Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. It increases our visibility and enables us to draw a steady stream of organic (or “free”) traffic to our site. SEO is key to our success.

Performance 74

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Speed Curve

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As you may have guessed, since then we've been hard at work coming up with the right way to explore and compare your RUM datasets using a similar design pattern. Evaluate CDN performance by exploring the impact of time-of-day traffic patterns. To use, simply select the metric along with the upper and lower bounds for each cohort.

Traffic 54

Traffic Metrics Speed Mobile 54

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A measly front-end designer like me can be blissfully ignorant of all this mumbo-jumbo. You can see that Lighthouse does indeed provide that metric. We can get a better view if we run the same test in another service, like SpeedCurve , which digs deeper into the metric. It replaces the First Input Delay (FI D ) metric.

Google 91

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 91

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

If you’re reading this before March 2024 and fire up your favorite performance monitoring tool, you’re going to to get a Core Web Vitals report like this one pulled from PageSpeed Insights: ( Large preview ) You’re likely used to seeing most of these metrics. INP will officially replace FID when it becomes an official Core Web Vital metric.

Traffic 95

Traffic Metrics Google Monitoring 95

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Previous metrics measured variations of the first paint to screen (often this was a header or background color); incidentally content that isn’t really what the user actually wants to get out of the page. And the “contentful” part of the name shows this metric is intended to ignore (e.g. More after jump! Your (smashing) email.

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Google Traffic Mobile Website 143

High Scalability

JUNE 4, 2019

FlexBalancer makes it easy to manage traffic between multiple CDN providers, API’s, Databases or any custom endpoint helping you achieve better performance, ensure the availability of services and reduce vendor costs. View and analyze all your logs and system metrics from multiple sources in one place. Learn more today.

Java 116

Java Metrics Software Engineering Traffic 116

Speed Curve

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Fighting regressions should be the top priority of anyone who cares about the speed of their site. The best way to fight regressions is to create performance budgets on key metrics, and get alerted when they go out of bounds. Make sure you're tracking the right metrics There are a lot of performance metrics out there!

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Metrics Website Monitoring 62

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more … Why Performance doesn’t get Prioritized Web performance at organizations is a real challenge. One could argue this is a metric-driven decision. Well, not so fast.

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Performance Speed Google Media 237

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.

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Engineering Google Website Analytics 131

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

These days, with mobile traffic accounting for over 50% of web traffic , it’s fair to assume that the very first encounter of your prospect customers with your brand will happen on a mobile device. However, there are quite a few high-profile case studies exploring the impact of mobile optimization on key business metrics.

Mobile 134

Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 134

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The scale of the effect can be deeply situational or hard to suss out without solid metrics. Since then, the metrics conversation has moved forward significantly, culminating in Core Web Vitals , reported via the Chrome User Experience Report to reflect the real-world experiences of users. Tap for a larger version. How bad is it?

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Every technical challenge in this design space is paired with an even more daunting governance problem. These privacy requirements put challenging constraints on the design of a shared cache. But the completeness constraint is far from our only design challenge. Trust Falls #. Variations on a Theme #. Back of the Napkin #.

Cache 82

Cache Government Traffic Network 82

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Enhanced User Experience Whether you operate an e-commerce platform, a content management system, or any other application reliant on MySQL, users will notice and appreciate the improved speed and responsiveness. These issues often arise from suboptimal query design, missing or ineffective indexes, or dealing with large datasets.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I propose four key ingredients: Definition: What is "performance" beyond page speed? The metrics that we report against implicitly cleave these into different "camps", leaving us thinking about pre- and post-load as distinct universes. The predominant answer: a unified theory of web performance. What are its goals?

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Performance Latency Architecture Network 104

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking , as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. The Core Web Vitals are a set of three metrics designed to measure the “core” experience of whether a website feels fast or slow to the users, and so gives a good experience.

Google 140

Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

You’ve spent months putting together a great website design, crowd-pleasing content, and a business plan to bring it all together. You’ve focused on making the web design responsive to ensure that the widest audience of visitors can access your content. You’ve agonized over design patterns and usability. Ken Harker.

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Website Design Network Best Practices 131

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Table Of Contents.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more …. UI/UX : There is usually a designer and/or UX person that sets the look & feel and information architecture. One could argue this is a metric-driven decision.

Performance 130

Performance Speed Google Media 130

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2021

As we’ve noticed, website performance, especially its speed and availability, are essential to the success of your business. High speed, on the other hand, improves your customers’ user experience, and results in an increased conversion rate and income. For this article, we ran a speed test for the TED website as the target website.

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Design: Performance is the gap between Figma mockups and the user experience of products for many, but not all , users. The extent to which a product performs well, the higher its likelihood of behaving in accordance to the approved design spec. Consistent performance matters just as much as low average latency. Photo by Jay Heike.

