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The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache

CSS Wizardry

Compressing them over the network: Which compression algorithm, if any, will we use? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? In our specific examples above, the one-big-file pattern incurred 201ms of latency, whereas the many-files approach accumulated 4,362ms by comparison.

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The Fastest Google Fonts

CSS Wizardry

It’s widely accepted that self-hosted fonts are the fastest option: same origin means reduced network negotiation, predictable URLs mean we can preload , self-hosted means we can set our own cache-control. However, the execution of this header is bound by the response’s TTFB, which on high-latency networks can be very, very high.

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Redis vs Memcached in 2024

Scalegrid

In this comparison of Redis vs Memcached, we strip away the complexity, focusing on each in-memory data store’s performance, scalability, and unique features. Redis is better suited for complex data models, and Memcached is better suited for high-throughput, string-based caching scenarios.

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Choosing a cloud DBMS: architectures and tradeoffs

The Morning Paper

The design space. We group the DBMS design choices and tradeoffs into three broad categories, which result from the need for dealing with (A) external storage; (B) query executors that are spun on demand; and (C) DBMS-as-a-service offerings. Query performance is measured from both warm and cold caches. Key findings.

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What bugs cause cloud production incidents?

The Morning Paper

TLA+ is used to model concurrent and distributed system protocols helping to eliminate high level design and semantic bugs. Microsoft is also using fuzz testing, cloud contract checking, and network configuration verification tools. Data formats. Constant-value setting incidents.

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Uncomfortably Excited

Alex Russell

Full disclosure: I helped design Web Components and, with Dimitri Glazkov and Alex Komoroske , helped lead the team at Google that brought them from concept to reality. The comparison that’s often cited for Web Components is the creation of jQuery plug-ins. There is no reasonable comparison to be drawn. Piffle and tosh.

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Netflix Cloud Packaging in the Terabyte Era

The Netflix TechBlog

It is worth pointing out that cloud processing is always subject to variable network conditions. Figure 2: Cloud Resource and Job Sizes This initial architecture was designed at a time when packaging from a list of chunks was not possible and terabyte-sized files were not considered. For write operations, those challenges do not apply.

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