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., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

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Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

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! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 16, 2020

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. What is Google Lighthouse? Google Lighthouse is one of the best-automated tools available on a web developer's utility belt.

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Google Latency Website Metrics 82

Rigor

OCTOBER 30, 2019

One free tool has become prominent in the space – Google Lighthouse – and one question often bubbles up: “I use Google Lighthouse for one-off snapshots of my site’s performance, so why do I need a performance monitoring solution?” Where Google Lighthouse Shines Bright.

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Google Best Practices Energy Website 51

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The convenience of having it tucked into Chrome DevTools is what makes it an easy go-to for many developers. Why do we need Lighthouse at all when Google also offers similar reports in PageSpeed Insights (PSI)? Google focuses on the 75th percentile of users in the CrUX data when reporting core web vitals metrics.

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Speed Google Website Metrics 99

Percona

MARCH 29, 2023

Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB) supports all types of compression and enterprise-grade features for free. Snappy is a compression library developed by Google. Zstd is a compression library that Facebook developed. In this blog, we will discuss both data and network-level compression offered in MongoDB.

Storage 105

Storage Network Open Source Latency 105

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. Sharding is ideal for very large data sets or high throughput deployments that require more capacity that you can get with a single server.

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Azure AWS Latency Database 187

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

A cornerstone of our business model lies in the development of effective landing pages. While paid marketing strategies like Google Ads play a part in our approach as well, enhancing our organic traffic remains a major priority. SEO is key to our success. The higher our organic traffic, the more profitable we become as a company.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 75

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. Surveying the existing landscape of available developer tools and runtimes, we felt that there is a gap. Ilya Grigorik.

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Cache Best Practices Strategy Servers 137

High Scalability

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Tim Bray : How to talk about [Serverless Latency] · To start with, don’t just say “I need 120ms.” ” And in most main­stream ap­pli­ca­tion­s, you should be able to get there with server­less. And if you know someone with hearing problems they might find Live CC useful.

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Internet Internet Scalability Serverless 137

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence can automate tasks ranging from: data analysis resource provisioning system maintenance decision-making natural language processing This not only improves accuracy and reliability but also frees up valuable time for IT teams to focus on strategic tasks, such as resource management on platforms like Google Cloud.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

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! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

The Morning Paper

JUNE 23, 2019

Coupled with stateless application servers to execute business logic and a database-like system to provide persistent storage, they form a core component of popular data center service archictectures. Why are developers using RInK systems as part of their design? What have the authors got against this combination? Who knew! ;).

Cache 79

Cache Latency Google Lambda 79

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Examples include associations with Google Docs, Facebook chat group interactions, streaming live forex market feeds, and managing trading notices. These include popular technologies such as web servers and web applications, along with advanced solutions like distributed data stores and containerized microservices.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Google was the first company to create, embrace, and put support behind the role of site reliability engineering. When Google first introduced the role of SRE, they set a goal that half of an SREs time should be focused on reducing future operational work or adding service features. Monitoring. Release Engineering. Release engineering.

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Monitoring Google DevOps Engineering 91

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Anchored in the primary use case of supporting Google’s YouTube business, what we’re looking at here could well be the future of data processing at Google. Google already has Dremel , Mesa , Photon , F1 , PowerDrill , and Spanner , so why did they need yet another data processing system? Procella system overview.

Analytics 75

Analytics Latency Cache Google 75

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., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Well, to start, serverless, or serverless computing , doesn’t really mean there aren’t servers involved, because there are, rather it refers to the fact that the responsibility of having to manage, scale, provision, maintain, etc., Focus on Application Development. Benefits of a Serverless Model. Scalability. Response Times.

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Serverless Monitoring Lambda Latency 57

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 13, 2020

The teams have been working closely on SVT-AV1 development, discussing architectural decisions, implementing new tools, and improving compression efficiency. SVT-AV1 also includes extensive documentation on the encoder design targeted to facilitate the onboarding process for new developers. As seen below, SVT-AV1 demonstrates 16.5%

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Open Source Efficiency C++ Speed 154

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For some background, Kubernetes was created by Google and is currently maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Telecommunications : By guaranteeing low-latency communication, Kubernetes assists the telecom sector in quickly deploying 5G and edge computing applications.

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Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 99

Alex Russell

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

At the same time, most developers experience no constraint on their use of JS…until it’s too late. We need to reset our conversation about “developer experience” to factor in the asymmetric cost of JS. If performance is a problem, we can do progressive enhancement through Server-Side Rendering.

