The Morning Paper

MAY 12, 2019

An open-source benchmark suite for microservices and their hardware-software implications for cloud & edge systems Gan et al., A typical architecture diagram for one of these services looks like this: Suitably armed with a set of benchmark microservices applications, the investigation can begin! ASPLOS’19.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Speed Curve

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Page labels give you the ability to: Compare and benchmark similar pages across different sites. Compare and benchmark similar pages across different sites. Benchmark key pages against those of your competitors. Benchmark Dashboard from SpeedCurve. This no-code approach is by far the most convenient.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Best Practices Monitoring Traffic 57

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

In short, floating point and its implementations present sharp edges for its user, and the edges are getting sharper… recent research has determined that the increasing variability of floating point implementations at the compiler (including optimization choices) and hardware levels is leading to divergent scientific results.

Benchmarking 101

Benchmarking Hardware Programming Code 101

Percona

JULY 19, 2023

Creating the build environment The first step is downloading the source code to MySQL / Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.32 , then extracting the tarball. $ The second file we need to create is our actual source code for the plugin. We will go into more detail about the code itself later in this post. cd ~/percona-server-8.0.32-24/plugin/ulid/

C++ 77

C++ Servers Benchmarking Best Practices 77

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Leave out terms like percentile and avoid presenting two sets of numbers. Benchmark yourself. Another great tool to have in your bag is benchmarking. Using benchmarking as a way to compare yourselves to your competition is extremely effective. If you want to optimize your site, start by making as few requests as possible.

Performance 143

Performance Benchmarking Metrics Monitoring 143

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Dynatrace has offered a Lambda code module for Node.js At AWS re:Invent in 2018, the Lambda team presented an excellent talk. In theory, an existing code module or agent can be used to monitor a Lambda function if there’s a way to load it into the running Lambda process. A look under the hood of AWS Lambda.

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Lambda AWS Monitoring Serverless 224

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This month, I'll present the challenge and the classic cursor-based solution. In subsequent articles, I'll present set-based solutions—including the ones Peter and I worked on. The challenge involves querying a table called Auctions, which you create using the following code: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo. The Challenge.

C++ 133

C++ Code Benchmarking Performance 133

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

PageSpeed Compare is a page speed evaluation and benchmarking tool. You can compare up to 12 pages at once and presents the report in a simple and readable way since it uses PageSpeed Insights to generate reports. With Treo Site Speed, you can also benchmark a website against competitors. PageSpeed Compare. Large preview ).

Performance 130

Performance Benchmarking Website Metrics 130

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The broken Java stacks turned out to be beneficial: They helped group together the os::javaTimeMillis() calls which otherwise might have have been scattered on top of different Java code paths, appearing as thin stacks everywhere. Without NMI, some kernel code paths (interrupts disabled) can't be profiled. But I'm not completely sure.

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

HammerDB

MAY 26, 2022

If you are not already familiar with the programming languages that HammerDB uses, then this earlier post serves as an ideal introduction to what makes up the highest performing GIL free database benchmarking application. and for Windows: You now have your own distribution of HammerDB with the latest source code. InputLibs directory.

C++ 113

C++ Database Open Source Servers 113

Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 20, 2023

Here’s some predictions I’m making: Jack Dongarra’s efforts to highlight the low efficiency of the HPCG benchmark as an issue will influence the next generation of supercomputer architectures to optimize for sparse matrix computations. I presented a keynote for Sun at Supercomputing 2003 in Phoenix Arizona and included the slide shown below.

Architecture 52

Architecture Latency Benchmarking AWS 52

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve played around with using AI tools like ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot to write code for you. So far I’ve read a gazillion blog posts about people’s experiences with these AI coding assistance tools. or “ha look how incompetent it is … it couldn’t even get my simple question right!”

Programming 98

Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

Another big jump, but now it was my job to run benchmarks in the lab, and write white papers that explained the new products to the world, as they were launched. I also learned how marketing worked, and began to build my presentation and training skills as I was sent around the world by Sun to teach workshops and speak at events.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Alex Russell

JULY 9, 2013

The mob’s leaders don’t appear to acknowledge that some populations are structurally under-represented in computing (conflating it with generic “STEM” representation levels, even after correction), or that being the case, that bludgeoning PCs and organizers into over-representation may present as many pitfalls as positives.

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Programming Engineering Technology 40

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Co-founder Eliot Horowitz recounts ( {coding}bootcamps.io ): “MongoDB was born out of our frustration using tabular databases in large, complex production deployments. Though still not “profitable” by many benchmarks, it’s a lot closer to being so, perhaps in a big way.) looking out for MongoDB Inc.

Open Source 79

Open Source Programming Database Servers 79

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

This book presents 14 specific rules that will cut 25% to 50% off response time when users request a page. The in-depth explorations are meticulously illustrated and code examples culminate as bulletproof code snippets, applicable to your work right away. How to pioneer new metrics and create a culture of performance.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

HammerDB

JULY 6, 2023

Copy Code Copied Use a different Browser Vuser 1:80 Active Virtual Users configured Vuser 1:TEST RESULT : System achieved 701702 NOPM from 1631827 MariaDB TPM Fixing throughput with keying and thinking time The key concept to understanding fixed throughput is that of keying and thinking time. Asynchronous Scaling Now, this guide of 1.28

Virtualization 57

Virtualization C++ Database Code 57

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. All modern browsers are fast, Chromium and Safari/WebKit included. Keyboard Lock API.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The broken Java stacks turned out to be beneficial: They helped group together the os::javaTimeMillis() calls which otherwise might have have been scattered on top of different Java code paths, appearing as thin stacks everywhere. Without NMI, some kernel code paths (interrupts disabled) can't be profiled.

