High Scalability

JANUARY 24, 2019

For the first time in history, a VC-backed startup in 2018 was more likely to sell to a PE buyer than a fellow VC-backed company. The most famous of these companies—the so-called faangs, of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google—have seen their price-earnings ratios collapse by more than 60 percent in the past two years.

Internet 29

Internet Internet Scalability Games 29

High Scalability

MARCH 22, 2019

BrentToderian : What city went from 14% of all trips by bike in 2001, to 22% by 2012, then leaped to 30% in 3 years by 2015, & 35% by 2018? It has 41 mostly 5 star reviews. They'll learn a lot and love you even more.5 5 billion : weekly visits to Apple App store; $500m : new US exascale computer; $1.7

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Internet Internet Scalability Wireless 134

High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

OpenConnect, the ability to deploy the CDN directly into the internal network of these ISPs served multiple purposes--not the least of which was to expose the fact that they were holding Netflix for ransom. So, to say that was the executive foreseeing things is a bit of revisionist history.

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Artificial Intelligence 113

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Real-time scheduler run queue latency and tcp throughput charts after starting a wget download Many thanks to the great work by Andreas during his 2018 Google Summer of Code project. 10–20 MB/sec (it is, unsurprisingly, receiving lots of data). This allows us to create more complex single-pane dashboards.

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Performance Latency Open Source Metrics 217

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ) These tools make it easier to determine where we need to put emphasis to improve our sites. Simulate bad network conditions and slow CPUs and make your project resilient. Present it to the team.

Performance 237

Performance Speed Google Media 237

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on.

Performance 121

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 121

High Scalability

AUGUST 13, 2018

Typically, applications today—Facebook, Salesforce, Google, Spotify, etc.—are We do have new decentalized services : Bitcoin(2009), Minecraft(2009), Ethereum(2104), IPFS(2015), Mastadon(2016), and PeerTube(2018). —are all centralized. That wasn't always the case.

Internet 116

Internet Internet Google Scalability 116

O'Reilly

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Growth is still strong for such a large topic, but usage slowed in 2018 (+13%) and cooled significantly in 2019, growing by just 7%. But sustained interest in cloud migrations—usage was up almost 10% in 2019, on top of 30% in 2018—gets at another important emerging trend. ML + AI are up, but passions have cooled. Security is surging.

Software Architecture 136

Software Architecture DevOps Data Engineering Architecture 136

ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

They use the graph as the basic representation for many AI-related algorithms, including neural network, Bayesian network, Markov Field, and some other emerging methods. More details can be found in their recent talk in Scaled Machine Learning in March 2018. GPU can also be considered as a special SPU.

Hardware 99

Hardware Artificial Intelligence Architecture Google 99

O'Reilly

JANUARY 13, 2020

As we noted last year, the release of Java 11 in September 2018 brought a raft of new features, including many that give the release a significant, clear advantage for using containers. Google announced in May 2019 that Kotlin is now its preferred language for Android app developers , boosting the language’s already strong adoption.

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Programming Java Google C++ 132

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Google and Amazon’s latest AI chips have arrived," [link] Oct 2022 - [Intel 22] Intel, "Intel® Developer Cloud," [link] accessed Dec 2022 I've taken care to cite the author names along with the talk titles and dates, including for Internet sources, instead of the common practice of just listing URLs.

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Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 103

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A website’s performance can make or break its success, yet in August 2020, despite many improvements we had previously made, such as implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR), the ratio of Wix websites with good Google Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores was only 4%. Google search ranking. Large preview ). The Wix Challenge. Heavier websites.

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Website Performance Google Website Performance 129

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Webhosting Compared: Testing The Uptime Of 32 Hosts In 2018. Webhosting Compared: Testing The Uptime Of 32 Hosts In 2018. If you’re into each month overviews with more detailed data, take a look at these pages below: Detailed Google Spredsheet (1st of January to 31st of December 2018). John Stevens. MidPhase.com.

Testing 50

Testing Website Servers Availability 50

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Why do we need Lighthouse at all when Google also offers similar reports in PageSpeed Insights (PSI)? The truth is that the two tools were fairly distinct until PSI was updated in 2018 to use Lighthouse reporting. Google focuses on the 75th percentile of users in the CrUX data when reporting core web vitals metrics.

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Speed Google Website Metrics 100

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Failing that, we are usually able to connect to home or public WiFi networks that are on fast broadband connections and have effectively unlimited data. A 2018 study by cable.co.uk found that Zimbabwe was the most expensive country in the world for mobile data, where 1 GB cost an average of $75.20, ranging from $12.50 to $138.46.

Cache 97

Cache Mobile Google Network 97

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Most of you have probably seen the following Google PageSpeed Insights optimization suggestion at one point or another when running a speed test: By compressing and adjusting the size of … you can save 14.2 An easy way to compress images is with our image processing service that happens to also be fully integrated into our existing network.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Google Website 106

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There are several emerging data trends that will define the future of ETL in 2018. In 2018, we anticipate that ETL will either lose relevance or the ETL process will disintegrate and be consumed by new data architectures. With the arrival of new cloud-native tools and platform, ETL is becoming obsolete. More details on this approach.

Big Data 49

Big Data Artificial Intelligence Storage Hardware 49

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's time once again to update our priors regarding the global device and network situation. seconds on the target device and network profile, consuming 120KiB of critical path resources to become interactive, only 8KiB of which is script. What's changed since last year? and 75KiB of JavaScript. These are generous targets.

