CSS - Tricks

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Jen Simmons explains how to improve image loading by simply using width and height attributes. The issue is that there’s a lot of jank when an image is first loaded because an img will naturally have a height of 0 before the image asset has been successfully downloaded by the browser. Then it needs to repaint the page after that which pushes all the content around.

Website 66

Website Performance 66

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Dynatrace news. The timeframe selector is one of the most widely used UI controls in Dynatrace. We call it the “global” timeframe selector because it serves as a time filter that, in most cases, enables you to select a specific analysis timeframe that remains persistent across all product pages and views as you navigate through your analysis.

Design 190

Design Technology Technology Systems 190

High Scalability

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Jim Keller recently gave a fascinating and far ranging interview on the AI Podcast. You can find it at Moore's Law, Microprocessors, Abstractions, and First Principles. One of the many topics of discussion was the often predicted death of Moore's Law. In case you've never heard of Jim Keller before, from this intro you can immediately understand why he may have special insight on the topic: Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, having worked at AMD, Apple, Tesla, and now Intel.

Innovation 264

Innovation Architecture Engineering Design 264

Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I’ve been disappointed for a long time with the way in which companies organise software development teams. I remember as a young, naive software developer, I assumed there would be structured processes and patterns similar to those used for designing a software architecture. I crave structure and analytical thinking patterns to design optimal solutions.

Architecture 64

Architecture Strategy Design Software Architecture 64

Rigor

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Reading time 8 min There are many different classes of web performance tools, from synthetic monitoring to application performance monitoring ( APM) , to real user monitoring ( RUM ), and more. These different classes exist because each has its own strengths and weaknesses. When evaluating open source tools or enterprise-grade synthetic monitoring tools, you want to look for capabilities that maximize its strengths.

Monitoring 59

Monitoring Benchmarking Mobile Traffic 59