O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Degrading quality for higher profit It is instructive to consider how the algorithmic technologies that underpinned the aggregator platforms of old (think Amazon, Google and Facebook among others) initially deployed to benefit users, were eventually reprogrammed to increase profits for the platform. But it is far from alone.

Social Media 88

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 88

Dynatrace

AUGUST 3, 2022

half of all corporate networks. The vulnerability enables a remote attacker to take control of a device on the internet if the device is running certain versions of Log4j 2. The Spring framework is popular because it enables software engineers to more easily write and test code to maintain modular applications.

Java 186

Java Traffic Benchmarking Strategy 186

MachMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency. – Google loses 20% of their traffic for every additional 100 milliseconds it takes a page to load.

Internet 44

Internet Internet Latency Speed 44

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After HTTP/2, coming up next is QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections). Google has been working for quite some time to speed up its network protocols in order to minimize website response times. Google is hopeful that QUIC can reduce connection costs towards zero RTTs. Google plans to propose QUIC as an IETF standard.

Transportation 51

Transportation Internet Internet Google 51

KeyCDN

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

That’s why the Internet is currently in a transition period of migrating from IPv4 to the newest version of the Internet Protocol: IPv6. This new version of the Internet protocol has been automatically added to all Zones. IPv6 was first defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 1996 in RFC 1883.

Internet 49

Internet Internet Google IoT 49

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In this paper, we examine the advertising and tracking ecosystems of Over-The-Top ("OTT") streaming devices, which deliver Internet-based video content to traditional TVs/display devices. smart TVs) to facilitate the delivery of Internet-based video content. streaming sticks and boxes) or enable functionality within a TV (e.g.

Systems 104

Systems Traffic Internet Internet 104

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Reverse engineering of those apps to uncover the mechanisms they are using Creation of fingerprints based on the above analysis, which can be used to surface other apps using the same techniques Analysis of the results to figure out what mechanisms are being used in the wild, and how prevalent they are. most apps).

Systems 74

Systems Traffic Network Google 74

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Google and Amazon’s latest AI chips have arrived," [link] Oct 2022 - [Intel 22] Intel, "Intel® Developer Cloud," [link] accessed Dec 2022 I've taken care to cite the author names along with the talk titles and dates, including for Internet sources, instead of the common practice of just listing URLs.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. Popular search engines like Google give preference to websites that are mobile-ready[4]. online shopping, bill payments, etc.) Mobile-first indexing.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Testsigma

JANUARY 30, 2021

With the rapidly increasing use of smartphones and ease of access to the internet across the globe, testing has spread across vast platforms. For example, if you are using internet banking via a Mobile Web application, it will not allow you to save cards or mark any transaction as favourite. What are Mobile Web Applications?

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Website Internet 52

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Steve Souders was one of the first in reverse-engineering how browsers requested and waited for resources. Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ) These tools make it easier to determine where we need to put emphasis to improve our sites.

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Performance Speed Google Media 237

Testsigma

JANUARY 18, 2021

The possibility is that the web developer and test automation engineer did not do thorough cross browser testing! Consider a scenario where the end-users are using Internet Explorer browser to reach your website but you have not considered ‘testing on IE’ a part of your testing process!

Testing 55

Testing Operating System Website Internet 55

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. Large preview ). Large preview ).

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Jake Archibald. Jake Archibald. Rick Byers.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

LCP, or Largest Contentful Paint , is one of the three Core Web Vitals that you must “pass” to get the full search ranking boost from Google as part of their Page Experience Update. From an SEO perspective, it doesn’t really matter what other tools tell you, GSC is what Google Search sees. The issue was that LCP was too slow on mobile.

Google 143

Google Traffic Mobile Website 143

Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

MultiBrowser supports testing on all versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Internet Explorer 11. Rapise supports multiple versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Chrome; plus, the test scripts can be executed across different browsers that you have on your local machine. Picture Credit: MultiBrowser. Highlights.

Testing Tools 74

Testing Tools Testing Internet Internet 74

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

So in 1988 I joined the Sun sales force and became a Systems Engineer (nowadays we would say Solutions Architect). I still code in R… One role I had for many years was to lead technical training events for the global specialist systems engineers, which we called the Ambassador Program.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Google and Amazon’s latest AI chips have arrived," [link] , Oct 2022 [Intel 22] Intel, "Intel® Developer Cloud," [link] , accessed Dec 2022 I've taken care to cite the author names along with the talk titles and dates, including for Internet sources, instead of the common practice of just listing URLs.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

When it comes to web content, you can easily find what you need through many different paths, from search engines and social media to playlists and blogs, jumping from one source to another with just a tap of a finger. High Performance Browser Networking. Fail, and you can kiss your customers and profits goodbye.” Time is Money.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

Randon ASCII

JULY 11, 2022

I’d been testing on a virtual machine in a data center that I had access to, purely because this machine has an internet connection that runs at over 2 Gbps. But I’d also recorded an ETW trace to understand where CPU time in the Network Service utility process was going, and I’d noticed some time being spent in ntoskrnl.exe!

