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SRE Principles: The 7 Fundamental Rules

Dotcom-Montior

Google was the first company to create, embrace, and put support behind the role of site reliability engineering. When Google first introduced the role of SRE, they set a goal that half of an SREs time should be focused on reducing future operational work or adding service features.

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Optimize Images for Web

KeyCDN

We normally focus solely on the performance aspect, but today we want to dive into additional ways you can optimize images for the web. The file size of your images of course is very important, but SEO and social media also play an important part in helping your website perform and convert better.

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What is a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)?

Dotcom-Montior

The term site reliability engineering first came into existence at Google in 2003 when a site reliability team was created. The term “Site Reliability Engineer” is attributed to Ben Treynor Sloss, now a Vice President of Engineering at Google. At that time, the team was made up of software engineers.

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Performance Testing - Tools, Steps, and Best Practices

KeyCDN

Wait time: Sometimes called average latency, wait time refers the amount of time a request spends in a queue before it gets processed. Our page speed tests gives you a full waterfall breakdown of how your website performs, and you can test how fast your page loads from 14 different locations.

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Build a Node.js Tool to Record and Compare Google Lighthouse Reports

CSS - Tricks

to run Google Lighthouse audits via the command line, save the reports they generate in JSON format and then compare them so web performance can be monitored as the website grows and develops. What is Google Lighthouse? Google Lighthouse is one of the best-automated tools available on a web developer's utility belt.

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How To Boost Media Performance On A Budget

Smashing Magazine

Also, if you are not using a content delivery network (CDN) or multiple CDNs to map users to the closest edge regions for reduced latencies — a practice called suboptimal routing — you might slow down the start of the video. The Art Of Balancing Performance With Media Content. Serve the right format.

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6 Proven Ways to Improve Your eCommerce Conversion Rate

KeyCDN

Online users are becoming less and less patient meaning you as an eCommerce store owner need to implement methods for reducing latency and speeding up your website. There are many ways to speed up a slow website. We’ve written a comprehensive guide which gives 18 tips for website performance optimization.