The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

by Liwei Guo , Ashwin Kumar Gopi Valliammal , Raymond Tam , Chris Pham , Agata Opalach , Weibo Ni AV1 is the first high-efficiency video codec format with a royalty-free license from Alliance of Open Media (AOMedia), made possible by wide-ranging industry commitment of expertise and resources.

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Media Open Source Efficiency Software Engineering 246

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Django Highlights: Wrangling Static Assets And Media Files (Part 4). Django Highlights: Wrangling Static Assets And Media Files (Part 4). But unfortunately, when dealing with static assets and media files, there are a lot of caveats to deal with. Media Files. Media Files. Philip Kiely. 2020-06-25T12:30:00+00:00.

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Dean Hume

JULY 30, 2018

Without fail, there is this spot along the line where my network connection drops from a clear 4G signal to a 2G signal at best. It’s worth mentioning that around the world, not everyone is lucky enough to get such good connection speeds. This is where the Network Information API aims to change things. The basics.

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Network Speed Google Mobile 78

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience Liran Cohen 2023-08-03T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-03T13:06:00+00:00 I work for Bookaway , a digital travel brand. Large preview ) We’ve known for a long time that fast page performance influences search engine rankings.

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Dynatrace

MAY 6, 2020

Over the last two month s, w e’ve monito red key sites and applications across industries that have been receiving surges in traffic , including government, health insurance, retail, banking, and media. Breaking d own performance across U.S. Media p erformance . seconds to 2.78 seconds. .

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. When it comes to performance, you shouldn’t be stingy. The resource loading waterfall is a cascade of files downloaded from the network server to the client to load your website from start to finish.

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Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? High Performance Browser Networking. This book is about performance problems and the various technologies created to fight them. High Performance Websites.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 1, 2019

the brilliant synth-pop score or the perfectly mixed soundscape of a high speed chase?—?is This approach selects the audio bitrate based on network conditions at the start of playback. Adaptive streaming is a technology designed to deliver media to the user in the most optimal way for their network connection.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. What I didn’t know before writing it was that her agency was struggling to optimize their mobile websites for speed.

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Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance.

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Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum uses an MPP database design that can help you develop a scalable, high performance deployment. High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages. Here are some of the key Greenplum advantages that can help you improve your database performance: High Performance.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What Static content represents fixed web elements like HTML, CSS, JavaScript files, images, and media assets. What is Static Content?Static

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Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

They can also let the user easily see how good or bad the performance of their website is, showing you exactly what is slowing down your site. Element Performance : A user can reach the information of the performance of each element that exists in waterfall chart. In the image below, it is pointed at with the arrow.

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MachMetrics

MARCH 21, 2019

Web performance metrics track the efficiency (or lack thereof) of any individual aspect of your website’s performance. Once you have started collecting some of these must-track web performance metrics for your website, inefficiencies will become clearer. The first step in improving your website is measuring it.

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Rigor

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Google recently announced the launch of their Speed Update. This change to how Google ranks websites for searches will now take mobile page speed into account in its ranking algorithm. This announcement is part of a Google’s ongoing efforts to incentivize good web performance. Prioritize Performance Improvements.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A video with large dimensions or a high bitrate will take longer to download and will require a higher speed network to play back smoothly. This leads to longer startup times, and if the network cannot supply the video fast enough, the video will stall during video playback. Bitrate is the playback speed of the video.

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Network Speed Website Mobile 143

Rigor

JUNE 4, 2019

With so many different metrics available to measure dozens of different aspects of a web page, it can be a struggle to know how best to quantify that page’s overall web performance. In the early days of performance monitoring, there were far fewer metrics than we have today. Which page is “the best” in terms of performance?

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That is why, today, Web Performance is as important and trendy as having an online presence. Table of Contents: What Is Web Performance? What Is Web Performance? Web performance refers to the speed at which a website loads, how fast it’s downloaded, and how an app is displayed on the user’s browser. Conclusion.

