Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I also learned how marketing worked, and began to build my presentation and training skills as I was sent around the world by Sun to teach workshops and speak at events. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc. It was the first database sizing guide Sun had ever produced.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative was launched in May of 2020 and, since then, its role in Search has morphed and evolved as roll-outs have been made and feedback has been received. However, to this day, messaging from Google can seem somewhat unclear and, in places, even contradictory. Don’t have time to read 5,500+ words?

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

O'Reilly

MARCH 23, 2023

LaMDA Developed by Google; few people have access to it, though its capabilities appear to be very similar to ChatGPT. Notorious for having led one Google employee to believe that it was sentient. PaLM Also developed by Google. Google has announced an API for PaLM, but at this point, there is only a waiting list.

Google 104

Google Open Source Programming Code 104

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The internet accounts for an estimated 3–4% of global emissions — equivalent to some countries. The carbon emissions of the internet are roughly equivalent to those generated by the entire aviation industry, or the whole of Africa. For example, changing our database architecture to be more efficient could save on server costs.

Strategy 124

Strategy Development Energy Website 124