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The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache

CSS Wizardry

Concatenating our files on the server: Are we going to send many smaller files, or are we going to send one monolithic file? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Cache This is the easy one.

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Cache-Control for Civilians

CSS Wizardry

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? That being said, more and more often in my work I see lots of opportunities being left on the table through unconsidered or even completely overlooked caching practices.

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Migrating Netflix to GraphQL Safely

The Netflix TechBlog

We migrated Netflix’s mobile apps to GraphQL with zero downtime, which involved a total overhaul from the client to the API layer. Until recently, an internal API framework, Falcor , powered our mobile apps. A single API team maintained both the Java implementation of the Falcor framework and the API Server.

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Redis vs Memcached in 2024

Scalegrid

Key Takeaways Redis offers complex data structures and additional features for versatile data handling, while Memcached excels in simplicity with a fast, multi-threaded architecture for basic caching needs. Redis is better suited for complex data models, and Memcached is better suited for high-throughput, string-based caching scenarios.

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Netflix Android and iOS Studio Apps?—?now powered by Kotlin Multiplatform

The Netflix TechBlog

now powered by Kotlin Multiplatform By David Henry & Mel Yahya Over the last few years Netflix has been developing a mobile app called Prodicle to innovate in the physical production of TV shows and movies. Kotlin Multiplatform approaches cross-platform mobile development differently from some well known technologies in the space.

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Mobile Page Speed Testing

MachMetrics

Do you know how fast your site loads on a mobile device? Mobile use surpassed desktop use years ago, but all too often websites are still being built desktop first and mobile second. In fact, failing to run a mobile page speed test is the number 1 speed testing mistake we see our users make!

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Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance

Smashing Magazine

The resource loading waterfall is a cascade of files downloaded from the network server to the client to load your website from start to finish. Client Side Rendering, Server Side Rendering And Jamstack. To run it, you have to make another API call to the server and retrieve any data you want to load. Active Memory Caching.

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