The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Written by Jose Fernandez , Arthur Gonigberg , Julia Knecht , and Patrick Thomas In 2017, Netflix Studios was hitting an inflection point from a period of merely rapid growth to the sort of explosive growth that throws “how do we scale?” into every conversation. Our gateways are powered by our flagship open-source technology Zuul.

Internet 225

Internet Internet Cloud Traffic 225

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control,” [link] 2016 - [Gregg 16] Brendan Gregg, “Unikernel Profiling: Flame Graphs from dom0,” [link] Jan 2016 - [Gregg 16b] Brendan Gregg, “Linux 4.X I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

Performance 121

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 121

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The odd time we hit them, we'll take the "oops message" – a dump of the kernel stack trace and other details from the system log – and search the Internet. In an environment like ours (patched LTS kernels running in VMs), panics are rare.

Virtualization 75

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 75

Professor Beekums

DECEMBER 11, 2016

UPDATE 2017-01-01: This post has a follow up. Search for the answer on the internet and you will get many different answers. Most engineering organizations will have to answer the question: “What makes a software developer a senior developer?” This is a challenging question because it is extremely subjective.

Software 80

Software Software Development Internet 80

J. Paul Reed

JANUARY 24, 2017

I mentioned last week I’d have 2017 predictions for you… well, last week. So, what do I think 2017 will have in store for us? STABLE This prediction was originally published in a larger T echBeacon piece on 2017 DevOps predictions. But we’ll see this mechanism happen in 2017. Prediction #1: DevOps Will Be Declared 1.0-STABLE

DevOps 40

DevOps Engineering IoT C++ 40

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

Performance 103

Performance Latency Cache Google 103

O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

In the early idealistic days of internet expansion, the leading companies earned outsized profits by solving the attention allocation problem. As the internet grew, the amount of information available to consumers became so vast that it outran traditional human means of curation and selection. The market was maturing.

Social Media 131

Social Media Google Internet Internet 131

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 9, 2019

I recently profiled a page on a Pixel 2 (released in 2017), and an Alcatel 1x (released in 2018). My home internet connection gives me somewhere around 3 Mbps down. In a 2012 paper, The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy estimated the internet uses 5 kWh on average to support every GB of data.

Performance 111

Performance Energy Internet Internet 111

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Colleagues/Internet I love using [Linux performance tools]. But I also love solving issues quickly, and sometimes that means just asking colleagues or searching the Internet. It's the same on CentOS, although it doesn't include a vdso frame in the flame graph (I'd guess due to a perf(1) difference alone). ## 4.

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Speed Java AWS Virtualization 103

The Symphonia

DECEMBER 6, 2017

API Gateway can now be used to provide an internet-accessible public front to web services enclosed within a VPC. Serverless at re:Invent 2017 was originally published in The Symphonium on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. We’re the experts!

Serverless 40

Serverless Lambda AWS Traffic 40

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

In 2017, mobile internet usage passed desktop as the majority. Unfortunately, the data from Backlinko paints a bleak picture when it comes to mobile internet browsing. What is the number of resources I should stay under? How fast is the average time to first byte (server delay)? Mobile is still the top priority.

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

The aim is to deliver content on the internet in a faster and smoother way. CDNs essentially act as the backbone for high speed internet content delivery and performance. While CDNs have taken over the world of internet, they face major challenges in integration with SSL certificates. This could result in a loss in site traffic.

Monitoring 77

Monitoring Website Internet Internet 77

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

That’s not all, the global mobile traffic is expected to increase sevenfold between 2017 and 2022. The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. that require internet connectivity.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

KeyCDN

JANUARY 31, 2019

As for Romania, it covers an area of over 238,000 square kilometers and as of 2017 had a population of almost 20 million. Growth Of Internet in Romania Although the Internet penetration rate isn’t as high as other countries, at 58% as of 2016, the Internet speeds in Romania have been known to be one of the fastest in the world.

Internet 48

Internet Internet Ecommerce Speed 48

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control,” [link] 2016 - [Gregg 16] Brendan Gregg, “Unikernel Profiling: Flame Graphs from dom0,” [link] Jan 2016 - [Gregg 16b] Brendan Gregg, “Linux 4.X I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Growth Of Internet in Finland The number of Internet users in Finland correlates very closely with the current number of residents. Back in 1984, FUNET was launched to connect Finnish universities and in 2000 internet in Finland was launched commercially. million Internet users in Finland resulting in a 92.5%

Internet 48

Internet Internet Speed Network 48

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

Many critiques are possible, both of the target (five seconds for first load), the sample population (worldwide internet users), and of the methodology (informed reckons). Emerging markets with high mobile internet use and dense populations can feature poor fixed-line broadband penetration compared with Western markets. In the U.S.,

Performance 98

Performance Network Mobile Speed 98

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Measuring the carbon footprint of the web isn’t an exact science, but a report by the BBC in 2020 estimates that all internet activity accounts for around 3.7% This post from 2017 outlines some stats and some possible reasons.) Everyone can play a role in this, including those of us working on the web. The Web Share API.

Social Media 121

Social Media Media Website Airlines 121

Professor Beekums

DECEMBER 11, 2016

UPDATE 2017-01-01: This post has a follow up. Search for the answer on the internet and you will get many different answers. Most engineering organizations will have to answer the question: “What makes a software developer a senior developer?” This is a challenging question because it is extremely subjective.

