Randon ASCII

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Near the end of January I was pointed to a twitter thread where a Windows user with a powerful machine was hitting random hangs in explorer. Lots of unscientific theories were being proposed. I don’t generally do random analysis of strangers’ performance problems but the case sounded interesting so I thought I’d take a look. Freya shared an ETW trace of what was happening on her machine and I took a look using Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA).

Monitoring 141

Monitoring Testing Code Servers 141

CSS - Tricks

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malte Ubl’s list for: 8 image loading optimization techniques to minimize both the bandwidth used for loading images on the web and the CPU usage for image display. Fluid width images in CSS, not forgetting the height and width attributes in HTML so you get proper aspect-ratio on first render. Use content-visibility: auto; Send AVIF when you can.

Cache 119

Cache Strategy Processing Performance 119

TechBeacon Testing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As teams try to adopt a faster, more iterative, incremental style of software delivery using the latest performance engineering techniques, the state of the art can hold them back.

Engineering 81

Engineering Performance Software Software 81

SQL Performance

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Oftentimes, when we write a stored procedure, we want it to behave in different ways based on user input. Let's look at the following example: CREATE PROCEDURE. Sales. GetOrders. ( @CustomerID AS INT = NULL , @SortOrder AS SYSNAME = N'OrderDate'. ) AS. SELECT TOP ( 10 ) SalesOrderID = SalesOrders. SalesOrderID , OrderDate = CAST ( SalesOrders.

Cache 54

Cache Efficiency Code Performance 54

Tasktop

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Tasktop’s Mission : We are driving toward an inclusive company culture. We are building a come-as-you-are community of mutual respect and trust. We believe that diverse teams perform better and foster an environment of belonging and inclusion. We aim to continually learn, evolve and be better versions of ourselves. Color is created by light, a reflection but a perception!

Performance 52

Performance 52

Simform

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Nodejs and Ruby on Rails are amongst the most popular and trusted backend frameworks out there. They are trusted and used by some very prestigious organizations around the world. In this article, we give you an unbiased comparison of these two technologies and break them down against various parameters that concern a business owners. So let's find out which of the two frameworks is better in terms of performances, scalability, development speed, and multiple other factors.

Scalability 52

Scalability Speed Technology Technology 52

Tasktop

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Tasktop’s Mission : We are driving toward an inclusive company culture. We are building a come-as-you-are community of mutual respect and trust. We believe that diverse teams perform better and foster an environment of belonging and inclusion. We aim to continually learn, evolve and be better versions of ourselves. Color is created by light, a reflection but a perception!

Performance 40

Performance 40