Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? High Performance Browser Networking. This book is about performance problems and the various technologies created to fight them. High Performance Websites.

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Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

APRIL 27, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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Website Internet Internet Performance 52

MachMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Elon Musk’s need for speed. A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. This ultimately guides us to one conclusion: Speed is incredibly important. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency.

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Internet Internet Latency Speed 44

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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MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

With another year winding down, it’s time for us to take stock of how our site performance compares to the average page load times for 2020. Similar to our article Average Page Load Times for 2018 , we’ll go over the averages for metrics and help you determine if your site is faster or slower than average.

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Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance.

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MachMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Offering 20 chapters with insights into Page Content, User Experience, Content Publishing, and Content Distribution, it can also be overwhelming, so we’ll be summarizing the web performance section in an easy-to-understand manner. We’ll be diving into Chapter 7 – Performance. 20% of sites are considered slow.

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Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Rachel Andrew.

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Performance Education Google Website 89

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things. Size Up The Competition The internet is a big place. This is the internet; you can do just about anything.

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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.

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MachMetrics

JULY 31, 2020

So in this article, we’ll pit Gzip vs Brotli and completely end the debate! As we discussed in our article on how to test your page weight , compression is pretty much standard practice in web performance now, so you absolutely want to make sure you’re taking advantage of it. Never change, Internet Explorer.

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Tim Kadlec

APRIL 18, 2019

I remember reading articles about how 3G connectivity was going to transform performance and, more generally, the way we used the internet altogether. I remember how, later on, a common question I would get in after giving performance-focused presentations was: “Is any of this going to matter when 4G is available?”

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Network Speed Internet Internet 61

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Sometimes it’s easy enough to find the answer to that question and the site just needs to invest in performance. Sometimes though, it’s a little trickier and, despite thinking your site was great on the performance for some reason it still fails. OK, so the article author photo is the LCP element. Investigating The LCP Issue.

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Testsigma

MAY 14, 2021

Here is an article that will help you ascertain if you need to implement cloud-based test automation in your organization: 6 signs you need to invest in a cloud-based test automation tool. Provides better testing speed, since it can run 24*7. Requires very good internet connectivity. Cloud-based testing advantages.

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Cloud Testing Testing Tools Internet 67

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We can observe that Samsung Internet 14.2 To ensure our site performs uniformly across multiple browsers, we perform cross-browser testing. As the name suggests, cross-browser testing is a testing approach that ensures our website/app performs as intended across various devices and browser-OS combinations. Final words.

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Cloud Testing Testing Tools Website 79

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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Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In this article, we’ll go over the similarities and differences between HTTP Preload vs HTTP/2 Push and discuss when it makes sense to use each. Push however has more support as it is an HTTP/2 feature which is now the latest version of the HTTP protocol for the Internet. What Is HTTP/2 Push? What Is HTTP Preload?

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KeyCDN

JANUARY 14, 2021

Then again, a newer but less widely known framework may more effectively suit your needs, so it's worth it to get up to speed about today's most popular options. Responsive Design - Any site that you develop should render properly across all devices, as more and more people access the internet via mobile devices.

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ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 25, 2019

This article examines the history of architectural support, summarizes research philosophies, and delves into possible reasons for relatively little support for software security in current systems. Typical examples include adding dedicated hardware accelerators to speed up encryption and decryption computations.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This also implies that you don’t have to spend additional time and money on creating a PWA to suit various devices, greatly speeding up time-to-market. Users who opened a PWA from a smartphone’s browser might even not be aware that they’re using a progressive web app, assuming that it’s just a well-performing site. Why is that?

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Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Testsigma

JANUARY 13, 2021

As mobile phone usage and internet penetration continue to grow at unprecedented rates, competition amongst developers is also at all-time heights. This article will take an in-depth look at the various tools and strategies that help with mobile application testing. Performance testing to ascertain the efficiency of the application 6.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Yes, that's right: I read the comments on a MacRumors article. 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. Gentle reader, I made a terrible mistake. At my age, one knows better. Choices, Choices #.

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Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Performance optimization is the Rodney Dangerfield of web development–it “don’t get no respect” In spite of its great importance in the overall user experience, it is all too often pushed aside and treated as an afterthought. Performance optimization isn’t that necessary. Performance matters.

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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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Speed Java AWS Virtualization 52

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This article titled " Daten müssen strategischer Teil des Geschäfts werden " appeared in German last week in the "IT und Datenproduktion" column of Wirtschaftwoche. That was the provocative thesis of a much-talked-about article from 2003 in the Harvard Business Review by the US publicist Nicolas Carr.

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Artificial Intelligence Social Media Logistics AWS 79

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?

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

High Scalability

JUNE 29, 2018

Mark Lapedus : Costs of developing a complex chip could run as high as $1.5B, while power/performance benefits are likely to decrease. smidgie82 : This article totally ignores the devops side of Docker. Google applies bulk discounts after the fact, AWS makes you ask for them ahead of time. Don't stop here.

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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. While Core Web Vitals can help with SEO, there’s so much more to site-speed than that.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It doesn’t come as a surprise, considering the benefits of higher conversion rates, customer engagement, decreased page loading speed, and lower costs on development and overhead. 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.

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Cache Internet Internet Google 123

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). In this second part, we will zoom in on the performance improvements that QUIC and HTTP/3 bring to the table for web-page loading. HTTP/3 performance features ( current article ). A Primer on Speed. Robin Marx.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

How To Make Performance Visible With GitLab CI And Hoodoo Of GitLab Artifacts. How To Make Performance Visible With GitLab CI And Hoodoo Of GitLab Artifacts. Performance degradation is a problem we face on a daily basis. Performance is a competitive advantage that can bring and retain customers. Anton Nemtsev.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The only time the Internet was mentioned was as a tool for communicating with one another without the need to chop down more trees, or for working without a commute. So, when people first started talking about the Internet having similar carbon emissions to the airline industry , I was a bit skeptical. Performance And Emissions.

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KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

DNS, which stands for domain name system , is an Internet service that translates domains names into IP addresses. 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. What is DNS?

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Cache Website Internet Internet 134

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. In this article, we will particularly look at the average page load time in 2021 and importance of web vitals.

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The Morning Paper

JANUARY 23, 2020

Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University 2015. 1:36pm it was discovered that this shop was linked to from the Etsy blog post, via an article posted by the Etsy employee that owned the shop. The blog post was subsequently unpublished.

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Internet Internet Cache Engineering 53

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. This article analyzes cloud workloads, delving into their forms, functions, and how they influence the cost and efficiency of your cloud infrastructure.

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