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Development Government Mobile Network 65

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

There are millions of sites, and you are in close competition with every one of those Google search query results. The resource loading waterfall is a cascade of files downloaded from the network server to the client to load your website from start to finish. Client Side Rendering, Server Side Rendering And Jamstack.

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Performance Cache Servers Social Media 127

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. In many organizations, front-end developers know exactly what common underlying problems are and what strategies should be used to fix them. Establish a performance culture. Large preview ).

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

is a back-end framework, and React is used for developing user interfaces. According to the latest Stackoverflow developer survey , JavaScript is a well-liked technology used by software developers. According to the latest Stackoverflow developer survey , JavaScript is a well-liked technology used by software developers.

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Open Source Virtualization Programming Servers 52

cdemi

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Let's talk about the elephant in the room; Serverless doesn't really mean that there are no Software or Hardware servers. It just means that from Software Development perspective, servers are abstracted and outsourced to another entity, so you don't need to worry about it. Google: Google Cloud Functions.

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Serverless Architecture Lambda Azure 64

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Source: Google /SOASTA Research, 2018. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. It’s inherently tied to everything we build and develop. Lighthouse.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When we asked if respondents’ organizations had adopted serverless (defining “adopted” as entering into a contract with a vendor to provide serverless resources), we expected a low take rate for this relatively new and developing technology. The third stand-out issue was “no server maintenance.” latency, startup, mocking, etc.)

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Serverless Architecture FinTech Infrastructure 88

Testsigma

DECEMBER 12, 2020

But browsers and web development technologies do not seem to be in a happy relationship. To ease out the web development, developers think of new ways to have a dedicated and organised system of sustainable websites such as subgrids. Today, you will hardly find anyone using Google Chrome 60. Now comes the testing part.

Testing 53

Testing Operating System Website Latency 53

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Most of you have probably seen the following Google PageSpeed Insights optimization suggestion at one point or another when running a speed test: By compressing and adjusting the size of … you can save 14.2 WebP WebP is an image format developed by Google to ensure superior compression of photos.

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Social Media Media Google Website 106

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? So every time a conversation about further development happens, performance is a part of that conversation as well.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

VoltDB

JUNE 29, 2017

Most existing adtech infrastructure simply can not achieve the required latency. VoltDB provides the necessary technology to achieve the latency required by header bidding. The simple answer is to just spin up more servers. More servers means more capacity. Spinning up more servers just won’t cut it.

Performance 40

Performance Hardware Latency Infrastructure 40

VoltDB

JUNE 29, 2017

Most existing adtech infrastructure simply can not achieve the required latency. VoltDB provides the necessary technology to achieve the latency required by header bidding. The simple answer is to just spin up more servers. More servers means more capacity. Spinning up more servers just won’t cut it.

Performance 40

Performance Hardware Latency Infrastructure 40

KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

Using an image CDN, such as KeyCDN, can significantly reduce the latency of your image delivery. Developers often focus on improving scripting performance, but they need to realize that the bulk of their performance woes come from media content… - Una Kravets Image optimization. This allows us to so show the CDN difference.

Speed 52

Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

CSS - Tricks

MAY 3, 2021

It’s just now it’s not a side project anymore, it’s got the support of a company dead-focused on helping developers. google-analytics.com", "sanList":[ "*.google-analytics.com", google-analytics.com", "*.fps.goog", Here’s the real news though: there’s a full-on scalable API now. Linux; Android 6.0.1;

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Transportation Cache Google Mobile 86

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? Long FMP usually indicates JavaScript blocking the main thread, but could be related to back-end/server issues as well.

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Performance Cache Metrics Network 104

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Meanwhile, developer behaviour offers little hope: Median mobile JavaScript payloads have only grown since 2016, now hovering above 400KiB of script transferred, or nearly 2.5MiB of uncompressed JS. Compared to devices wealthy developers carry, the performance is night and (blinding) day. The Moto G7 very much looks the part.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

KeyCDN

AUGUST 15, 2019

In the context of web development, performance testing entails using software tools to simulate how an application runs under specific circumstances. Bottlenecks can occur, for example, if you have a sudden surge in traffic that your servers are not equipped to handle. What is Performance Testing?

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Testing Tools Best Practices Performance Testing Testing 55