The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the fourth post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. Have a look at Part 1 (Decision Making at Netflix), Part 2 (What is an A/B Test?), Need to catch up?

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Testing Latency Metrics Innovation 202

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I recently joined two industry veterans and Dynatrace partners, Syed Husain of Orasi and Paul Bruce of Neotys as panelists to discuss how performance engineering and test strategies have evolved as it pertains to customer experience. Dynatrace news. This blog summarizes our great conversation for the posed questions.

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DZone

MAY 12, 2023

Responsive website testing ensures that users have the best experience with your site, regardless of their device. The goal of testing responsive websites is to ensure a seamless experience across different digital devices. They use mobile-first design, progressive web apps, single-page applications, and more.

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Best Practices Testing Website Mobile 100

Simform

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It starts with the design, then comes the architectural pattern, and everything looks fine. The post How to Build a Test Automation Strategy? Software development is a path full of chaos. Here’s why! Software projects start with excess enthusiasm. Even ahead of the schedule.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 13, 2021

This article will take an in-depth look at the various tools and strategies that help with mobile application testing. Why do you need to engage in testing a mobile application? However, testing has also grown in prominence and importance because without rigorous testing, companies cannot put useful apps onto the market.

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Mobile Strategy Testing Efficiency 54

CSS Wizardry

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Given that 66% of all websites (and 77% of all requests ) are running HTTP/2, I will not discuss concatenation strategies for HTTP/1.1 In one test, I concatenated it all into one big file, and the other had the library split into 12 files. Read the complete test methodology. What happens when we adjust our compression strategy?

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Cache Latency Strategy Speed 291

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

MIXED mode – combines elements from both statement-level and row-level documentation strategies, thus striking an optimal balance between comprehensiveness and resource utilization. Use the ‘–log-bin’ option to designate a base name for the binary log files. However, strategies such as compression and parallel processing can help.

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Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

Percona

JULY 2, 2023

In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster. Having a backup strategy in place that takes regular backups and has secure storage is essential to protect the database in an enterprise-grade environment to ensure its availability in the event of failures or disasters.

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Strategy Database Storage Open Source 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. When a company’s digital representation lacks a dedicated UX/UI design team, it can be hard to produce something that stands out from the crowd. That’s why you need a good UI/UX designer. Nataliya Sambir. And vice versa.

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Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Practically everybody is doing domain-driven design in some form. It was before my time, but my understanding is that reason Eric Evans wrote the Domain-Driven Design (DDD) book in the early 2000s was to encourage better domain-driven design (ddd) practices in that era. What is domain-driven design (ddd)?

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Testsigma

AUGUST 28, 2019

Automated Testing approaches and processes should adapt to the changes as well. In Testsigma we always keep up to date and we definitely can shed some light to the effective testing strategy for a microservices architecture. Want to make your Automated Testing strategy the effective one?

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Alex Podelko

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. I remember really liking the technical side of these tests. But I must confess I was not too fond of having to report the results to stakeholders or deal with political/personal issues related to (poor) test results.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Designing Human-Machine Interfaces For Vehicles Of The Future. Designing Human-Machine Interfaces For Vehicles Of The Future. No matter what HMI we design, we need to allow users to take advantage of all that a system has to offer. Car HMI design is a relatively new field with its specifics that you need to be aware of.

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Design Entertainment Mobile Automotive 106

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This intricate allocation strategy can be categorized into two main domains. This proactive strategy significantly enhances the chances of success for SREs, providing them with more time to focus on substantial project improvements (50%) and broaden the buffer zone (30%). It also returns valuable time back to the SRE team.

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Engineering DevOps Innovation Strategy 218

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Data replication strategies like full, incremental, and log-based replication are crucial for improving data availability and fault tolerance in distributed systems, while synchronous and asynchronous methods impact data consistency and system costs. By implementing data replication strategies, distributed storage systems achieve greater.

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Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

I believe that attitude towards the design of code and architecture is one of them. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. Both valuing design and striving for continuous delivery are necessary.

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Software Engineering Design Engineering Software 80

Simform

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It starts with the design, then comes the architectural pattern, and everything looks fine. The post How to Build a Test Automation Strategy? Software development is a path full of chaos. Here’s why! Software projects start with excess enthusiasm. Even ahead of the schedule.

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Strategy Testing Architecture Software 40

Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2023

And according to recent data from Enterprise Strategy Group, 59% of survey respondents indicated spending on public cloud applications would increase in 2023. The company made these changes to support its ONETractor strategy, which seeks to deliver personalized, convenient shopping experiences anytime, anywhere.

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Cloud Ecommerce Performance Retail 166

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

For model explainability, they can implement custom regression tests, providing indicators of model reputation and behavior over time. Finding a balance between complexity and impact must be a priority for organizations that adopt AI strategies. Building LLMs consumes vast amounts of electricity and generates substantial heat.

