The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Reconstructing a streaming session was a tedious and time consuming process that involved tracing all interactions (requests) between the Netflix app, our Content Delivery Network (CDN), and backend microservices. The process started with manual pull of member account information that was part of the session.

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Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The gotcha here is that, if your mobile experience isn’t optimized for various devices and network conditions, these customers will never appear in your analytics — just because your website or app will be barely usable on their devices, and so they are unlikely to return. Driving Business Metrics. billion by 2026. Large preview ).

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Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 133

Speed Curve

JULY 3, 2023

That's because video seems to have had a surge in growth, which should be a cause of concern for anyone who cares about metrics like Largest Contentful Paint, which measures the largest visual element on a page – including videos. These numbers should not be taken as a benchmark for your own site. More on that below.)

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Mobile Google Metrics Retail 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics Performance culture, Core Web Vitals, performance profiles, CrUX, Lighthouse, FID, TTI, CLS, devices. Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Table Of Contents.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

These are the bestsellers in the web performance field, including the good old Speed Up Your Site (2003) by Andy King; Steve Souders’ Even Faster Web Sites (2009) ; Ilya Grigorik’s High Performance Browser Networking (2013) ; Tammy Everts’ Time is Money (2016) ; and a handful of more recent publications. Time is Money.

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Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

In this article, we will review what third-party resource requests are, consider how impactful they can be to the user experience, and discuss common optimization strategies to reduce the impact on the user experience. And JavaScript can certainly make requests for additional network resources.

Website 131

Website Design Network Best Practices 131

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Site performance is potentially the most important metric. Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Having a slow site might leave you on page 452 of search results, regardless of any other metric. Source: Google /SOASTA Research, 2018.

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Cache Social Media Media Website 92

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 16, 2020

SaaS businesses are built upon the simplicity of computing, storage, and networking they provide to their users. Termination and exit strategy with an easy and smooth transition. If any of the compliance metrics are out of the range, you should have all the required information to identify and resolve the issue.

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Infrastructure Monitoring Mobile Benchmarking 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Table Of Contents. Quick Wins.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

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. Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.), Networking equipment (switches, routers, etc.)

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 109

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

We constrain ourselves to a real-world baseline device + network configuration to measure progress. This rework delays launch which, in turn, delays gathering data about the viability of a PWA strategy. Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. Performance budgets are set early in the life of the project.

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Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Reduced network and device capacity correlate with other access challenges. Teams I've consulted are too often wrenched between celebration over "the big rewrite" launch and the morning-after realisation that the new stack is tanking business metrics. Accessibility: Performance is the foundation of access. Photo by Jay Heike.

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Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86

Rigor

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Reading time 11 min As companies become more aware of the importance of web performance, internal teams begin to research tools they can use to use to track their metrics and improve the user experience of their websites and applications. When it comes to network speed, Lighthouse gives you three options – and no others.

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Google Best Practices Energy Website 51

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Developers representing hundreds of companies work together at these meetups to become masters in performance metrics and the latest trends in measuring site speed.) And, of course, you should follow him on Twitter @ igrigorik for in-depth insights on web performance metrics, user experience, and industry news. Maximiliano Firtman.

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Performance Education Google Website 89

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Today, the website is much faster and ranks highly in various showcases and benchmarks. Several metrics centre on the time after which users can interact with the page. The waterfall of network activity helped a lot here, but so did thinking of user flows. Large preview ). But even in the planning phases, traps await.

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Performance Cache Website Mobile 115

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Important Always consult with your hardware manufacturer for proper stable media strategies. Microsoft strongly recommends maintaining the default recovery interval to ensure optimal recovery metrics and to function cleanly within the current cluster resource constraints. This can be time-consuming and invasive.

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Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

To add elasticity, reliability and durability, these data centers are connected to Google Cloud platform using high speed, secure Google Interconnect network. What is your storage strategy? What is your object and content caching strategy? Document store. Video Transcoding. Architecture should be malleable.

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Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52