Performance 98

Performance Network Mobile Speed 98

Abhishek Tiwari

JANUARY 6, 2018

Some of the interesting features included in Cabin, Seamless support for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Marmot is a workflow execution engine from Google for processing workflows targeting DevOps/SRE needs. — Abhishek Tiwari (@abhishektiwari) January 6, 2018. So for instance, you can delete pods with a single left swipe.

Open Source 111

Open Source DevOps Engineering Storage 111

O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 110

Social Media Google Internet Internet 110

O'Reilly

MAY 19, 2020

AWS is far and away the cloud leader, followed by Azure (at more than half of share) and Google Cloud. network engineer, at >2%) and management positions (IT manager, at close to 3%; operations manager at >1%). However, close to half (~48%) use Microsoft Azure, and close to one-third (~32%) use Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Cloud 141

Cloud Serverless AWS DevOps 141

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Real-time network protocols for enabling videoconferencing, desktop sharing, and game streaming applications. After years of standards discussion and the first delivered to other platforms in 2018, iOS 14.5 April 2018 , but not usable until several releases later). Delayed five years. Gamepad API. Pointer Lock. Media Recorder.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Source: Google /SOASTA Research, 2018. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. On the flip side, Firefox made their webpages load 2.2

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Network 92

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

TLS stands for Transport Layer Security which is a cryptographic protocol used to increase security over computer networks. That being said, this year in 2018, a brand new version of TLS has been released in which the entire web will now begin migrating towards. The Benefits of TLS 1.3 and 0-RTT: bssl client -connect demo-1.kxcdn.com:443

Transportation 67

Transportation C++ Network Testing 67

The Symphonia

JUNE 19, 2018

This summer also marks the 4-yearly event that is La Copa Mundial (we only get Telemundo in my apartment, not Fox Sports Network) but since the good old US of A are absent from the men’s World Cup this year, football fever is distinctly frigid. Next up Lynn Langit gave a talk on Serverless SQL , updated for 2018.

Serverless 40

Serverless AWS DevOps Open Source 40

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Thanks to progress in networks and browsers (but not devices), a more generous global budget cap has emerged for sites constructed the "modern" way: ~100KiB of HTML/CSS/fonts and ~300-350KiB of JS (compressed) is the new rule-of-thumb limit for at least the next year or two. Modern network performance and availability.

Performance 127

Performance Network Metrics Cache 127

Scalegrid

AUGUST 15, 2019

Over 100,000 users are leveraging the Studio 3T MongoDB GUI, including leading organizations such as AT&T, Nike, Microsoft, Google, Intel and Tesla. Performance monitoring tools display database metrics such as read and write operations, number of client requests, memory and network usage, and number of page faults.

Database 40

Database Servers Availability Monitoring 40

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). Using just a few (but still more than one), however, could nicely balance congestion growth with better performance, especially on high-speed networks. Servers and Networks. Network Configuration.

Network 108

Network Servers Cache Traffic 108

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

The Mozilla Internet Health Report 2018 states that — especially as the Internet expands into new territory — “sustainability should be a bigger priority.” This includes the work done by the server, the client and the intermediary communications networks that transmit data between the two. Large preview ). Large preview ).

Website Performance 74

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 74

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

Increase the Google rankings of your web pages. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a network of servers that is placed in different locations across the globe. Between June 2017 and 2018, the total number of SSL certificates increased by a record 13.2 What are SSL Certificates Used For? million certificates.

Monitoring 77

Monitoring Website Internet Internet 77

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ). This is difficult to prove because developers will say that “the experience” is what they are seeing on their computers using, for example, Google Chrome. A screenshot of Lighthouse 3.0,

Performance 100

Performance Speed Google Media 100

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Tasktop

MAY 24, 2021

The program helps develop strong leaders who can build up a network of relationships and connections, broaden their understanding of the business and empower them to use technology to create amazing products for customers. With visionary leadership a major theme, it’s unsurprising to learn that OKRs were another. Any memorable quotes? .

DevOps 91

DevOps Metrics Healthcare Innovation 91

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While experienced AI developers are starting to leave powerhouses like Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, not enough are leaving to meet demand—and most of them will probably gravitate to startups rather than adding to the AI talent within established companies. Microsoft, Google, IBM, and OpenAI have offered more general indemnification.

Open Source 111

Open Source Google Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 111

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Let’s take a look at some of the best error monitoring tools and strategies for 2018. The Google DevTools console can give you real-time feedback to help you trace the source of errors, and you can set handlers to automate exception data collection. Source: Google Keep in mind that not all code errors are noticeable to users.

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Monitoring Strategy Website Google 67

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

With the latest introduction of the Core Web Vital section on GSC + upcoming Google’s core web vital update, site owners are forced to take note of their website speed and web vitals. Importance of page loading speed – Google checks your website load time and they like it as fast with a better user experience.

Cache 78

Cache Speed Google Website 78

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

2018: MongoDB announces that it is moving from GNU AGPLv3 licensing to the Service Side Public License (SSPL). That early decision was notable because whereas the GPL is applied if derivative work is distributed, the AGPL license applies both for distributed work and whenever end users interact with a program over a network.

Open Source 86

Open Source Programming Database Servers 86