The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption , Xu et al., Does 5G improve the end-user experience for applications (web browsing, and 4K+ video streaming)? Emerging architectures that shorten the path length, e.g. edge caching and computing, may also confine the latency.

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Percona

MAY 2, 2023

Questions Q: I have a MySQL server with 500 GB of RAM; my data set is 100 GB. ChatGPT: The InnoDB buffer pool is used by MySQL to cache frequently accessed data in memory. Keep in mind that setting the buffer pool size too high may result in other processes on your server competing for memory, which can impact performance.

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CSS Wizardry

MAY 19, 2020

With more standardised FOUT/FOIT behaviour from browser vendors, to the newer font-display specification, performance—and therefore the user—seems to have been finally been put front-and-centre. On this site, in which performance is the only name of the game, I forgo web fonts entirely, opting instead to make use of the visitor’s system font.

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Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 5, 2020

Page speed has been a key factor in Google’s ranking algorithm since 2010 , so it is essential to understand the various ways you can optimize your pages and why implementing synthetic monitoring can ensure your pages perform flawlessly and revenue isn’t lost. Find Your Performance Baseline. Optimize Your Pages.

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KeyCDN

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A WordPress website comprises many parts, including web servers and their settings, different plugins, and themes. Unoptimized content could also be one of the reasons why your WordPress website is not performing as per your expectations. Select a server location closest to you and your visitors for better results.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. So, apart from powering servers with renewable energy, what else can web developers do about climate change? Generally speaking, we can also run the top command on any server to which we have shell access.

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

SQL Performance

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Migrating an on-premises SQL Server instance to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is a common method to migrate to Azure. Compute optimized – High CPU-to-memory ration, medium traffic web servers and application servers. GPU – Heavy graphic rendering and video editing. Storage optimized – High disk throughput and IO.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This blog post will share broadly-applicable techniques (beyond GraphQL) we used to perform this migration. Before GraphQL: Monolithic Falcor API implemented and maintained by the API Team Before moving to GraphQL, our API layer consisted of a monolithic server built with Falcor. To launch Phase 1 safely, we used AB Testing.

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Traffic Latency Cache Metrics 353

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! Those days are long gone.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! Those days are long gone.

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The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Although they let you access your data anywhere, all data access must go via the server, and you can only do the things that the server will let you do. Servers still exist, but they hold secondary copies of your data in order to assist with access from multiple devices. Unfortunately, cloud apps are problematic in this regard.

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Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 8, 2015

They had a timer visible to both the customer and the server. One of the most absurd happened when a customer informed the server that part of their order was missing. The server had the customer first drive forward a few feet, and then back up to the window. There were some rather silly and unintended side effects.

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Cache Google Mobile Open Source 75

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study). It was at this point that we realized we needed to make a significant change in our approach towards performance, and that we must embrace performance as part of our culture. Dan Shappir. Large preview ).

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KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We normally focus solely on the performance aspect, but today we want to dive into additional ways you can optimize images for the web. The file size of your images of course is very important, but SEO and social media also play an important part in helping your website perform and convert better.

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Social Media Media Google Website 106

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience Liran Cohen 2023-08-03T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-03T13:06:00+00:00 I work for Bookaway , a digital travel brand. Large preview ) We’ve known for a long time that fast page performance influences search engine rankings.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). Refactoring CSS: Optimizing Size And Performance (Part 3). Deploying the refactored codebase shouldn’t result in worse website performance and worse user experience. Part 3: Optimizing Size And Performance. Adrian Bece. 2021-08-30T10:00:00+00:00. More after jump!

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Media Performance Cache Strategy 108

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I plan on sharing specifically what I learned from performance and accessibility practices as a first-time lead developer of a team , as well as what I wish I had known before we started. My team measured the impact, noting that on the first load, this video category page serves up as many as 14 images.

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Cache Strategy Best Practices Design 72

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

One of the main benefits of GraphQL is the client’s ability to request what they need from the server and receive that data exactly and predictably. This prevents issues like over-fetching that can impact performance. We’ll be learning how to do this with GraphQL Features like Cache Update, Subscriptions, and Optimistic UI.

