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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

Data collected on page load events, for example, can include navigation start (when performance begins to be measured), request start (right before the user makes a request from the server), and speed index metrics (measure page load speed). This includes development, user acceptance testing, beta testing, and general availability.

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A 5G future

O'Reilly

Back in the 1980s, Nicholas Negroponte said everything wired will become wireless, and everything wireless will become wired. High-speed networks through 5G may represent the next generation of cord cutting. Can 5G replace wired broadband, allowing one wireless service for home and mobile connectivity? I don’t, do you?

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

There are many typefaces, and many of them are very similar or are nearly identical to previous or contemporary versions available. We want to allow accessibility via OpenType or stylistic options with the typeface, so they are available to use if needed. There are many different classifications of typefaces. More Coming Up In Part 2.

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Generative AI in the Enterprise

O'Reilly

A year after the first web servers became available, how many companies had websites or were experimenting with building them? AI isn’t yet at the point where it can write as well as an experienced human, but if your company needs catalog descriptions for hundreds of items, speed may be more important than brilliant prose.

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HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

A Primer on Speed. Discussing performance and “speed” can quickly get complex, because many underlying aspects contribute to a web-page loading “slowly”. It is physically limited by the speed of light or, practically, how fast signals can travel in wires or in the open air.

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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

Using just a few (but still more than one), however, could nicely balance congestion growth with better performance, especially on high-speed networks. Luckily, other lower-level tools are available to help with this. Secondly, using too many connections could cause early packet loss due to competing congestion controllers.

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