Speed 52

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 52

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 18, 2022

From our perspective, regulatory frameworks like MRM present some of the clearest and most mature guidance for audit, which are critical for organizations looking to minimize their legal liabilities. The internal control questionnaire in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s MRM Handbook (starting pg.

Artificial Intelligence 115

Artificial Intelligence Government Healthcare Metrics 115

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

” Here are additional metrics used to determine the reliability of a database, make adjustments that minimize downtime, and set benchmarks for meeting business continuity requirements. The transparency of open code enhances security as potential vulnerabilities can be identified and patched more quickly by the community.

Availability 104

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 104

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 16, 2020

For problems like this, synthesis seems to be the ultimate ‘no-code’ solution. As we know, a filter looks like a good candidate for the teacher example as presented. The synthesis algorithm is implemented in a tool called in ~4,000 lines of OCaml code. can successfully synthesis programs in all cases, taking 0.43

Programming 56

Programming Benchmarking Testing Systems 56

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

USENIX is a nonprofit organisation committed to making content and research freely available – both conference proceedings and the recorded presentations of their events. Clients trying to write to the old active segment after step 1 will receive a ‘sealed’ error code, and can retry after fetching the latest chain from the MetaStore.

Virtualization 126

Virtualization Latency Storage Systems 126

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The broken Java stacks turned out to be beneficial: They helped group together the os::javaTimeMillis() calls which otherwise might have have been scattered on top of different Java code paths, appearing as thin stacks everywhere. Without NMI, some kernel code paths (interrupts disabled) can't be profiled. But I'm not completely sure.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

KeyCDN

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While this was the case in the past, this won't be an accurate statement for the present WordPress. But before installing any plugin, you must ensure that the plugin is well-coded and properly optimized for performance. In order to get a well-optimized theme, make a list of features you want to be present on your website.

Cache 52

Cache Website Speed Website Performance 52

Particular Software

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Being able to use NServiceBus on.NET Core means we are now able to run our endpoints as Windows services for our on-premises clients and in Linux containers on Azure for our SaaS customers, using the same code! Mark Gould, Solution Architect Spindlemedia, Inc. A prime example of this is multiple namespaces.

Transportation 49

Transportation Azure Benchmarking Availability 49

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This change could be anything: a defect/bug fix, code refactoring, a feature enhancement , change in system configuration or run environment or even upgrading a dependent library. In that case, does every code change need to be regressed? Any change that can impact the behaviour of the product calls for regression testing.

Testing 53

Testing Infrastructure Code Benchmarking 53

Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This JS library uses elements – isolated items of code that may be used to create a lot of complicated logic and UIs. Its giant community develops a vast ecosystem of packages, third-party libraries, tools, and extensions with all the major IDEs’ and Code Editors’ support. React vs Vue: Popularity & Support. . Flux and Redux).

Open Source 52

Open Source Mobile Scalability Google 52

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Presented here alphabetically by last name: Rachel Andrew. You’ll find his articles, initiatives, and speaking engagements on his website , and you simply must read his writing about web optimization for Google and watch nearly 50 of his presentations on YouTube. Here is our (ever-growing!) Rachel Andrew. Jason Grigsby. .”

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Tim Kadlec

MARCH 7, 2019

Then you can do a little benchmarking of your organization and some competitors to find a target that puts you at the top of the list and gives you a competitive advantage. This is a polished up take of a 5-minute presentation I gave for This.JavaScript—State of Performance on March 6, 2019.

Performance 64

Performance Metrics Benchmarking Design 64

Speed Curve

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Source: Guy Podjarny However, we do now have a full set of techniques to effectively deliver highly performative sites that not only visually scale across devices but also deliver code and assets tuned to the width of a device. There are great tools available to monitor the actual in browser speed and benchmark your site against others.

Performance 60

Performance Mobile Website Benchmarking 60

John McCalpin

JANUARY 22, 2018

Introduction: In December 2017, my colleague Damon McDougall (now at AMD) asked for help in porting the fused multiply-add example code from a Colfax report ( [link] ) to the Xeon Phi x200 (Knights Landing) processors here at TACC. Most of the details of the Xeon Phi x200 series presented here are from the Intel-authored paper [link].).

Latency 40

Latency Hardware Code Testing 40

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Clean coding practices. Granted, some plugins are coded to be more lightweight than others, but there will always be some sort of difference felt in your loading times. You can even see this from the screenshot presented by Think with Google. second benchmark for mobile loading. Minification. Image optimization.

Website 110

Website Speed Mobile Design 110

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

Most sites, even those that aspire to be "lived in", feature short median sessions, which means we can't actually justify much in the way of up-front code, and first impressions always matter. Most sorts of sites have shallow sessions, making up-front script costs hard to justify.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

For anyone benchmarking MySQL with HammerDB it is important to understand the differences from sysbench workloads as HammerDB is targeted at a testing a different usage model from sysbench. For this reason sysbench presents a vastly more simplified workload than HammerDB. . HammerDB difference from Sysbench. 10 rows in set (0.02

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Scalability Performance C++ 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Have we optimized enough with tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, progressive hydration, clients hints, HTTP/3, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? It’s much easier to reach performance goals when the code base is fresh or is just being refactored.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

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’s much easier to reach performance goals when the code base is fresh or is just being refactored.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145