DZone

AUGUST 29, 2019

Intro. As most of you know, Couchbase is a database that provides users with a range of consistency and fault tolerance options to ensure that the state of their data meets certain criteria or guarantees. Users can specify varying levels of replication, persistence, replicas, sever groups, etc to guarantee that their data is durable, consistent, and correct under certain failure scenarios and cluster operations.

Testing 146

Testing Database Performance Testing Performance 146

Tim Kadlec

AUGUST 29, 2019

Yesterday someone at Shopify let me know on Twitter that they started reducing page weight if the Save-Data header is on. @tkadlec [link] is now Save-Data aware. About a 13% reduction in page weight, [link]. Early data shows 20% of Indian/Brazilian requests contain this header so happy days #webperf ??. I love seeing companies paying attention to the Save-Data header.

Network 92

Network Metrics Performance 92

The Morning Paper

AUGUST 29, 2019

Choosing a cloud DBMS: architectures and tradeoffs Tan et al., VLDB’19. If you’re moving an OLAP workload to the cloud (AWS in the context of this paper), what DBMS setup should you go with? There’s a broad set of choices including where you store the data, whether you run your own DBMS nodes or use a service, the kinds of instance types to go for if you do run your own, and so forth.

Architecture 76

Architecture Cloud Storage Serverless 76

Tasktop

AUGUST 29, 2019

Need something to read over the weekend? Want to brush up on your Agile and DevOps knowledge? Just finished a book and not sure what to read next? Don’t worry, Tasktop has you covered. We’ve compiled a list of key books within the industry, for you to add to your own bookshelf. Let us know what you think in the comments, or if you have any other recommendations that aren’t included.

DevOps 40

DevOps Entertainment Innovation Strategy 40

Dynatrace

AUGUST 29, 2019

Dynatrace news. It feels like just yesterday DevOps was all the rage, and everything had to be “Cloud” in order to be modern. These days, most organizations have embraced the benefits of DevOps and are running one or more of their applications on somebody else’s computer. But what made organizations adopt these techniques and technologies?

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Cloud DevOps Strategy Performance Testing 138

Testsigma

AUGUST 29, 2019

In this era, every organization is on the path of test automation to increase efficiency. Just like manual testing, automation testing also needs proper planning, structure, monitoring, and maintenance. Test cases can be defined as a set of conditions wherein a tester determines whether an application/software system or one of its features is working as expected or not.

Testing 41

Testing Google Efficiency Software 41

KeyCDN

AUGUST 29, 2019

Running speed tests with tools like Google PageSpeed Insights , WebPageTest , or KeyCDN’s Website Speed Test are always a good way to help gauge your website’s performance. While these metrics can be very helpful it is also important to keep this data in perspective. While they can provide valuable information to help optimize your website, don’t forget about perceived performance, specifically the user’s experience.

Google 103

Google Cache Speed Analytics 103