The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As noted in an earlier blog post , we began developing an HDR variant of VMAF; let’s call it HDR-VMAF. A vital aspect of such development is subjective testing with HDR encodes in order to generate training data. The pandemic, however, posed unique challenges in conducting a conventional in-lab subjective test with HDR encodes.

Open Source 252

Open Source Software Engineering Internet Internet 252

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Now we’re adding Smartscape to DQL and two new data sources to Grail: Metrics on Grail and Traces on Grail. Introducing Metrics on Grail Despite their many advantages, modern cloud-native architectures can result in scalability and fragmentation challenges. Grail solves this scalability issue!

Analytics 238

Analytics Social Media Metrics Efficiency 238

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

There were security checklists for developers, but they were lengthy and mostly manual, neither of which contributed to the goal of accelerating development. For development teams, just working through the flowcharts of requirements and options was a monumental task.

Internet 220

Internet Internet Cloud Traffic 220

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While I am heartened to hear that the Executive Order on AI uses the Defense Production Act to compel disclosure of various data from the development of large AI models, these disclosures do not go far enough. Operational Metrics. Disclaimer: Based on the announcement of the EO , without having seen the full text.

Energy 117

Energy Internet Internet Metrics 117

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

The Core Web Vitals Metrics Generally, I approve of the Core Web Vitals metrics themselves ( Largest Contentful Paint , First Input Delay , Cumulative Layout Shift , and the nascent Interaction to Next Paint ). I’m available for hire to help you out with workshops , consultancy , advice , and development.

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations have recognized the need to develop greater business resilience. In the face of this instability, organizations need to develop business resilience to brace for change and remain agile. Companies feel the pressure from myriad macroeconomic factors.

Artificial Intelligence 173

Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategy Efficiency 173

DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. One, by researching on the Internet; Two, by developing small programs and benchmarking. These include Python, PHP, Perl, and Ruby.

Java 207

Java C++ Benchmarking Programming 207

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Container technology is very powerful as small teams can develop and package their application on laptops and then deploy it anywhere into staging or production environments without having to worry about dependencies, configurations, OS, hardware, and so on. Docker is more than containers, though. Observability. Security.

Open Source 310

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 310

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

To this end, we developed a Rapid Event Notification System (RENO) to support use cases that require server initiated communication with devices in a scalable and extensible manner. While a mobile device is almost always connected to the internet and reachable, a smart TV is only online while in use.

Systems 334

Systems Traffic Architecture Mobile 334

Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

These are just a fraction of the technology buzzwords you’ll find as you Google your way around the internet. Loosely defined, Observability boils down to inferring the internal health and state of a system by looking at the external data it produces, which most commonly are logs, metrics, and traces. Dynatrace news.

Open Source 191

Open Source Metrics Google Java 191

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Application developers commonly leverage open-source software when building containerized applications. To properly secure applications, developers need to discover and eliminate these vulnerabilities. Many good security tools provide that function, and benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) are clear and prescriptive.

Open Source 258

Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 258

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

the difference in metric values between Groups A and B?—?the In the product development context, we can increase the expected magnitude of metric movements by being bold vs incremental with the hypotheses we test. The variability of the metric in the underlying population. Simply put, the larger the effect size?—?the

Testing 202

Testing Latency Metrics Innovation 202

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. But do you know how Lighthouse calculates performance metrics like First Contentful Paint (FCP), Total Blocking Time (TBT), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)? But it comes with caveats.

Speed 97

Speed Google Website Metrics 97

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cloud-native architecture is a structural approach to planning and implementing an environment for software development and deployment that uses resources and processes common with public clouds like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Application development platforms live in the cloud and are always available.

Cloud 162

Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2022

The vulnerability enables a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a service on the internet if the service runs certain versions of Log4j 2. As the Log4Shell landscape develops, Dynatrace adapts. Log4Shell is a software vulnerability in Apache Log4j 2 , a popular Java library for logging information in applications.

Social Media 232

Social Media Strategy Media Java 232

Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

These are just a fraction of the technology buzzwords you’ll find as you Google your way around the internet. Loosely defined, Observability boils down to inferring the internal health and state of a system by looking at the external data it produces, which most commonly are logs, metrics, and traces. Dynatrace news.

Open Source 130

Open Source Metrics Google Java 130

CSS Wizardry

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, one metric I feel that front-end developers overlook all too quickly is Time to First Byte (TTFB). This is why serving your content from a CDN is so important: even in the internet age, being geographically closer to your customers is advantageous. can all provide valuable insights. Expect closer to 75ms.

Latency 269

Latency Ecommerce Servers Mobile 269

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Content is placed on the network of servers in the Open Connect CDN as close to the end user as possible, improving the streaming experience for our customers and reducing costs for both Netflix and our Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners. We build Python libraries to interact with other Netflix platform level services.

Open Source 279

Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 279

O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Its GPT store and developer tools need to return value to those who create it in order to ensure ecosystems of innovation remain viable and dispersed. The internet protocols helped keep the internet open instead of closed. OpenAI is already becoming a dominant player with US$2 billion (£1.6 But not all rents are bad.