Software 40

Software Software Development Internet 40

SQL Server According to Bob

APRIL 24, 2018

Last October we released SQL Server 2017 including support for Linux and Docker Containers. The download is not too large and didn’t take long on my internet connection. docker pull microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-latest. As I moved to other jobs, the PC was becoming very popular as was the Windows Operating System.

Servers 40

Servers Internet Internet Open Source 40

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Google 52

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

Daniel An, Google, 2017. Quote : “40% of people abandon a website that takes more than 3 seconds to load” Neil Patel, Internet Marketing expert. Quote : “40% of people abandon a website that takes more than 3 seconds to load” Neil Patel, Internet Marketing expert. Gary Illyes, Google, 2017.

Cache 78

Cache Speed Google Website 78

Scalegrid

AUGUST 27, 2024

RabbitMQ in IoT Applications The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem depends greatly on effective inter-device communication. This functionality proves vital in preserving the stability of systems when under considerable strain. RabbitMQ ensures that this data exchange is smooth and uninterrupted across different platforms. RabbitMQ in Action.

Ecommerce 130

Ecommerce IoT Games Scalability 130

Sutter's Mill

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Next, I’ll be heading to Bristol to catch the end of the ACCU 2017 conference, and give the closing talk on “Something(s) New in C++.” Here is the current abstract: By the time the ACCU 2017 conference begins, C++17 is expected to be technically complete and in its final approval ballot. What comes next?

Latency 48

Latency C++ Hardware Performance 48

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. Twitter Lite PWA : It was integrated as the standard User Interface in 2017. Internet of Things (IoT).

Blockchain 59

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

For years SSRS was bundled with the installation of SQL Server, which helped add to some of the confusion around licensing and support for the product, so beginning with SSRS 2017, the installation package for Reporting Services is a separate download. SSRS 2008 brought that component into the reporting service module.

Tuning 67

Tuning Servers Database Best Practices 67

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To quote from the project page , “ PlanOut … was created to make it easy to run and iterate on sophisticated experiments in a statistically sound manner while satisfying the constraints of deployed Internet services. Facebook provided a corpus of PlanOut scripts that we used to evaluate PlanAlyzer via a single point of contact.

Programming 52

Programming Internet Internet Design 52

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). WebGL 2 launched for other platforms on Chrome and Firefox in 2017. This adds to the expense of developing for iOS. Converging Views.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

CSS - Tricks

MAY 17, 2019

Since 2017, Safari prevents cross-site tracking by default, through a feature called Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP). Earlier this year, Samsung Internet added an experimental feature called Smart Anti-Tracking that denies third-party trackers access to cookies.

Performance 43

Performance Internet Internet Metrics 43

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. I downloaded TripMode ; an application for Mac which gives you control over which apps on your Mac can access the internet. Any other application’s internet access is automatically blocked. This time, I browsed the web for a day on a 50 MB budget. Conclusion.

Cache 99

Cache Mobile Google Network 99

Testsigma

JANUARY 13, 2021

As mobile phone usage and internet penetration continue to grow at unprecedented rates, competition amongst developers is also at all-time heights. Studies show that in 2017, the worldwide failure rate of iOS apps was as high as 54%, with Android apps crashing 10% of the time.

Mobile 54

Mobile Strategy Testing Efficiency 54

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

StackOverflow statistics show that 26% of developers preferred it in 2017, 34% in 2019, and 40% in 2021. MongoDB is popular across industries — an enlyft survey of 90,240 companies using MongoDB listed the leading uses as Technology and Services (23%), Computer Software (16%), and Internet (6%).

Open Source 107

Open Source Database Storage Scalability 107

Rigor

MARCH 20, 2018

Paul Calvano has an awesome post using HTTP archive data to detail the prevalence of third party content on the internet. 38% of all sites measured in Sept 2017 (~500K) are more than 75% 3rd party content. Third parties are a huge necessity and problem for digital businesses.

Monitoring 40

Monitoring Retail Ecommerce Infrastructure 40

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Colleagues/Internet I love using [Linux performance tools]. But I also love solving issues quickly, and sometimes that means just asking colleagues or searching the Internet. It's the same on CentOS, although it doesn't include a vdso frame in the flame graph (I'd guess due to a perf(1) difference alone). ## 4.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

KeyCDN

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Varonis) In 2017 there was a 13 percent overall increase in reported system vulnerabilities. Bad Bot Protection There is a multitude of bots who crawl the Internet every day. Moreover, here are a few alarming security facts over the past couple of years: 21 percent of all files are not protected in any way.

Transportation 47

Transportation Website Google Infrastructure 47

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

To provide some coherence to the music, I decided to use Taylor Swift songs since her discography covers the time span of most papers that I typically read: Her main albums were released in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022. This choice also inspired me to call my project Swift Papers.

Programming 98

Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98

O'Reilly

MARCH 23, 2023

All of these models are based on a technology called Transformers , which was invented by Google Research and Google Brain in 2017. the internet in general. That’s either the most or the least important question to ask. I’ve had trouble finding a good human-readable description of how Transformers work; this is probably the best.

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