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Cache Azure Infrastructure Monitoring 199

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. As a result, she came back to me concerned with publishing a post on a strategy her agency had yet to adopt successfully.

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Website Speed Mobile Design 110

Testlodge

MARCH 15, 2023

White box testing is a software testing approach based on an analysis of the internal structure of the component or system. Why is White Box Testing Performed? Testers perform white box testing for several reasons. Suppose developers perform unit testing before delivering code to testers.

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Testing Testing Tools Java Programming 83

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces presents and shares real information on hardware, people, interactions, and environments. Cover design by Espen Brunborg.

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Mobile Design Best Practices Website 87

Testlodge

MAY 26, 2021

To do this, the team should concentrate on risk-based testing aspects of the project that can reduce the possibility of failure by maintaining quality and stability. With this approach, organizations can quantify and mitigate risks, helping them to prioritize test cases more effectively. Overview of Risk-Based Testing.

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Testing Software Engineering Best Practices Strategy 105

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

This essentially means that your website should not only be mobile-friendly but it should also have a Responsive Web Design so that your target customers can access your products (or services) with ultra-ease on their hand-held devices. Different screen resolutions and viewport sizes add another layer of complexity to mobile website testing.

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Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Testlodge

APRIL 14, 2021

A software tester’s work life includes making sure that systems that have been designed to achieve specific results behave exactly as they should. Configuration testing is performed to discover the optimum combinations of software and hardware specifications that allow the system to work without flaws. What is Configuration Testing?

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Testing Hardware Virtualization Operating System 89

Testlodge

JANUARY 19, 2022

ETL Testing is a process used to test the transformation of raw data fetched from a certain source, before authenticating it according to business rules to make sure the particular data is loaded to the data warehouse (or a target system). Well-planned testing activities can ensure the data’s smooth migration from one place to another.

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Testing Strategy Design Technology 73

Dynatrace

JANUARY 5, 2023

To prevent such a significant service disruption from happening again, we are taking several immediate and mid-term actions in addition to the existing rigorous automated testing process: Improve architectural design to eliminate SSO bottleneck risk.

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Cache Monitoring Strategy Speed 190

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

At Netflix, we have significant investments in ensuring new versions of our applications are well tested. However, Netflix is available for streaming on thousands of types of devices and it is powered by hundreds of micro-services which are deployed independently, making it extremely challenging to comprehensively test internally.

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Metrics Mobile Testing Strategy 197

Testsigma

APRIL 4, 2022

A common theme among most software testing organizations is their escalating interest in Test Automation. While test automation has grown in popularity, there are still many myths and biases surrounding it. Such myths can unknowingly create a self-limiting boundary and negatively impact the possibilities of test automation.

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Testing Open Source IoT Programming 95

Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2023

If any problems made it past the testing or production environments, the team faced citizens potentially calling the governor’s office and newspapers to complain. Government IT finds higher work satisfaction in legacy modernization While these strategies benefit citizens, Zbojniewicz and Smith also improved IT staff satisfaction.

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Government Strategy Cloud Traffic 197

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because they’re separate, they allow for faster release cycles, greater scalability, and the flexibility to test new methodologies and technologies. However, the distributed system of a microservices architecture comes with its own cost: increased application complexity and convoluted testing. Migration is time-consuming and involved.

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Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 224

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To achieve this goal, the Encoding Technologies team made the following design decisions about AV1 encoding recipes: We always encode at the highest available source resolution and frame rate. This strategy improves encoding throughput by right-sizing jobs based on instance types. Some titles (e.g.,

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Media Open Source Efficiency Software Engineering 246

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You’ve likely uttered the phrases “test early and often” and “shift left,” but do you always remind yourself of the importance of that phrase from the end user’s perspective? LoadView, our on-demand, cloud-based load and stress testing platform , takes an outside-in approach to performance testing.

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Performance Testing Strategy Testing Performance 40

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Automating tasks throughout the SDLC helps software development and operations teams collaborate while continuously improving how they design, build, test, deploy, release, and monitor software applications. Defect escape rate is the rate of issues and bugs that escape testing and arise after a software application is in production.

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DevOps Innovation Speed Monitoring 181

Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

This includes custom, built-in-house apps designed for a single, specific purpose, API-driven connections that bridge the gap between legacy systems and new services, and innovative apps that leverage open-source code to streamline processes. Each has its own role to play in successfully implementing this tactical trifecta at scale.

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DevOps Best Practices Open Source Tuning 260

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

This parameter needs to be extensively tested! Percona Backup for MongoDB is a custom-built backup utility designed to cater to the needs of users who don’t want to pay for proprietary software but require a fully supported community backup tool capable of performing cluster-wide consistent backups in MongoDB.

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Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Dynatrace

JANUARY 18, 2023

Organizations that are new to both practices will want to adopt a strategy that incorporates both. DevOps is a tactical approach to creating and delivering software designed to close the gap between development and IT operations. Guide to event-driven SRE-inspired DevOps for leveling up your existing CI/CD strategy – blog.

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