High Scalability

APRIL 3, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines.

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Database Cloud Open Source Systems 177

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

As per April 2019 data of Statistica[1], the global mobile population accounted for 4 billion unique users. This essentially means that your website should not only be mobile-friendly but it should also have a Responsive Web Design so that your target customers can access your products (or services) with ultra-ease on their hand-held devices.

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Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

Speed Curve

MARCH 17, 2025

Downtime makes headlines: 2015 – 12-hour Apple outage cost the company $25 million 2016 – 5-hour outage caused an estimated loss of $150 million for Delta Airlines 2019 – 14-hour outage cost Facebook an estimated $90 million It's easy to see why these stories capture our attention. These are big numbers!

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Metrics Website Airlines Speed 66

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 31, 2019

With Dynatrace Synthetic you can deliver clean-room performance benchmark and availability monitoring for your business. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re expanding to all the availability zones that are provided by your cloud regions. After 1 December 2019 Dynatrace Synthetic will use the new set of IP addresses

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Scalability Traffic Monitoring Benchmarking 29

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

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

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Website Performance Website Energy Performance 78

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 17, 2019

Intel and Netflix announced their collaboration on a software video encoder implementation called SVT-AV1 on April 8, 2019. AOM has produced the reference software for AV1, which is called libaom and is available online. You can track the SVT-AV1 performance progress on the beta of AWCY (AreWeCompressedYet) website.

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Open Source Scalability Speed Efficiency 167

KeyCDN

MARCH 22, 2023

More and more website owners and businesses are affected by devastating security breaches. Thus, the issue of security is increasingly becoming a major concern for website owners and web developers. But, first, let's look at the importance of website security. Attacks could spread to other crucial websites linked to your server.

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Website Servers Ecommerce Code 60

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Back in October of 2019, “Perl 6” was renamed to “Raku”. The project is available in twenty languages, and encourages all kinds of contributions to open-source projects — including non-pull-request contributions. Accessible websites are simply better websites. 24 Accessibility (2019). AdventOfCode on Twitter.

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Design Development Programming Website 120

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

2019-06-20T11:00:16+02:00. 2019-06-20T10:35:07+00:00. As of writing, they have been viewed over 29 trillion times across the web and it’s easy to understand why — the collection gives you access to over 900 beautiful fonts you can use on your website for free. All of the fonts files are available on Github.

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Google Performance Cache Website 111

Smashing Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A number of sites moved to font-display: swap when this first came out, and Google Fonts even made it the default in 2019. If the web font isn’t available then, we fall back to the fallback font, but the next page navigation (or a reload of this page) will use the font — as it should have finished downloading now.

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Operating System Google Website Cache 145

KeyCDN

MAY 6, 2020

The feature WebP caching and Brotli compression is now also available for Push Zones! Both features will boost performance and make your website faster. WebP caching is automatically active once Image Processing is enabled and will transform images to WebP if the client supports the format.

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Cache Mobile Website Processing 93

Smashing Magazine

JULY 16, 2019

2019-07-16T14:30:59+02:00. 2019-07-16T14:35:52+00:00. Web scraping is a way to grab data from websites without needing access to APIs or the website’s database. Luckily, many websites recognize the need for users to obtain data, and they make the data available through APIs. started (bot: oscars).

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Scalability Website C++ Servers 89

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

(They seem to have learned from their mistakes for Prime Day 2019.). And Nordstrom dealt with crashes and other issues at the beginning of its popular anniversary sale in 2019. Security holes in your site open you to exploit, which could not only compromise your customers’ data but also impact your performance and availability.

Website 74

Website Cache Traffic Ecommerce 74

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

I am available to help you find and fix your site-speed issues through performance audits , training and workshops , consultancy , and more. But for many queries, there is lots of helpful content available. I’m available for hire to help you out with workshops , consultancy , advice , and development. You should get in touch.

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Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

It is one of the most complete “state of the web” reports currently available. In the below image, ‘fast’ websites are those with a FCP consistently below 1 second. Conversely, ‘slow’ websites are consistently slower that 3 seconds. Only 2% of the websites in the pool had a TTFB under 0.2

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Performance Speed Website Mobile 52

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 28, 2019

Plesk VPS Hosting For Better Website Outcomes. Plesk VPS Hosting For Better Website Outcomes. 2019-03-28T10:30:39+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. In early discussions you have with clients about the website you’re tasked with designing, does the topic of web hosting ever come up? Suzanne Scacca.

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Website Servers Design Traffic 50

Smashing Magazine

MAY 6, 2019

2019-05-06T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-05-06T11:34:08+00:00. Lazy loading is a way to improve the performance of a website or web application by maximizing the rendering speed of the above-the-fold images and iframes (and sometimes videos) by deferring the loading of below-the-fold content. Andrea Verlicchi. The script is only 2.0

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Website Best Practices Open Source Media 106

KeyCDN

JUNE 6, 2019

The new feature integrates into the existing CDN and is available to all customers. you use image processing, you can of course use all other commands available such as resizing or cropping.When the Image Processing feature is enabled, the Origin Shield is set to enabled and the Ignore Query String is set to disabled.

Cache 81

Cache Servers Website Traffic 81

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Region will be in the heart of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and we're aiming to have it ready by early 2019. This Region will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, and it will provide even lower latency to users across the Middle East. This news marks the 22nd AWS Region we have announced globally.

