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Top Redis Use Cases by Core Data Structure Types

Scalegrid

Redis , short for Remote Dictionary Server, is a BSD-licensed, open-source in-memory key-value data structure store written in C language by Salvatore Sanfillipo and was first released on May 10, 2009. Depending on how it is configured, Redis can act like a database, a cache or a message broker. Redis Strings Use Cases.

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Performance Hero: Sergey Chernyshev

Speed Curve

Back in 2009, he started the first web performance meetup group in New York City, which is still running strong today. The first event was in May 2009 with my own presentation about the Tools of the Trade, I still have the deck for it here – it's fun to reminisce about it. Among other things.

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

Smashing Magazine

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. But as it stands, websites are growing ever more obese, which means that the energy demand of the Internet is continuing to grow exponentially. Jack Lenox. 2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00.

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Fostering a Web Performance Culture

Jos

Your dev environment is not your user’s environment Light Work , a picture by Émile Perron I use a Macbook Pro to develop websites. In fact, Stockholm was the first city in installing 4G back in 2009. What happens when a browser tries to load a website? I have an iPhone X as my phone, and my testing device. Not even close.

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Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition)

Smashing Magazine

If you’re already familiar with the HTMHell website, then you can guess how interesting its advent calendar is going to get! An advent calendar that has been publishing since 2009 is back again. Accessible websites are simply better websites. The website still showcases some of the best from the previous seasons.

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Using Generative AI to Build Generative AI

O'Reilly

You can move the slider forward and backward to see how this code runs step-by-step: AI Chat for Python Tutors Code Visualizer Way back in 2009 when I was a grad student, I envisioned creating Python Tutor to be an automated tutor that could help students with programming questions (which is why I chose that project name).

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Web Performance Bookshelf

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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 Websites. Even Faster Websites. A collection of practical articles on front-end website performance for front-end developers. Learning HTTP/2.