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The Fastest Google Fonts

CSS Wizardry

It’s widely accepted that self-hosted fonts are the fastest option: same origin means reduced network negotiation, predictable URLs mean we can preload , self-hosted means we can set our own cache-control. That said, the convenience of a service like Google Fonts cannot be overstated. What else could I do to make Google Fonts fast ?

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Fallacy #8: The network is homogeneous

Particular Software

Google built BigTable, Amazon built Dynamo, Facebook built Cassandra, LinkedIn came up with Voldemort. From Udi Dahan's free Distributed Systems Design Fundamentals video course Semantic interoperability The true challenge of non-homogenous networks lies in semantic interoperability. None of these things can talk to each other.

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Design and operate better applications in Kubernetes with extended insights into cross-container communications

Dynatrace

For this example, we’ll use a simple application called “Online Boutique,” which is based on the Google microservices demo application. Online Boutique has been launched into a Kubernetes cluster that runs in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Network metrics for all containerized environments.

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Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt)

Smashing Magazine

Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt). Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt). To many designers and developers the process of designing for mobile assumes that touch is natural, so we don’t need to pay any particular attention to the design of touch systems.

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Driving your FinOps strategy with observability best practices

Dynatrace

Suboptimal architecture design. Poorly designed cloud solutions can become costly over time. Hyperscaler cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform can do this, too. Flexible pricing models that offer discounts based on commitment or availability can greatly reduce cloud waste.

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OpenShift vs. Kubernetes: Understanding the differences

Dynatrace

” In recent years, cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM, and Google began offering Kubernetes as part of their managed services. The managed service runs on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Networking. Kubernetes provides a basic networking model.

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Google planning a new ‘Badge of Shame’ for slow websites

MachMetrics

Google has announced plans for a new badging system that would let users know whether a website typically loads slowly. With its search engine being easily the most used on the internet, Google has an incredible influence on the web. Most stemmed from Google exercising too much power with this move.

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