Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

DZone

JANUARY 20, 2023

Do Not Be Misled Designing and implementing a scalable graph database system has never been a trivial task. There is a countless number of enterprises, particularly Internet giants, that have explored ways to make graph data processing scalable.

Scalability 210

Scalability Big Data Hardware Internet 210

High Scalability

AUGUST 31, 2018

shocker) Low performers are almost 4x as likely to use functional outsourcing. Read about it and some of the consequences (search for “Misguided performers”) in the 2018 Accelerate State of DevOps Report. They'll love you even more. nicolefv : Outsourcing is a bad idea. I was right in the middle of working on it.

Internet 105

Internet Internet Scalability Serverless 105

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 27, 2022

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 82

Website Internet Internet Performance 82

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 21, 2020

Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University, 2015. The Internet itself, over which these systems operate, is a dynamically distributed network spanning national borders and policies with no central coordinating agent.

Internet 98

Internet Internet Strategy Energy 98

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

All Things Distributed

APRIL 20, 2021

I recently posted about Amazon S3 and how it’s evolved over the last 15 years since we launched the service in 2006 as “storage for the internet.” ” We built S3 because we knew customers wanted to store backups, videos, and images for applications like e-commerce web sites.

Internet 218

Internet Internet Storage Design 218

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. This is not a post explaining why web performance is important.

Performance 237

Performance Speed Google Media 237

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 97

Website Internet Internet Performance 97

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? High Performance Browser Networking. This book is about performance problems and the various technologies created to fight them. High Performance Websites.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

DZone

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The introduction of innovative technologies has brought the newest updates in software testing, development, design, and delivery. Nowadays, Big Data tests mainly include data testing, paving the way for the Internet of Things to become the center point. The high priority of enterprises around the world is cost optimization.

Software 193

Software Software Testing Big Data 193

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

APRIL 27, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 15, 2020

The entire country of China’s internet connectivity is shielded by the Great Firewall (GFW). There are three state-owned ISP providers, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Mobile , that control internet in China. The most recent technology automatically shuts internet off whenever blacklisted URLs are accessed.

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Performance Artificial Intelligence Internet 52

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Five years ago when Google published The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines it was a manifesto declaring the world of computing had changed forever. The world is still changing, so Google published a new edition: The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines, Third Edition.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

Rigor

JUNE 12, 2019

“The Best in Performance” video series from Rigor gives you the chance to eavesdrop on conversations with web performance industry experts, thought leaders, and technologists. Listen in as they talk about current trends, challenges, and lessons that impact the APM and performance space today. Building a culture of performance.

Performance 72

Performance Social Media Internet Internet 72

DZone

JUNE 1, 2020

As applications are designed and developed for varied platforms, spanning mobile, desktop, and cloud, testing user interfaces has turned into an increasingly complicated and risk-prone job. 90% of audiences stopped using applications because of poor performance. Statistics Overview. billion Smartphone users.

Testing Tools 165

Testing Tools Open Source Mobile Internet 165

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 20, 2020

The TLS protocol is designed to provide a secure channel between two peers by providing tools and methods to achieve the above properties. We use AES Galois/Counter Mode, as it also provides good performance and high throughput. handshake was not designed to protect the integrity of the entire handshake. Reduced Handshake TLS 1.2

Network 237

Network Media Transportation Traffic 237

DZone

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Accessibility Testing is a software testing technique that checks if a website or app is easily usable by every user on the internet, including individuals with disabilities or special needs.

Website 246

Website Testing Internet Internet 246

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. In 2013, A List Apart published Sustainable Web Design by James Christie. Sustainable Web Design.

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Rick Byers.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance.

Performance 130

Performance Speed Google Media 130

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This zero-day vulnerability enables a remote attacker to take control of a device or Internet-based application if the device or app runs certain versions of Log4j 2, a popular Java library. While many scanning tools and manual methods are effective, they are designed to detect vulnerabilities earlier in the lifecycle.

Healthcare 173

Healthcare Transportation Innovation Games 173

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Offering 20 chapters with insights into Page Content, User Experience, Content Publishing, and Content Distribution, it can also be overwhelming, so we’ll be summarizing the web performance section in an easy-to-understand manner. We’ll be diving into Chapter 7 – Performance. 20% of sites are considered slow.

Performance 52

Performance Speed Website Mobile 52

Dynatrace

MAY 23, 2022

Cloud environment toolkits —microservices, Kubernetes, and serverless platforms — deliver business agility, but also create complexity for which many security solutions weren’t designed. Combatting Log4Shell requires a plan around public internet exposure, sensitive data access, and application lists.

Strategy 229

Strategy Innovation Cloud Serverless 229

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2019

He designed the Merlin engine. No one knows Tom Mueller, even though Tom is the one currently designing a rocket that will put humans on Mars. ????‍??. Nausea no extra charge. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon. Need cloud? Consume Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 (35 nearly 5 star reviews).

Internet 33

Internet Internet Scalability Open Source 33

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Software testers explore the effectiveness of processes that should lead to quality software products to make sure they perform the purpose for which they have been designed. Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. Why Perform Compatibility Testing? Conclusion.

Testing 78

Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. Globally, consumers are preferring their mobile phones for performing activities (e.g. that require internet connectivity. online shopping, bill payments, etc.) Mobile Device Compatibility.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

For instance, if we design features that run on Safari on Mac OS, those features may not function across other browsers. To ensure the features run uniformly across various browsers and OS versions that our users have, we should perform multi-browser testing. And, we all know that a few browsers can limit certain features. Highlights.

Testing Tools 74

Testing Tools Testing Internet Internet 74

Apica

JULY 1, 2022

HLS is one of the most common formats these days, originally intended as an alternative to Flash to stream over the internet. You might have a general idea if your streaming is functioning or not, but with traditional application performance tools you might have no insights into how well it’s performing.

Internet 52

Internet Internet Latency Virtualization 52

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

False negatives are closely related to the statistical concept of power , which gives the probability of a true positive given the experimental design and a true effect of a specific size. Continuing on an example from Part 3 , a false negative corresponds to labeling the photo of the cat as a “not cat.”

Testing 202

Testing Latency Metrics Innovation 202

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. What does this finding mean in web performance terms?

Speed 133

Speed Website Mobile Cloud 133

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The idea behind these UI decisions is that a badge would let a user know quickly if a site is loading slowly due to a problem on their end (network issue, internet is down, etc) or if the website is known to be built in a way that loads slowly. These are themes that are loaded with Javascript and stylesheets. Wrapping up and looking forward.

Google 86

Google Website Best Practices Internet 86

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 27, 2013

Jason Grigsby once quipped that “We’ve remade the Internet in our image….obese.” This is why I’ve been so happy to see the recent rash of posts discussing performance as a fundamental component of design. ” One of the things he suggests doing is mentioning performance in project documents.

Performance 64

Performance Internet Internet Design 64

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential part of a website’s design, and one all too often overlooked. Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things.

Engineering 131

Engineering Google Website Analytics 131