The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Content is placed on the network of servers in the Open Connect CDN as close to the end user as possible, improving the streaming experience for our customers and reducing costs for both Netflix and our Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners. We build Python libraries to interact with other Netflix platform level services.

Open Source 279

Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 279

DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

One, by researching on the Internet; Two, by developing small programs and benchmarking. There were languages I briefly read about, including other performance comparisons on the internet. Most of us, as we spend years in our jobs — tend to be proficient in at least one of these. These include Python, PHP, Perl, and Ruby.

Java 207

Java C++ Benchmarking Programming 207

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In the late 1990s, marketing and advertising agencies saw the potential of eye-tracking for the Internet and started using the technology to analyze how people consume content online. For instance, Nielsen’s research conducted in 2006 showed that people read content on the Internet in an F-shaped pattern.

Mobile 112

Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 112

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Database downtime can hurt or doom any company with anything to do with the internet.

Availability 106

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 106

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking , as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. The Core Web Vitals are a set of three metrics designed to measure the “core” experience of whether a website feels fast or slow to the users, and so gives a good experience.

Google 140

Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

MachMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2020

We wanted to have control of the hardware that runs our tests and deliver consistent results. Some visitors will be coming to your site via a blazing fast internet on an overpowered, flagship mobile device. Others will be coming to you from a slow, rural internet connection on a budget laptop. The trend is your friend.

Speed 62

Speed Testing Website Cache 62

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. You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure”.

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Which metrics should I use?” Which values of these metrics are acceptable?”. The metrics selection is outside of the scope of this article and depends highly on the project context, but I recommend that you start by reading User-centric Performance Metrics by Philip Walton. It’s not an issue. Synthetic Tests.

Performance 99

Performance Metrics Best Practices Code 99

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL backups play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of your data, providing defense against various unforeseen calamities, hardware malfunctions, data loss, corruption, and inadvertent deletions. DataCenter Failure : power outage or internet provider issues. Why Do MySQL Backups Matter?

Best Practices 78

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 78

Rigor

MARCH 20, 2018

Instead of focusing on hardware and infrastructure first, technical teams should first ensure that they first have visibility on the thing that drives the business: their customer experience. Paul Calvano has an awesome post using HTTP archive data to detail the prevalence of third party content on the internet.

Monitoring 40

Monitoring Retail Ecommerce Infrastructure 40

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

In almost every area, Apple's low-quality implementation of features WebKit already supports requires workarounds not necessary for Firefox (Gecko) or Chrome/Edge/Brave/Samsung Internet (Blink). Another window into this question is provided by the Web Confluence Metrics project. is access to hardware devices. Converging Views.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It is mostly a metric of quality assurance, but the whole app development team is active in its operations. We have software that communicates with different components, such as APIs, databases, and hardware, and data flows in real-time across many connected devices in the IoT environment (internet of things).

Testing 54

Testing Testing Tools Software Engineering Efficiency 54

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Design your test without the hassle of managing hardware, giving you the ability to identify objectives and define a scenario by setting up a number of users and test duration. Use baseline metrics to identify performance degradation by reviewing elements provided by waterfall charts.

Performance Testing 40

Performance Testing Strategy Testing Performance 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Table Of Contents. Quick Wins.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics Performance culture, Core Web Vitals, performance profiles, CrUX, Lighthouse, FID, TTI, CLS, devices. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. DOM complete, time to first byte, first input delay, client CPU and memory usage. Get a free trial of LogRocket today.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Table Of Contents. Setting Realistic Goals. Defining The Environment.

Performance 104

Performance Cache Network Metrics 104

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Modern browsers like Chrome and Samsung Internet support a long list of features that make web apps more powerful and keep users safer. This reduces friction and commensurately increases "engagement" metrics. [6]. Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. PWA Feature Detector. Web OTP (for easier/faster sign-in).

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

This is because HTTP/3 and QUIC mainly help deal with the somewhat uncommon yet potentially high-impact problems that can arise on today’s Internet. On the Internet, however, we typically have a long series of connected pipes , some of which can be wider than others (leading to so-called bottlenecks at the narrowest links).

Performance 106

Performance Network Latency Servers 106

Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 2019

Public cloud is a cloud computing model where IT services are delivered across the internet. There are many more opportunities to customize your infrastructure with an on-premise setup, but requires a significant upfront investment in hardware and software computing resources, as well as on-going maintenance responsibilities.

Open Source 55

Open Source Database Cloud Infrastructure 55

Highly Scalable

AUGUST 20, 2013

In other cases, simple hash join is often sufficient since the buffer is constantly full and does not block the processing: It is worth noting that in-stream processing often deals with sophisticated stream correlation algorithms where records are matched based on scoring metrics, not on field equality condition. Logical Time Tracking.

Big Data 154

Big Data Processing Lambda Database 154

Highly Scalable

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A database should accommodate itself to different data distributions, cluster topologies and hardware configurations. Data version can be specified by a timestamps or application-specific metric. This attribute can be a static ID or some recency metric like the last transaction ID (the most up-to-date node wins). References.

Database 213

Database Latency C++ Scalability 213