The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 2 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Picture yourself enthralled by the latest episode of your beloved Netflix series, delighting in an uninterrupted, high-definition streaming experience.

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Traffic Metrics Systems Strategy 279

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. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. As a result, she came back to me concerned with publishing a post on a strategy her agency had yet to adopt successfully.

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Website Speed Mobile Design 110

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, Netflix is available for streaming on thousands of types of devices and it is powered by hundreds of micro-services which are deployed independently, making it extremely challenging to comprehensively test internally. Deployment Strategies We are all familiar with the advantages of releasing frequently and in smaller chunks.

Metrics 197

Metrics Mobile Testing Strategy 197

Alex Podelko

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While Federico definitely has good points there, there is some truth in these myths too. The open source load testing tools definitely advanced a lot in both maturity and functionality – but there are many areas where they are behind best commercial tools (and if it matters for a specific user is another subject – for some it may not).

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Open Source Performance Testing Testing Performance 223

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As we expand offerings rapidly across the globe, our ideas and strategies around plans and offers are evolving as well. This re-design enabled us to reposition the SKU catalog as an extensible, scalable, and robust rule-based “self-service” platform. For example, the mobile plan launch in India and Southeast Asia was a huge success.

Mobile 209

Mobile Engineering Infrastructure Scalability 209

Strategic Tech

JULY 22, 2019

In Domain-Driven Design, a large system is decomposed into bounded contexts , which become natural boundaries in code as microservices and as teams in the organisation. The Bounded Context Design Canvas I designed this canvas based on the typical flow of strategic DDD workshops I run publicly and privately.

Design 76

Design Systems Strategy Processing 76

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 2, 2021

Working on my PhD, I was using optimization techniques to design radiotherapy fractionation schemes to improve the results of clinical practices. My academic credentials definitely helped on the technical side. How do you, as a data scientist, fill in the pieces between product, engineering, and design?

Analytics 207

Analytics C++ Innovation Engineering 207

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Annotations Sometimes people describe annotations as tags but that is a limited definition. All data should be also available for offline analytics in Hive/Iceberg. Data ingestions from the ML data pipelines are generally in bulk specifically when a new algorithm is designed and annotations are generated for the full catalog.

Scalability 283

Scalability Latency Media Architecture 283

CSS Wizardry

MARCH 3, 2019

To this end, having a solid caching strategy can make all the difference for your visitors. ?? The amount of control we’re granted makes for very intricate and powerful caching strategies. If there is a newer file available on the server, we definitely want to download it. stale-while-revalidate. Cache Busting.

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Cache Latency Strategy Servers 264

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 22, 2021

To provide a view of some of the unique challenges and opportunities of our domain, we’ll share some of the core strategies we’ve developed, some of the tools we’ve built as a result, and finally talk about our vision for the future of tooling on our team. Identifying impact requires deep engagement with our users.

Engineering 163

Engineering Innovation Strategy Java 163

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Backup types and strategies It all begins with choosing a strategy, and that depends on factors such as the use and importance of data to your business, your recovery time objectives (RTO), and your budget. With the right backup strategy , you’ll be better able to achieve the aforementioned business continuity.

Database 90

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 90

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Definitely read up on the strategy and reasoning behind this stack in the first article if you missed it. Meet Smashing Workshops on front-end, design & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. For us, images are most definitely part of the LCP.

Cache 72

Cache Strategy Best Practices Design 72

Official Blog - World Web Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A well-designed and practical website is a must-have in today’s digital environment for companies of all sizes, especially when you are out there hiring a web development company. Flexibility and Scalability Companies that outsource website development can adjust their strategies in response to changing needs for various projects.

Development 59

Development Best Practices Website Artificial Intelligence 59

CSS Wizardry

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

While this strategy is effective, it’s not simple: highly dynamic sites can be difficult to extract styles from, the process needs to be automated, we have to make assumptions about what above the fold even is, it’s hard to capture edge cases, and tooling still in its relative infancy. The same waterfall occurs in Opera and Safari.).

Network 278

Network Performance Media Cache 278

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

JavaScript Design Patterns. Knights of the Flexbox Table is another well-designed interactive course to help you learn the different aspects of the flexbox specification. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. Design Patterns Game. Design Patterns Game is unique and is not for JavaScript beginners. CSS Flexbox.

Development 145

Development Games Education Programming 145

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This article will list some of the use cases of AutoOptimize, discuss the design principles that help enhance efficiency, and present the high-level architecture. Other than these principles, there are some other design considerations to support and enable: Multi-tenancy with database and table prioritization.

Storage 203

Storage Latency Efficiency Data Engineering 203

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

This essentially means that your website should not only be mobile-friendly but it should also have a Responsive Web Design so that your target customers can access your products (or services) with ultra-ease on their hand-held devices. How to execute an effective mobile website testing strategy. Speed and Accuracy.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. Core Web Vital metrics definitions. A cornerstone of our business model lies in the development of effective landing pages.