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Cloud Education Energy Government 117

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

By running basic optimizations of our videos before adding them to our websites, we can prevent these issues from occurring for good — well, most of them. It’s not uncommon to find websites with extremely large videos — for example, used used as hero background videos. There is a solution though! Real-World Data.

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Network Speed Website Mobile 144

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 10, 2022

Description: Infant characters as in my paper “ Letter and symbol misrecognition in highly legible typefaces for general, children, dyslexic, visually impaired and aging readers — 2019 fourth edition.”. The result of the collaboration is a standardized, valid, and reliable reading test system available in numerous languages.

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Performance Design Testing Speed 112

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2019

2019-08-08T13:00:59+02:00. 2019-08-08T12:09:06+00:00. I studied editorial and magazine layout principles, and instead of merely copying them, I found ways to adapt them for the web to make product and website layouts more compelling. Inspired Design Decisions: Ernest Journal. Inspired Design Decisions: Ernest Journal.

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Design Energy Website Media 90

Jos

APRIL 5, 2018

You can check Website Sameness or Web Design Trends: Why Do All Websites Look The Same? Update May 10th 2019 : Google announced during I/O 2019 that they will use an evergreen Googlebot. Here is an example taken from the React Alicante website. This post is also available in Spanish. for some inspiration :).

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Code Performance Google Media 130

KeyCDN

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Enter icon collections and libraries, where designers at all levels can find the best in icons for their website and app projects. Key Features Low-cost and free icon sets available Custom icon creation services are available Ability to buy icon sets or single icons Icons are available in a variety of formats 4.

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Website Design Google Availability 49

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

2019-07-29T14:00:59+02:00. 2019-07-29T13:06:57+00:00. The United Kingdom is ranked 34th out of 207 countries for broadband speed, but in July 2019 there was still a school in the UK without broadband. I installed ModHeader and set the ‘Save-Data’ header to let websites know I want to minimise my data usage. Chris Ashton.

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Cache Mobile Google Network 99

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 31, 2019

According to StatCounter , as of September 2019, Google Chrome holds 63.72% browser market share across the globe. The Chrome DevTools can greatly improve your workflow by helping you develop, test, and debug your websites right within your browser. They provide developers deeper access into their web applications and the browser.

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Google Website Network Media 85

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 13, 2019

2019-06-13T12:30:16+02:00. 2019-06-13T12:06:21+00:00. Andy Clarke April 2019. Avaunt Stencil was designed in 2014 by London based studio A2-TYPE who have since made it available to license. Cold War Design’ from Avaunt magazine issue 7, January 2019. Inspired Design Decisions: Avaunt Magazine. Andrew Clarke.

Design 107

Design Media Energy Innovation 107

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. The file size of your images of course is very important, but SEO and social media also play an important part in helping your website perform and convert better.

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Social Media Media Google Website 106

Percona

AUGUST 17, 2023

StackOverflow statistics show that 26% of developers preferred it in 2017, 34% in 2019, and 40% in 2021. How-to documentation is readily available. It’s well-suited for organizations that require mission-critical applications with high availability. Bugs and security vulnerabilities are identified more quickly.

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Open Source Healthcare Social Media Database 98

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2019

2019-08-23T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-08-23T13:06:42+00:00. What if you could present a preview image to the website visitor without having to load additional data? If your website consists of many JPEGs, you will notice that even progressive JPEGs load one after the other. Faster Image Loading With Embedded Image Previews.

Network 106

Network Servers Programming Code 106

Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

I'm only aware of a few such instances: Apple's 2019 response to the U.S. Nefarious websites have analysed other web browser engines and found flaws that have not been disclosed, and exploit those flaws when a user goes to a particular website to silently violate user privacy or security.

Engineering 112

Engineering Open Source Website Operating System 112

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

There's no point in recommending a better browser because none is available. US Government websites from macOS devices from March 6 th to April 4 th , 2022 " width="600" height="380" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />. US Government websites from Apple OS es" width="600" height="371" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />.

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Engineering Traffic Government Google 124

MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

Website performance & speed plays a major role in the success of an online business. 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. How to get these matrics right and not mess up?

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Cache Speed Google Website 78

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 9, 2019

2019-04-09T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. Way back in the days when JavaScript was very much the poorer cousin to HTML and CSS, we didn’t need to think too much about how our scripts could be used as an attack vector for our websites. file hosted as part of their own website on their own server. Drew McLellan.

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Website Servers Code Best Practices 64

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Like any file referenced and used on a website, it first needs to be downloaded from a server. Website performance is not consistent across devices. JavaScript processing times are vastly different between high-end, average and low-end devices (Image source: ' The cost of JavaScript in 2019 ' by Addy Osmani) ( Large preview ).

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Code Performance Network Website 104

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

In simple terms, an open source database is this: It’s a database with source code that is free and available to all. Open source standards and community support enable developers and DBAs to focus on accelerating feature creation and on enhancing availability, performance, scalability, and security.

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Open Source Database Storage Scalability 107

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

2019-09-05T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-09-05T13:30:34+00:00. An innovative approach to website design matters because it creates more engaging experiences and attractive visual designs. Those things can help our digital products and websites appeal to audiences and communicate better. Andrew Clarke. Large preview ).

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Design Media Website Development 85