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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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Cache-Control for Civilians

CSS Wizardry

The best request is the one that never happens: in the fight for fast websites, avoiding the network is far better than hitting the network at all. To this end, having a solid caching strategy can make all the difference for your visitors. ?? How is your knowledge of caching and Cache-Control headers?

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CSS and Network Performance

CSS Wizardry

In this post I want to look at how CSS can prove to be a substantial bottleneck on the network (both in itself and for other resources) and how we can mitigate it, thus shortening the Critical Path and reducing our time to Start Render. This is best illustrated with an example. Employ Critical CSS.

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Cache and Prizes

Alex Russell

Browsers will cache tools popular among vocal, leading-edge developers. There's plenty of space for caching most popular frameworks. The best available proxy data also suggests that shared caches would have a minimal positive effect on performance. Browsers now understand the classic shared HTTP cache behaviour as a privacy bug.

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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. With that caveat out of the way, let’s get to the guts of the article: What is the Back/Forward Cache and why does it matter so much? Didn’t The HTTP Cache Do All That Anyway? Barry Pollard.

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Best practices and key metrics for improving mobile app performance

Dynatrace

Mobile applications (apps) are an increasingly important channel for reaching customers, but the distributed nature of mobile app platforms and delivery networks can cause performance problems that leave users frustrated, or worse, turning to competitors. Load time and network latency metrics. Proactive monitoring.

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Bloom Filters: Efficient Data Filtering With Practical Applications

DZone

Bloom, these data structures have found applications in various fields such as databases, caching, networking, and more. In this article, we will delve into the concept of Bloom filters, their functioning, explore a contemporary real-world application, and illustrate their workings with a practical example.