Social Media 87

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 87

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A lot of the time it’s a front-end developer or head of engineering, but more and more I’m finding myself in great conversations with product leaders. What do the different metrics mean? There are a ton of best practices for front-end developers to follow. The internet. What do the different metrics mean?

Performance 143

Performance Benchmarking Metrics Monitoring 143

Scalegrid

APRIL 16, 2020

These are advanced cloud configurations that allow you to protect your databases from the internet. At ScaleGrid we recommend you deploy your clusters on private VPC subnets so that your database is not routable from the internet. Deploying your application and database on the same VPC also provides the lowest possible latency path.

Cloud 242

Cloud Azure AWS Database 242

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

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 30, 2021

MQTT is an OASIS standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT) and was designed as a highly lightweight yet reliable publish/subscribe messaging transport that is ideal for connecting remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth.

Latency 213

Latency Traffic Transportation Hardware 213

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They are continuously innovating compression algorithms to efficiently send high quality audio and video files to our customers over the internet. My work is typically developed in R or Python. Do they cause less errors?

Analytics 223

Analytics Education Innovation Engineering 223

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

It’s about creating awareness amongst both developers and non-developers. They can be run as a one-off or integrated in our development and deployment pipelines. If you are reading this you are likely a developer who knows about web and cares about performance. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such.

Performance 237

Performance Speed Google Media 237

Rigor

JUNE 12, 2019

Alla Gringaus has worked with a multitude of well-established technology and media brands, including TIME , People , The Economist , and the American Kennel Club, carrying hands-on and leading roles in front-end development and UX, all driven by user-centered design. I used my expertise to educate people about metrics,” says Gringaus.

Performance 72

Performance Social Media Internet Internet 72

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Web developers or administrators did not have to worry or even consider the complexity of distributed systems of today. For basic and simple websites, a developer was able to easily automate these checks and fix any problems before a user encountered them. The recipe was straightforward. Do you have a database? Peer-to-Peer.

Systems 74

Systems Monitoring Hardware Network 74

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. Internet Explorer 6 was fully supported, Firefox was gaining share, and Chrome was still years from launch. When paired with VS Code the development experience is amazing. It wasn’t enough. Large preview ). A summary of LCP, FID and CLS.

Google 93

Google Analytics Serverless Metrics 93

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

When the researcher can see through the user’s eyes, recognizing a usability problem sooner would save the client and developer time and money. Eye-tracking is nothing but new, but recent developments in technology made the methodology accessible to businesses of all sizes. “. For developers who know enough JavaScript to be dangerous.

Mobile 112

Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 112

Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Which metrics should I use?” Which values of these metrics are acceptable?”. The metrics selection is outside of the scope of this article and depends highly on the project context, but I recommend that you start by reading User-centric Performance Metrics by Philip Walton. It’s not an issue. Synthetic Tests.

Performance 99

Performance Metrics Best Practices Code 99

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

This series is aimed mainly at web developers who do not necessarily have a deep knowledge of protocols and would like to learn more. It’s also one of the reasons we can keep using the Internet with many concurrent users, because it smartly limits each user’s bandwidth usage to their fair share. Did You Know?

Transportation 145

Transportation Internet Internet Network 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. This, in turn, means that the Internet’s carbon footprint has grown to the point where it may have eclipsed global air travel , and this makes the Internet the largest coal-fired machine on Earth. You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure”.

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

High Scalability

AUGUST 9, 2018

John Mark : It’s time to understand something about open source software development: it is not going to save us. Using or developing more open source software is not going to improve anyone’s lives. Developing open source software is not a public good. They'll love you even more. There are a few more quotes.

Internet 21

Internet Internet Scalability Open Source 21

Testsigma

JANUARY 18, 2021

Web Developers frequently come across issues where the developed website or web application does not work as expected on certain combinations of browsers and operating systems. The possibility is that the web developer and test automation engineer did not do thorough cross browser testing! Introduction to Cross Browser Testing.

Testing 55

Testing Operating System Website Internet 55

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Largest Contentful Paint (or LCP) is one of three metrics of the Core Web Vitals. These metrics are used by Google to evaluate the quality of user experience. Since recently becoming a ranking factor, this major web performance KPI is still a new concept for many web developers. srcset=" image-300.png png 300w, image-900.png

Media 105

Media Mobile Website Metrics 105

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2018

The answer for me is simple: Developers want their applications to be well architected and scale effectively. The days of the one-size-fits-all monolithic database are behind us, and developers are now building highly distributed applications using a multitude of purpose-built databases. The opposite is true.

Database 167

Database AWS Games Latency 167

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Developers also suffer higher costs and reduced opportunities to escape Google, Facebook, and Apple's walled gardens. Web engineers frequently refer to browsers as "User Agents", a nod to their unique role as interpreters of developer intent that give users the final say over how the web is experienced. PWA Feature Detector.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121