Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. In the world of HTTP Headers, there is one header that I believe deserves more air-time and that is the Server-Timing header. Setting Server-Timing. Sean Roberts. 2022-05-16T10:00:00+00:00.

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SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Even SQL Server stores some flag-based data using bitwise representation. Examples include the following: The set_options and required_cursor_options cached plan attributes, which you obtain using the sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes DMF. Setting the server configuration option “ user options” using bitwise representation.

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High Scalability

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This article is to simply report the YCSB bench test results in detail for five NoSQL databases namely Redis, MongoDB, Couchbase, Yugabyte and BangDB and compare the result side by side. Redis Server: 5.07, x86/64. MongoDB server: 4.4.2, BangDB server: 2.0.0, Author & founder of BangDB. About YCSB. YugabyteDB:2.5.0,

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CSS Wizardry

MAY 31, 2019

A classic example is jQuery, that we might link to like so: There are a number of perceived benefits to doing this, but my aim later in this article is to either debunk these claims, or show how other costs vastly outweigh them. Users might already have the file cached. Penalty: Caching. It’s convenient.

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SQL Performance

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Its raison d’être is to cache result rows from a plan subtree, then replay those rows on subsequent iterations if any correlated loop parameters are unchanged. For more background on these performance spools see my prior article. With those out of the way, this article is exclusively about Sorts and when they can rewind.

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O'Reilly Software

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Learn how to properly design RESTful APIs communication with clients, accounting for request structure, authentication, and caching. This series of articles shows you how to derive an easy-to-use, robust, efficient API to serve users on the web or on mobile devices. We are using the principles of RESTful architecture over HTTP.

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Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2023

When software runs in a monolithic stack on on-site servers, observability is manageable enough. To demonstrate how that can work, we’ve chosen a pristine web application without any observability and are going to make it observable step-by-step during the next few chapters of this article.

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SQL Performance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One initial, easy step to moving your SQL Server on-premises workloads to the cloud is using Azure VMs to run your SQL Server workloads in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) scenario. You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

SQL Server relies on Forced-Unit-Access (Fua) I/O subsystem capabilities to provide data durability, detailed in the following documents: SQL Server 2000 I/O Basic and SQL Server I/O Basics, Chapter 2. Be sure to deploy SQL Server 2017 CU6 or newer for best data durability and performance results. “. 4 Socket, TPCC.

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KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Our solution doesn't require any change on the origin server. Even if a browser doesn't support WebP, our WebP caching feature will ensure that the correct image format is delivered. WebP delivery doesn't require any change on the origin server with the WebP caching feature. We won't go into detail in this article.

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KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This query is performed by a Domain Name Server (DNS server) or servers nearby that have been assigned responsibility for that hostname. You can think of a DNS server as a phone book for the internet. A DNS server maintains a directory of domain names and translates them to IPs. So DNS services definitely go down!

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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. This article will cover many areas that database administrators need to be aware of in order to properly license, recover, and tune a Reporting Services installation.

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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. It used to provide an insight into how quickly the server outputs any data.

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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. Compressing, minifying and caching assets. Again, every millisecond counts. Lighthouse.

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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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Brendan Gregg

MARCH 16, 2024

This technique saves two instructions in the prologue and epilogue and makes one additional general-purpose register (%rbp) available." Only in extreme circumstances does the cost (in processor time and I-cache footprint) translate to a tangible benefit - circumstances which usually resort to hand-coded assembly anyway.

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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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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Time To First Byte (TTFB) This is the time it takes for the first piece of information from the server to reach the user’s browser. 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.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. Reduced Resource Usage Optimizing resource-intensive queries and configurations can lead to a reduced burden on your server. Indexing is another powerful technique for query optimization.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations. This will help you increase system performance and avoid I/O environment errors.

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KeyCDN

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A WordPress website comprises many parts, including web servers and their settings, different plugins, and themes. Unfortunately, it is a bit difficult to point out the problem directly– there are many possibilities that we will explore in this article. Several website speed testing tools available could be used for this purpose.

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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. The factors that impact on LCP: Slow origin server response times Render-blocking JavaScript and CSS on page load Page Resource load times User side page rendering. Role of web servers in page load time –.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In this article, we will go through how to optimize and build a high-performance Next.js We will go through how to set up an Nx server, how to add a plugin to an existing server, and the concept of a monorepo with a practical visualization. For this article, we will be focusing on how Nx works with Next.js What Is Nx?

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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. Under the hood, it simplifies a lot of the work to the server-side.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The service workers enable the offline usage of the PWA by fetching cached data or informing the user about the absence of an Internet connection. The service workers also retrieve the latest data once the server connection is restored. When developing a PWA, you can cache the application shell’s resources and assets in the browser.

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CSS - Tricks

JUNE 5, 2020

This article is about my experience using Brotli at production scale. It took a few months for major CDN players to support Brotli, but meanwhile it was seeing widespread adoption in tools, services, browsers and servers. Maybe that’s why Pied Piper had to continue rigging its servers for more power.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? It used to provide an insight into how quickly the server outputs any data. What does it mean?

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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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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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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.

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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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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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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft, ​​ Windows, ​​ Windows NT, ​​ and Windows Server ​​ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Percona

JULY 17, 2023

First, some stage-setting for this blog article. MongoDB replica sets enable data redundancy and automatic failover, setting the stage (there’s that term again) for high availability. For starters, MongoDB Community lacks the advanced security features available in MongoDB Enterprise. It ranks No.

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SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

An example plan shape showing a lazy table performance spool is below: The questions I set out to answer in this article are why, how, and when the query optimizer introduces each type of performance spool. For more details, please see my linked article. When a spool is able to replay cached results, this is known as a rewind.

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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. MB , that suggests I’ve got around 29 pages in my budget, although probably a few more than that if I’m able to stay on the same sites and leverage browser caching. Let’s talk about caching.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? Long FMP usually indicates JavaScript blocking the main thread, but could be related to back-end/server issues as well.

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