 128

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

The code for the site is available on GitHub for reference. In that spirit, what we’re looking at in this article is focused more on the incremental wins and less on providing an exhaustive list or checklist of performance strategies. In DevTools, the Network inspector helps us see what the first webpage is doing too.

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KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For example, if a lookup fails and times out to your first DNS server it queries the next DNS server until the correct IP address is returned, or it is unable to resolve as seen in the infamous "This webpage is not available" error below. Oddly enough we encountered this error to a third party website while writing this article.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

This header can be set on the response of any network resource, such as XHR, fetch, images, HTML, stylesheets, etc. For this article, that’s all we’ll need to start exposing the value and leave other more specific articles to go deeper. Setting Server-Timing. More after jump! For Images, Stylesheets, JS files, the HTML Doc, etc.

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Servers Monitoring Cache Network 92

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This allows the app to query a list of “paths” in each HTTP request, and get specially formatted JSON (jsonGraph) that we use to cache the data and hydrate the UI. ecosystem was chosen for this new service deserves an article in and of itself. ecosystem and the rich selection of npm packages available.

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Latency Cache Java Traffic 233

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Build Optimizations JavaScript modules, module/nomodule pattern, tree-shaking, code-splitting, scope-hoisting, Webpack, differential serving, web worker, WebAssembly, JavaScript bundles, React, SPA, partial hydration, import on interaction, 3rd-parties, cache. Largest Contentful Paint ( LCP ) < 2.5 considerations.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

However, let’s take a step further and learn how to deploy modern qualities to PWAs, such as offline functionality, network-based optimizing, cross-device user experience, SEO capabilities, and non-intrusive notifications and requests. When developing a PWA, you can cache the application shell’s resources and assets in the browser.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. In this article, I want to spend a bit more time on this, and also look at other signals we can similarly use to help us make decisions on what to load on our websites. Barry Pollard.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

You need to beware that slow server response times can significantly increase TTFB, often due to server overload, network issues, or un-optimized logic on the server side. You need to beware of large HTML files or slow network connections because they can lead to longer download times.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this second article, I’ll go over some key technical highlights from the project. In the first article, I briefly discussed the technical stack that includes a React-based front-end framework, Next.js Definitely read up on the strategy and reasoning behind this stack in the first article if you missed it.

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Cache Strategy Best Practices Design 72

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Without build optimizations (incremental builds, caching, we will get to those soon) this will eventually become unmanageable as well — think about going through all images in a website: resizing, deleting, and/or creating new files over and over again. The cache is invalidated on a time basis. Creating an On-Demand builder.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 25, 2022

The code below illustrates how to use WeakSet() and some of the methods available: const human = new WeakSet(); let paul = {name: "Paul"}; let mary = {gender: "Mary"}; // Add the human with the name paul to the classroom. WeakMap can be used in two areas of web development: caching and additional data storage. Let’s see this in action.

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Cache Programming Storage Code 116

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports Geoff Graham 2023-10-31T16:00:00+00:00 2023-10-31T17:06:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Running a performance check on your site isn’t too terribly difficult. That’s what this article is about.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

We were designing and building things, setting up new products, refactoring the components, and publishing articles. The entire site is built with progressive enhancement in mind, meaning that you, dear reader, can read every Smashing article in its entirety without the need to boot the application at all. We had to fix that.

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Performance Cache Mobile Network 145

Dean Hume

MAY 16, 2018

Have you ever been on a website and noticed a popup notification that suggests that there is a new version of the site available? This is where a pop up notification like Google’s Inbox provides the user with a means of always having the latest version of cached resources. then(cache => cache.addAll([ './dog.jpg'

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Dean Hume

MAY 16, 2018

Have you ever been on a website and noticed a popup notification that suggests that there is a new version of the site available? This is where a pop up notification like Google’s Inbox provides the user with a means of always having the latest version of cached resources. then(cache => cache.addAll([ './dog.jpg'

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Availability Cache Code Google 40

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

This article is part of a series in which I attempt to use the web under various constraints, representing a given demographic of user. Failing that, we are usually able to connect to home or public WiFi networks that are on fast broadband connections and have effectively unlimited data. As for mobile network connection type, 84.7%

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

It also lists cached resources and identifies unused Javascript. It graphs server, network, CSS, Javascript, critical content, and image optimizations to show the potential savings you could gain by incorporating fixes into your site. Network and CPU are throttled for lab data tests for more realistic conditions.

