The Morning Paper

MAY 21, 2019

This makes memory a critical factor in the total cost of ownership (TCO) of large compute clusters, or as Google like to call them “Warehouse-scale computers (WSCs).” ” This paper describes a “far memory” system that has been in production deployment at Google since 2016. Enter zswap!

Software 78

Software Software Google Hardware 78

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Google's Search App and Facebook's various apps for Android undermine these choices in slightly different ways. [3] Developers also suffer higher costs and reduced opportunities to escape Google, Facebook, and Apple's walled gardens. Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. "What, then, is a 'browser'?" Web Serial.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> Google spent more on the SoC for the Pixel 4a and enjoyed a later launch date, boosting performance relative to the A51.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

O'Reilly Software

APRIL 4, 2018

Google founders figured out smart ways to rank websites by analyzing their connection patterns and using that information to improve the relevance of search results. They have a clear input and output definition, and often a schema as well. Back in the days of Web 1.0, Leverage the convergence of fast data and microservices.

Architecture 80

Architecture Scalability Google Operating System 80

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Regardless, the overall story for hardware progress remains grim, particularly when we recall how long device replacement cycles are: Tap for a larger version. Sadly, data on latency is harder to get, even from Google's perch, so progress there is somewhat more difficult to judge.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ). Adjust the argument depending on the group of stakeholders you are speaking to.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ). Estimated Input Latency tells us if we are hitting that threshold, and ideally, it should be below 50ms. Adjust the argument depending on the group of stakeholders you are speaking to.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145