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Media Cache Website Mobile 105

Dean Hume

JULY 30, 2018

Without fail, there is this spot along the line where my network connection drops from a clear 4G signal to a 2G signal at best. It’s worth mentioning that around the world, not everyone is lucky enough to get such good connection speeds. This is where the Network Information API aims to change things. The basics.

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Network Speed Google Mobile 40

Dean Hume

JULY 30, 2018

Without fail, there is this spot along the line where my network connection drops from a clear 4G signal to a 2G signal at best. It’s worth mentioning that around the world, not everyone is lucky enough to get such good connection speeds. This is where the Network Information API aims to change things. The basics.

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Network Speed Google Mobile 40

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Site performance is potentially the most important metric. The better the performance, the better chance that users stay on a page, read content, make purchases, or just about whatever they need to do. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. Again, every millisecond counts.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What is Static Content?Static Static content represents fixed web elements like HTML, CSS, JavaScript files, images, and media assets.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 6, 2020

They can also let the user easily see how good or bad the performance of their website is, showing you exactly what is slowing down your site. Interactive Slider : The Interactive Slider is an indicator of the performance of each element in terms of milliseconds. Browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, mobile browsers etc…).

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KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

Image Optimization Importance We have been talking a lot about website optimization lately and have interviewed many web performance experts to get their recommendations and advice. Here are just a few of their responses: A big focus for our performance team is (and will continue to be) optimizing images. You guessed it, images.

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Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Large preview ) While browsers are generally pretty fast, these steps still take time to load, typically in seconds, and even longer on slower, high-latency network connections. That’s practically an eternity when talking about page speed performance. Homepage with DevTools Network inspection enabled and open.

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Media Metrics Mobile Best Practices 73

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Image optimization , loading behavior and rendering in the browser require understanding of image formats and image compression techniques, image decoding and browser rendering, image CDNs and adaptive media loading, not to mention effective caching and preloading. Image Decoding Performance. +. Measuring Image Performance. +.

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Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Software testers explore the effectiveness of processes that should lead to quality software products to make sure they perform the purpose for which they have been designed. Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. Why Perform Compatibility Testing? Files may not show.

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Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Image optimization , loading behavior and rendering in the browser require understanding of image formats and image compression techniques, image decoding and browser rendering, image CDNs and adaptive media loading, not to mention effective caching and preloading. Image Decoding Performance. +. Measuring Image Performance. +.

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Media Cache Google Best Practices 92

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. Rachel Andrew.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Now, since backup speed and compactness are important for busy, important databases, Percona’s open source physical backup solution – Percona XtraBackup (PXB) , takes into account all these aspects and benefits MySQL world with its exceptional capabilities! 29 will let you set up redo log directory while performing a backup.

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C++ Servers Storage Speed 107

Rigor

JUNE 12, 2019

“The Best in Performance” video series from Rigor gives you the chance to eavesdrop on conversations with web performance industry experts, thought leaders, and technologists. Listen in as they talk about current trends, challenges, and lessons that impact the APM and performance space today. Building a culture of performance.

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KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

When it comes to marketing your website, there are a lot of different aspects to consider, such as speed, SEO, conversation rates, bounce rate, and many others. We normally focus solely on the performance aspect, but today we want to dive into additional ways you can optimize images for the web.

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Tech News Gather

DECEMBER 27, 2022

When developing an educational app, it is essential that students have the option to sign up using their social media accounts. A teacher can use this process to analyze a student’s performance and provide appropriate solutions. Social Media. Student Sign-up. Push Notification. Offline Learning. Course Management.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

We needed to serve our growing base of startup, government, and enterprise customers across many vertical industries, including automotive, financial services, media and entertainment, high technology, education, and energy. Seat Pagine Gialle Italia is an Italian media company most famous for producing the Yellow and White Pages directories.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

Lazy-load offscreen images (reduce network contention for key resources). For low impact to First Input Delay : Avoid images causing network contention with other critical resources like CSS and JS. For low impact to First Input Delay : Avoid images causing network contention with other critical resources like CSS and JS.

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