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Performance Benchmarking Website Metrics 130

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Usually, the most specific and relevant ones are: Time to Interactive (TTI) The point at which layout has stabilized, key webfonts are visible, and the main thread is available enough to handle user input — basically the time mark when a user can interact with the UI. 300ms RTT, 1.6 Mbps down, 0.8

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

In this article, I’ll highlight some of the work we did and how we were able to achieve our speed. For this article, we will focus on the first three and the performance adjustments for these. And while you can usually cache the full page of an article, the same is not true of many shop pages and elements.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This article is sponsored by Storyblok. As you may already know, image optimization is the process that a high-quality image has to go through to be delivered in ideal conditions, sometimes with the help of an Image Transformation API and a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) to make the process simpler and scalable. Alba Silvente.

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Media Cache Website Mobile 105

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Time to Interactive (TTI) The point at which layout has stabilized, key webfonts are visible, and the main thread is available enough to handle user input — basically the time mark when a user can interact with the UI. If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled network (e.g.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

This article cuts through the complexity to showcase the tangible benefits of DBMS, equipping you with the knowledge to make informed decisions about your data management strategies. Types of DBMS DBMS can be classified into hierarchical, network, relational, and object-oriented types.

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MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

In this article, we will particularly look at the average page load time in 2021 and importance of web vitals. Now imagine if the previous test were conducted with a stable connection and you still have to test it with a 3G connection as many users still having to use a relatively slower network. Enable caching.

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CSS - Tricks

MARCH 29, 2021

Whatever the case and whenever that moment arrives, I usually reach for some of the tools I‘ll cover in the article. You might also want to check out this article by Umar Hansa , who compiled a whole bunch of great DevTool features that released in 2020. But there are other available tools we can use to audit CSS. Online tools.

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Code Media Cache Energy 110

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Today, we’ll address storing and serving files for both single-server and scalable deployments while considering factors like compression, caching, and availability. If you’re on the latter end of this scale, you probably need more specialized advice than this article is prepared to give. Option 1: Default Django. Media Files.

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Media Cache Storage AWS 69

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Following the series of blogs written with the intention to describe basic operations matching Docker and open source databases, in this article, I will demonstrate how to proceed with installing MongoDB with Docker. I wrote this article based on the Docker-maintained repository. Docker quickly deploys standalone MongoDB containers.

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Scalability Best Practices Servers Database 60

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. There is an issue with this, which causes the OS to swap even with memory available. Spoiler alert: This post focuses on MongoDB 3.6.X 25.84 - Total 21.04

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Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 27, 2022

Instead, you will encounter forever loading and other messages like timeout, connection error, network problem, etc. If the DNS caches are manipulated to contain wrong IP addresses, it’s called DNS poisoning. Here is how you can address the issues caused by censorship with available tools and techniques. Blocking IP Access.

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Website Internet Internet Performance 82

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

In this article, we will review what third-party resource requests are, consider how impactful they can be to the user experience, and discuss common optimization strategies to reduce the impact on the user experience. And JavaScript can certainly make requests for additional network resources.

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Website Design Network Best Practices 131

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

To boost the bandwidth availability, the user should keep the images on a cloud server. If the waiting time is too much, it may mean an overloaded network server or there may be an inefficient code, which must be fixed by software developers by finding the bugs and correcting the code. Waiting time. Queued request.

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Performance Cache Website Speed 52

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Thanks to progress in networks and browsers (but not devices), a more generous global budget cap has emerged for sites constructed the "modern" way: ~100KiB of HTML/CSS/fonts and ~300-350KiB of JS (compressed) is the new rule-of-thumb limit for at least the next year or two. Modern network performance and availability.

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SQL Performance

APRIL 27, 2020

Hyperscale achieves high performance from each compute node having SSD-based caches which helps minimize the network round trips to fetch data. There is a lot of awesome technology involved with Hyperscale in how it is architected to use SSD-based caches and page servers. Serverless Database. Conclusion.

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Testsigma

JUNE 3, 2021

Bugs could come up due to different reasons, in this article, we will discuss them from the perspective of software errors. On-screen information for users: The information which is required by the user should be available on the application screen itself. Caching errors. Coding practices.

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Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

Instead, you will encounter forever loading and other messages like timeout, connection error, network problem, etc. If the DNS caches are manipulated to contain wrong IP addresses, it’s called DNS poisoning. Here is how you can address the issues caused by censorship with available tools and techniques. Blocking IP Access.

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