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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, both real and virtual. Slow websites are just one problem, but for those of us who spend much of our work and personal time online, slow sites creates extra friction in an already friction-filled world. Web stress" is measurable When websites perform poorly, we react badly.

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SRE Incident Management: Overview, Techniques, and Tools

Dotcom-Montior

You cannot virtualize everything…yet. Software services still require physical devices and hardware for them to function. Change management is the process of determining how changes will affect the service deployment and/or consider the effects on the business itself. Asset Management.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

Luckily, there are many great options that help you automate the collection of data and measure how your website performs over time according to these metrics. Faster devices on faster networks have virtually no stalls. Facebook has introduced 2G Tuesdays to increase visibility and sensitivity of slow connections.