Performance 74

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

To directly support great decision-making throughout the company, there are a number of data science teams at Netflix that partner directly with Product Managers, engineering teams, and other business units to design, execute, and learn from experiments. see the end of those relationships when members elect to cancel. Sensitivity analysis.

Innovation 243

Innovation Metrics Engineering Testing 243

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! This is where standard CDNs come into the picture.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! This is where standard CDNs come into the picture.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Here, we first cover the basics of MySQL Triggers, and then we take a deeper dive, exploring their impact on memory usage and providing strategies to optimize MySQL server performance. However, they can also introduce performance bottlenecks, especially if poorly designed. What is a Trigger in MySQL?

Cache 63

Cache Database Games Healthcare 63

Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Library Context Definition First I’m going to start by defining the library context pattern, and then I’ll show an example architecture which includes a library context. Car Pool keeps track and governs the availability of all cars. It knows if they are available or checked out. To Library Context or Not to Library Context?

Architecture 98

Architecture Government Design Availability 98

Strategic Tech

MAY 24, 2022

How we prepared the room at NDC Porto just before the workshop started The workshop involves reviewing pre-made canvases and identifying design problems and suggesting improvements. It’s a shame not to use physical space when in-person, so I think we definitely need to encourage more of this in future workshops.

Virtualization 52

Virtualization Software Architecture Architecture Games 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). The development team has analyzed and pinpointed the weaknesses in the CSS codebase and has set target goals for the refactor (file size, specificity, color definitions, and so on).

Strategy 132

Strategy Testing Best Practices Code 132

O'Reilly

MAY 19, 2020

A strict definition of “cloud” must also include software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings of all kinds—including email (Google G Suite email; Microsoft Exchange Online), office productivity suites (Google Docs and Sheets; Microsoft Office 365), and similar offerings. Amazon and AWS Ascendant.

Cloud 141

Cloud Serverless AWS Architecture 141

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. I definitely have some assets that are doing nothing but wasting time and space. Lighthouse.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 7, 2020

The designer’s view of the human operator may be that the operator is unreliable and inefficient, so should be eliminated from the system. To generate successful strategies for unusual situtations, an operator also needs good understanding of the process under control, and the current state of the system. Why do we automate?

Games 84

Games Monitoring Speed Systems 84

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The intentional, responsible leadership of Blink was no accident, but to see it rewarded so definitively is gratifying. This lack of transparency is by design and provides Apple deniability while simultaneously setting low expectations, making them easier to exceed. No, this was a change in strategy. But needs must.

Energy 79

Energy Games Engineering Design 79

Particular Software

JUNE 3, 2019

The availability of bandwidth increases at a staggering rate, but we're never happy. We now live in an age when it's possible to stream high definition TV, and yet we are not satisfied. Solutions In order to combat the 3 rd fallacy of distributed computing, there are a few strategies we can use. We'll never be satisfied.

Latency 40

Latency Speed Network Strategy 40

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

The design was made by a design and UX agency that also handled the HTML prototype (based on Bootstrap 4). For the launch, we mostly focused on getting the new design out the door, but once the website’s relaunch went live, we started focusing our attention on turning the red and orange scores to greens. Large preview ).

Performance 115

Performance Cache Website Mobile 115

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Since browsers work on different browser engines, differences will definitely be seen. This is the simplest definition of cross-browser testing. You, being a long admirer of that job and to be a part of that company/agency, would definitely install Chrome latest version. If we find a browser or device-related bug, we fix it.

Testing 52

Testing Website Cloud Mobile 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A measly front-end designer like me can be blissfully ignorant of all this mumbo-jumbo. A font is a branding consideration as well as a design asset that can enhance the legibility of a site’s content. But does it need to be available immediately ? Hey, look at that — great job, team! Large preview ) I love this stuff!

Google 90

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 90

Particular Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

which is now available , we have introduced support for cooperative cancellation , which will give you greater control over how an NServiceBus endpoint behaves when you need to shut it down. We’ve had great success bundling our own Roslyn analyzers with NServiceBus, 4 and we can use the same strategy in this case. In NServiceBus 8.0,

Code 52

Code Efficiency Systems Strategy 52

Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2021

Practitioners use APM to ensure system availability, optimize service performance and response times, and improve user experiences. Application performance monitoring focuses on specific metrics and measurements; application performance management is the wider discipline of developing and managing an application performance strategy.

Monitoring 149

Monitoring Mobile Social Media Artificial Intelligence 149

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. Definitions. This strategy is very simple and closely resembles the development environment, but cannot handle large or inconsistent amounts of traffic effectively.

Media 69

Media Cache Storage AWS 69

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Performance Budgets, Pragmatically shows you a strategy to achieve that.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145