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In Defence of DOM­Content­Loaded

CSS Wizardry

I never thought I’d write an article in defence of DOMContentLoaded , but here it is… For many, many years now, performance engineers have been making a concerted effort to move away from technical metrics such as Load , and toward more user-facing, UX metrics such as Speed Index or Largest Contentful Paint. performance. performance.

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Dynatrace Application Security detects and blocks attacks automatically in real-time

Dynatrace

A key requirement for agent technology is avoiding a negative impact on performance. Existing RASP solutions often introduce a significant overhead negatively impacting application performance and customer experience. For more information, visit our website to watch the demo or read our previous Application Security blog post s.

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NEW: Compare ALL the things!

Speed Curve

One of the huge benefits of tracking web performance over time is the ability to see trends and compare metrics. Spot any new or unique requests – such as JavaScript and images – and see their impact on performance. In this demo account, we track a number of leading retail, travel, and media sites. Let's take a look.

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Why is Wordpress Slow?

KeyCDN

Unoptimized content could also be one of the reasons why your WordPress website is not performing as per your expectations. After completing the test, you will get a simple overview of all the critical issues that impact your website's performance the most. But what steps could we take to determine the cause of the problem?

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The average web page is 3MB. How much should we care?

Speed Curve

Because the average page is now 3MB in size, and this seems like a good time to pause, check our assumptions, and ask ourselves: Is there any reason to care about page size as a performance metric? These numbers should not in any way even remotely be taken as a benchmark for your own site. They represent trends – that's all.

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DBaaS vs Self-Managed Cloud Databases

Scalegrid

Accessing underlying software associated with self-managed databases will ultimately help streamline performance while also providing improved levels of safety for any given organization utilizing them. From performance optimization to management, their team of experts assists whenever needed so that you can have a pleasant journey.

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2021 in review: It was a big year!

Speed Curve

Andy joined us in June , and since then he's already helped countless customers in his role as in-house performance consultant. Custom Vitals tracking in your Favorites – Track Web Vitals in your Favorites, and set performance budgets for them in both SpeedCurve Synthetic and SpeedCurve RUM. Performance Budgets 101.

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