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Randon ASCII

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

I immediately saw that CcmExec.exe (part of Microsoft’s System Management Server ) had 508,000 handles open, which is both a lot and also amazingly close to my zombie count. I don’t know what that means but my guess would be that that indicates more data being cached, which would be a good thing. 249 zombies of Video.UI.exe.

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Processing Programming Code Cache 72

The Morning Paper

APRIL 11, 2019

In addition, service workers have the ability to intercept and handle network requests (for e.g., caching and pre-loading purposes). As part of its initialization, the Servant establishes a communication channel with its remote command and control server (Puppeteer) and requests the initial set of tasks.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2). In this second part, we will zoom in on the performance improvements that QUIC and HTTP/3 bring to the table for web-page loading. HTTP/3 performance features ( current article ). Robin Marx. 2021-08-23T06:20:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

MB , that suggests I’ve got around 29 pages in my budget, although probably a few more than that if I’m able to stay on the same sites and leverage browser caching. Throughout the experiment I will suggest performance tips to speed up the first contentful paint and perceived loading time of the page. Performance Tip #3: Less Is More.

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

CDN’s Effectiveness: Static Vs Dynamic ContentBack in the day, a CDN’s primary function revolved around caching static content and delivering it efficiently to end-users. Examples include real-time video conferencing, gaming, or personalized web pages. ‍Dynamic Content - Online GamingImagine a video gaming match.

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Cache Traffic Games Network 52

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

They can also let the user easily see how good or bad the performance of their website is, showing you exactly what is slowing down your site. Users can also watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window. Element Performance : A user can reach the information of the performance of each element that exists in waterfall chart.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

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Infrastructure Traffic Cache Strategy 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

CDN’s Effectiveness: Static Vs Dynamic ContentBack in the day, a CDN’s primary function revolved around caching static content and delivering it efficiently to end-users. Examples include real-time video conferencing, gaming, or personalized web pages. Dynamic Content - Online GamingImagine a video gaming match.

Cache 40

Cache Traffic Games Network 40

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 6, 2020

They can also let the user easily see how good or bad the performance of their website is, showing you exactly what is slowing down your site. Users can also watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window. Interactive Slider : The Interactive Slider is an indicator of the performance of each element in terms of milliseconds.

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Performance Cache Website Speed 53

Smashing Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Web pages, such as the one you’re reading now, have text, images, videos and other assets to bring information to you. But beware of circular references to content which could cause headaches and performance issues. Along with images, the next heaviest assets are videos. External best of breed video services.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

‍Just as a well-coordinated airport directs flights to multiple runways based on traffic and weather conditions, a CDN with Multiple Origins Load Balancing ensures that web traffic is distributed across various data centers, optimizing performance and reliability. What is a CDN Multiple Origins Load Balancer?‍ What is “Origin”?An

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Traffic Cache Servers Latency 52

SQL Performance

MARCH 30, 2021

This five-part series takes a deep dive into the way SQL Server row mode parallel plans start up. It includes initializing each operator, and adding hidden profilers to collect runtime performance data like actual row count and elapsed time. If you would like to see that in action, see this short video by Erik Darling.

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Cache Servers Operating System Processing 98

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Today, we’ll address storing and serving files for both single-server and scalable deployments while considering factors like compression, caching, and availability. Static files range from a few kilobytes of CSS to gigabytes of video. The two types of Django deployments are: Single-Server. Media Files.

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Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. For bare metals, any algorithm among deadline or noop (the performance difference between them is imperceptible) will be better than CFQ.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Just as a well-coordinated airport directs flights to multiple runways based on traffic and weather conditions, a CDN with Multiple Origins Load Balancing ensures that web traffic is distributed across various data centers, optimizing performance and reliability. What is a CDN Multiple Origins Load Balancer?‍ What is “Origin”?An

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Traffic Cache Network Servers 40

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That is why, today, Web Performance is as important and trendy as having an online presence. Table of Contents: What Is Web Performance? What Is Web Performance? Web performance refers to the speed at which a website loads, how fast it’s downloaded, and how an app is displayed on the user’s browser. Conclusion.

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Media Cache Website Mobile 105

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. In the past, Chrome used to perform changes to the website by proxying requests via their servers (similar to how Opera Mini works), but doing that is usually frowned upon these days.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. While it looks unassuming, it laid the foundation for the web we have today. But, when it worked, it was magical.

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139