Performance 86

Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Using responsive images is a key part of delivering fully responsive web design. For sites with large traffic and a global reach, basic optimizations at build time are usually not enough. Which metrics should you focus on to improve the user experience? His team focuses on speed , helping keep the web fast. Get the eBook.

Media 106

Media Cache Google Best Practices 106

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Using responsive images is a key part of delivering fully responsive web design. For sites with large traffic and a global reach, basic optimizations at build time are usually not enough. Which metrics should you focus on to improve the user experience? Designed by Espen Brunborg and Nadia Snopek. Responsive Images. +.

Media 93

Media Cache Google Best Practices 93

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 30, 2020

As we’ve noticed, website performance, especially its speed and availability, are essential to the success of your business. High speed, on the other hand, improves your customers’ user experience, and results in an increased conversion rate and income. For this article, we ran a speed test for the TED website as the target website.

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

JULY 7, 2020

As we’ve noticed, website performance, especially its speed and availability, are essential to the success of your business. High speed, on the other hand, improves your customers’ user experience, and results in an increased conversion rate and income. For this article, we ran a speed test for the TED website as the target website.

Website 52

Website Monitoring Website Performance Performance 52

Speed Curve

APRIL 2, 2019

We launched it two years ago with four dashboards: Live, Users, Performance, and Design. Two metrics that capture jankiness are shown in the LUX chart below: First Input Delay (FID) measures the gap between when a user interacts with the page (e.g, This is helpful if your traffic has regular peaks and valleys (e.g.,

Traffic 53

Traffic Metrics Network Mobile 53

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Additionally, end users can access your site or applications from anywhere in the world using different browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, all with varying connection speeds. It helps assess how a site, web application, or API will respond to various traffic, without adding any additional infrastructure.

Performance Testing 40

Performance Testing Strategy Testing Performance 40

John McCalpin

APRIL 2, 2020

The presentation discusses a family of simple performance models that I developed over the last 20 years — originally in support of processor and system design at SGI (1996-1999), IBM (1999-2005), and AMD (2006-2008), but more recently in support of system procurements at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) (2009-present).

Benchmarking 59

Benchmarking Performance Latency Architecture 59

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Quick Wins.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it matters, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Table Of Contents. Setting Realistic Goals. Defining The Environment. Build Optimizations.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 104

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Finally, their complex user experiences are designed for power users and not suitable for the fast-growing segment of business users. QuickSight is a cloud-powered BI service built from the ground up to address the big data challenges around speed, complexity, and cost. Enter Amazon QuickSight.

Analytics 152

Analytics Availability Media Social Media 152

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Load balancing: Load balancers distribute traffic evenly across multiple servers or data centers. In DR, load balancers route traffic to the secondary data center when a failover occurs. This may involve taking a server offline, rerouting network traffic, or replacing a failed disk drive.

Database 88

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 88

Speed Curve

JANUARY 31, 2018

search traffic. Over the years, I've learned that performance can be mapped to all of these metrics – and almost any other business metric you can think of. To hook different people on performance, you need to understand which metric motivates them. conversions. time on site. page views. user satisfaction.

Performance 40

Performance Metrics Traffic Monitoring 40

High Scalability

APRIL 16, 2019

Join Etleap , an Amazon Redshift ETL tool to learn the latest trends in designing a modern analytics infrastructure. FlexBalancer makes it easy to manage traffic between multiple CDN providers, API’s, Databases or any custom endpoint helping you achieve better performance, ensure the availability of services and reduce vendor costs.

Analytics 26

Analytics Java Metrics Software Engineering 26

High Scalability

APRIL 10, 2019

Join Etleap , an Amazon Redshift ETL tool to learn the latest trends in designing a modern analytics infrastructure. FlexBalancer makes it easy to manage traffic between multiple CDN providers, API’s, Databases or any custom endpoint helping you achieve better performance, ensure the availability of services and reduce vendor costs.

Analytics 26

Analytics Java Metrics Software Engineering 26

High Scalability

MAY 14, 2019

Join Etleap , an Amazon Redshift ETL tool to learn the latest trends in designing a modern analytics infrastructure. FlexBalancer makes it easy to manage traffic between multiple CDN providers, API’s, Databases or any custom endpoint helping you achieve better performance, ensure the availability of services and reduce vendor costs.

Analytics 24

Analytics Java Metrics Software Engineering 24

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Also, the management will be dissatisfied with the decreased traffic and revenue caused by the unoptimized codebase, despite the code quality improvements. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) has become an important metric in the last few months. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?.

Media 109

Media Performance Cache Strategy 109

High Scalability

JULY 19, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. Take Triplebyte's multiple-choice quiz (system design and coding questions) to see if they can help you scale your career faster. Apply here.

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Education Metrics Engineering Java 22