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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar. Is that fair?

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Why Page Speed Scores can be Dangerous

MachMetrics

All of the popular speed testing tools typically provide a page speed score along with their objective results. Google PageSpeed Insights has a their “Speed Score.” While these do have a purpose, most people use them incorrectly, in a way that can be dangerous to your real site speed. seconds to.27 27 seconds!

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Application vulnerabilities: Important lessons from the OWASP top 10 about application security risks

Dynatrace

For example, ensuring software stacks don’t use default accounts or passwords, error handling doesn’t reveal sensitive information, and application server frameworks use secure settings. Extend observability to pre-production environments to catch vulnerabilities early on.

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SpaceX Spending $10 Billion to Make the Internet 20ms Faster

MachMetrics

Elon Musk’s need for speed. 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. This ultimately guides us to one conclusion: Speed is incredibly important. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency.

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Achieving business resilience with modern observability, AI, and automation

Dynatrace

In December 2021, for example, the zero-day vulnerability Log4Shell emerged. It enabled a remote attacker to take control of a device on the internet if the device is running certain versions of Log4j 2. Cloud observability that uses fault-tree analysis , for example, can graphically display and map the precise source of error.

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How To Speed Test Your Site From All Over The World

MachMetrics

Our most recent article identified (and remedied) the 4 most common page speed testing mistakes we see website owners making, and it inspired us to do even more to help those who make mistake #2: Only testing from 1 location. If you’ve never considered other locations when speed testing your site, now is a great time to start.

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How the Great Firewall of China Affects Performance of Websites Outside of China

Dotcom-Montior

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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