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. Audio Worklets are a fundamental enabler for rich media and games on the web.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To be clear, these languages were not designed to be fast or space-efficient, but for ease of use. Unfortunately, languages like Python have proven resistant to efficient implementation, partly because of their design, and partly because of limitations imposed by the need to interop with C code. As Leiserson et al.

C++ 108

C++ Benchmarking Hardware Architecture 108

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

However, they can also introduce performance bottlenecks, especially if poorly designed. Well-designed indexes can significantly improve query performance within triggers. Carefully design transactions to avoid unnecessary locking and contention. Benchmark different trigger implementations to identify the most efficient option.

Cache 60

Cache Database Games Healthcare 60

Percona

MARCH 20, 2023

When designing an architecture, many components need to be considered before deciding on the best solution. Brief summary This test highlights that HAProxy and ProxySQL can reach a level of connection higher than the slowest runner in the game (MySQL Router). MySQL Router was never in the game.

Games 120

Games Latency Traffic Cache 120

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. In early January a related paper was published by Satoshi Matsuoka et. petaflops, which is 0.8%

Architecture 52

Architecture Latency Benchmarking AWS 52

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

You’ve spent months putting together a great website design, crowd-pleasing content, and a business plan to bring it all together. You’ve focused on making the web design responsive to ensure that the widest audience of visitors can access your content. You’ve agonized over design patterns and usability. Ken Harker.

Website 131

Website Design Network Best Practices 131

IO River

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For example, if a request activates a rule designed to block SQL injection attempts, the WAF might automatically block that request, preventing it from reaching your web application.‍Security Custom rules can be designed to look for typical SQL injection patterns like UNION SELECT, --, or /*.‍2.

Traffic 52

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 52

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Using a global ASP as a benchmark can further mislead thanks to the distorting effect of ultra-high-end prices rising while shipment volumes stagnate. Chip design choices and silicon economics are the defining feature of the still-growing Performance Inequality Gap. Today, either method returns a similar answer. A 2021 Global Baseline.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

For example, if a request activates a rule designed to block SQL injection attempts, the WAF might automatically block that request, preventing it from reaching your web application.‍Security Flywheel‍‍When it comes to fortifying web applications, think of security as a flywheel—an ever-revolving cycle that gains momentum with each turn.

Traffic 40

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 40

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Or, maybe, they can succeed as in getting comfy job at IBM, but their designs don't translate into useful products. JavaScript benchmark. . $2 billion : Pokémon GO revenue since launch; 10 : say happy birthday to StackOverflow; $148 million : Uber data breach fine; 75% : streaming music industry revenue in the US; 5.2

Internet 35

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 35

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Design: Performance is the gap between Figma mockups and the user experience of products for many, but not all , users. The extent to which a product performs well, the higher its likelihood of behaving in accordance to the approved design spec. Some begin an unproductive blame game, accusing tech leads of incompetence, or worse.

Performance 86

Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

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. Map design decisions against performance budget and the priorities defined early on.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

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. It’s designed to capture delays that result from the main thread being busy, especially during page load.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145