Thu.Jan 31, 2019

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Bandwidth or Latency: When to Optimise for Which

CSS Wizardry

When it comes to network performance, there are two main limiting factors that will slow you down: bandwidth and latency. Bandwidth is defined as…. …the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path. Generally speaking, increased bandwidth is only particularly useful when you’re transferring or downloading large files. If you’re streaming video, the difference between a 2Mb 1 connection and a 20Mb connection will surely be appreciated.

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KeyCDN Launches POP in Romania

KeyCDN

Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve launched yet another POP location to help further supercharge our network’s content delivery speeds. Our newest point of presence has been launched in Bucharest, Romania! The new POP is in production and has been automatically added to all existing Zones. POP in Bucharest Further Expands Content Delivery to Romania With the introduction of a POP in Bucharest, our presence in Europe grows even stronger.

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Developing modern sites with good performance

Jos

Poor performance leads to exclusion. When we create heavy sites we limit what users can access our content. Those with more powerful devices and better network will get sites loaded faster. Those with older devices and slower network will need to wait more. Why performance is important Study after study shows how slowing sites down results in less engagement, less time on the site and a general decrease in key business metrics.

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Limiting JavaScript?

Tim Kadlec

Yesterday there was a bit of a heated discussion around a WebKit issue that suggested putting a limit on the amount of JavaScript a website can load. In the issue, Craig Hockenberry makes the case that enforcing a limit on the amount of JavaScript would provide a sort of “meet me in the middle” solution for users currently using content blockers.

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Enterprise Change is Leadership Change

The Agile Manager

From the COO's perspective, the corporate IT department has hit rock bottom and they keep digging. Very little gets deployed, and the software that does make it live is embarrassingly bad. IT is not exactly a clean canvas. ERP, CRM, document management and other key systems started life as COTS products but have been configured beyond recognition to a point where they can't be upgraded, and they're so ancient they've been disavowed by their vendors.