Cache 105

Cache Energy Google Processing 105

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Steve Souders was one of the first in reverse-engineering how browsers requested and waited for resources. Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ). Simulate bad network conditions and slow CPUs and make your project resilient.

Performance 130

Performance Speed Google Media 130

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Google Docs, Trello, …). It should work without a network. That connection could be peer-to-peer across devices, and doesn’t have to be over the Internet. Used in conjunction with the dat:// networking stack the result is Hypermerge. I’m all in :). The rock or the hard place? See e.g. Brendan Burns’ recent tweet ).

Cloud 83

Cloud Software Software Internet 83

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Just as people use Xerox as shorthand for paper copies and say “Google” instead of internet search, Docker has become synonymous with containers. Running containers : Docker Engine is a container runtime that runs in almost any environment: Mac and Windows PCs, Linux and Windows servers, the cloud, and on edge devices.

Open Source 300

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 300

KeyCDN

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

KeyCDN uses Google Authenticator to provide an authentication code which is used to log in. Install the Google Authenticator app on your device and add the two-factor authentication secret manually or scan the QR code provided on your screen. This allows you to restrict the access to your account by IP (/32) or network (e.g. /24).

Transportation 47

Transportation Website Google Infrastructure 47

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

However, let’s take a step further and learn how to deploy modern qualities to PWAs, such as offline functionality, network-based optimizing, cross-device user experience, SEO capabilities, and non-intrusive notifications and requests. The following qualities are considered great additions to the basic PWA by Google developers.

Cache 124

Cache Internet Internet Google 124

High Scalability

JUNE 29, 2018

jedberg : Despite being a strong advocate for AWS, this is where I will say Google completely outshines Amazon. Google's approach to pricing is, "do it as efficiently and quickly as possible, and we'll make sure that's the cheapest option". Google applies bulk discounts after the fact, AWS makes you ask for them ahead of time.

Scalability 131

Scalability Internet Internet Wireless 131

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

The 85% global-share OS (Android) has historically facilitated browser choice and diversity in browser engines. Engine diversity is essential, as it is the mechanism that causes competition to deliver better performance, capability, privacy, security, and user controls. More on that when we get to iOS. PWA Feature Detector.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Following from the above, an undeniable strength of PWAs, when compared to native applications, is that their pages are findable via search engines. For instance, the product pages of an e-commerce store’s native app don’t come in sight of search engines. You need a site for that. Below is an example of the Netatmo PWA.

Code 74

Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Last year, Google started emphasizing the importance of Core Web Vitals and how they reflect a person’s real experience when visiting sites around the web. Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. This is a screenshot from our mobile Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console.

Google 93

Google Analytics Serverless Metrics 93

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2022

Public cloud refers to on-demand infrastructure and services provided by a third party over the public internet. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outpost : This offering provides pre-configured hardware and software for customers to run native AWS computing, networking, and services on-premises in a cloud-native manner.

Infrastructure 180

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 180

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's time once again to update our priors regarding the global device and network situation. seconds on the target device and network profile, consuming 120KiB of critical path resources to become interactive, only 8KiB of which is script. What's changed since last year? and 75KiB of JavaScript. These are generous targets.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Apple forces developers of competing browsers to use their engine for all browsers on iOS , restricting their ability to deliver a better version of the web platform. They are, pound for pound, some of the best engine developers globally and genuinely want good things for the web. So is speedy resolution and agreement.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum interconnect is the networking layer of the architecture, and manages communication between the Greenplum segments and master host network infrastructure. The multi-cloud platform allows you to deploy and manage on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud (coming soon) cloud platforms, or VMware on-premise environments.

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

These vendors serve data center players and offer advanced options, such as ScaleGrid’s engine, which ensures that different elements work well together automatically, eliminating the need for manual effort in managing heterogeneous environments. This opens up possibilities not only difficult but almost impossible to attain conventionally!

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

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. As another example, most applications on the Internet use TCP internally to ensure that all of their data are transmitted in full. Did You Know? Did You Know?

Transportation 145

Transportation Internet Internet Network 145