The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As we expand offerings rapidly across the globe, our ideas and strategies around plans and offers are evolving as well. We are inspired to provide the best offer and plan setup tailored to our customers’ needs to make their choice easier to start a membership. Consumers pass a map of context to be used as rules evaluation criteria.

Mobile 219

Mobile Engineering Infrastructure Scalability 219

Simform

MAY 17, 2021

Component-based development has become the go-to strategy for organizations worldwide looking forward to scale and streamline frontend development. This article walks you through all the benefits of component-based development and lays down the best practices for the strategy.

Scalability 52

Scalability Development Best Practices Strategy 52

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. In the absence of a proper backup strategy, the data can be lost forever, leading to significant financial and reputational damage. Best practice tip : Use PBM to time huge backup sets.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2021

As developers gain responsibilities through practices such as GitOps and SRE , their ability to configure observability – and keep it up to date with evolving requirements – becomes a cornerstone for successful organizations. Support all the mechanisms and best-practices of git-based workflows such as pull requests, merging and approvals.

Open Source 142

Open Source Code Monitoring Azure 142

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Existing best practices and guidance, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), give us a solid foundation for inclusive design and already incorporate many details that affect dyslexic readers. Jump to online workshops ?. An Existing Design. 1 will still meet the enhanced contrast guidelines.

Website 134

Website C++ Best Practices Design 134

Dynatrace

JULY 9, 2020

From of our learnings on how we integrated Dynatrace into our DevOps toolchain , we advise our customers to follow our best practices around integrating delivery tools with Dynatrace, enforcing Dynatrace-based quality gates, implementing monitoring as code or automate remediation based on Dynatrace problems.

Cloud 198

Cloud DevOps Azure Architecture 198

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

As such, it is critical to address limitations in past formulations of fairness, to identify best practices moving forward, and to outline important open research questions. These are both utility based definitions. Classification parity includes many of the most popular mathematical definitions of fairness.

Metrics 109

Metrics Best Practices Government Design 109

MachMetrics

APRIL 3, 2020

Author Steve Souders writes about the best practices that he gained as the Chief Performance Yahoo!, Even Faster Web Sites: Performance Best Practices For Web Developers. Definitely a must read for whoever is interested in web performance! High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge For Front-End Engineers.

Speed 85

Speed Performance Best Practices Website 85

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2021

But these strategies should fit the vast majority of apps around with little to no adjustments. Use it for <Provider> s, global definitions, application settings, and so on. Every time a new route is visited, our pages can tap into the AppStateContext and have their definitions passed down as props. children}. ) }.

Cache 104

Cache Servers Code Best Practices 104

Scalegrid

APRIL 5, 2024

Redis isn’t alone in utilizing sharding strategies — it’s a common concept found throughout database technologies to distribute workload efficiently. The Redis Cluster Specification is the definitive guide to understanding the technology’s internals, while the Redis Cluster Tutorial provides deployment and administration guidelines.

Scalability 130

Scalability Java Efficiency Database 130

Speed Curve

MARCH 7, 2022

And we need to have strategies in place to understand and manage our pages. Having said that, looking at data over the past ten years, it's safe to make the observation that pages are definitely trending bigger. Here are some tips and best practices to help on that journey. Clearly we need to keep talking about it.

Mobile 145

Mobile Google Benchmarking Metrics 145

Sutter's Mill

MARCH 11, 2024

In that context, I’ll focus on C++ and try to: highlight what needs attention (what C++’s problem “is”), and how we can get there by building on solutions already underway; address some common misconceptions (what C++’s problem “isn’t”), including practical considerations of MSLs; and leave a call to action for programmers using all languages.

C++ 143

C++ Programming Code Java 143

Percona

JULY 6, 2023

Next is the table definition. I included a sequence creation statement for the id column since one best practice is always to have a primary key column, but for the specific examples we will go through, we don’t need it.

Best Practices 96

Best Practices Tuning Testing Database 96

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

You’ll definitely notice a few strong patterns and a lot of overlap. This should expound upon the principle itself and provide more detail in its definition and intention. It is best practice to segment by demographics only with quantitative samples where meaningful differences may be found through statistical analysis.

Code 139

Code Design Education Government 139

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Definitely read up on the strategy and reasoning behind this stack in the first article if you missed it. Now, let’s dive into the technical features and best practices that my team adopted in the process of building the WaterBear web app. For us, images are most definitely part of the LCP.

Cache 74

Cache Strategy Best Practices Design 74

Official Blog - World Web Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This comprehensive guide will look at the advantages, considerations, best practices, and future trends in web development outsourcing in 2023. Flexibility and Scalability Companies that outsource website development can adjust their strategies in response to changing needs for various projects.

Development 59

Development Best Practices Website Artificial Intelligence 59

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

In that spirit, what we’re looking at in this article is focused more on the incremental wins and less on providing an exhaustive list or checklist of performance strategies. It’s is a Google service that audit things performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices. Lighthouse. We’re going to be working with Lighthouse.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. Although landing pages are a common practice in online marketing, we were trying to make the most of it. SEO is key to our success.

Performance 75

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 75

Smashing Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Rethink Your Content Strategy For A Headless CMS ”. “ Connecting these two things, a Headless CMS and a static site builder are considered as a set of web development best practices focused on providing the highest performance, security and lowest cost. Content Type Page fields definition in Storyblok Components section.

Website 143

Website Architecture Technology Technology 143

SQL Performance

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Here's the definition of the POC that supports our query: CREATE INDEX idx_grp_data_i_id ON dbo. When there is a supporting index in place, you're limiting the storage engine to an index order scan strategy (following the index linked list). Consider the following UDF definition as an example: DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS dbo.

Servers 104

Servers C++ Storage Performance 104

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 11, 2022

So we really can’t talk about automating any significant task without seeing it as a non-trivial data integration project: matching IDs, reconciling slightly different definitions of database columns, de-duping, named entity recognition , all of that fun stuff. Some of these tasks have been automated, but many aren’t.

Games 118

Games Processing Healthcare Systems 118

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

” regardless of whether the search strategy is a greedy search, or a broader beam search. In particular, such memorization is not due to overtraining: it occurs early during training and persists across different types of models and training strategies. We find the answer to our question to be an emphatic “Yes!”

Network 55

Network Testing Strategy Google 55

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I’m not here to write up a definitive guide of technical approaches for optimizing the main thread, but there is a wealth of material on the topic. So, think of these as strategies that encourage a “culture” of good performance in an organization. Large preview ) Getting JavaScript Off The Main Thread That’s the goal!

Google 94

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 94

Speed Curve

MAY 1, 2023

> Lighthouse Scores (Synthetic) Google Lighthouse is an open-source tool that checks your page against rules for Performance, PWA, Accessibility, Best Practice, and SEO. In an ideal world, pages served to mobile devices should be under 1 MB – and definitely not more than 2 MB – but I often see pages in excess of 5 MB.

Performance 98

Performance Metrics Media Google 98

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Here, we first cover the basics of MySQL Triggers, and then we take a deeper dive, exploring their impact on memory usage and providing strategies to optimize MySQL server performance. By understanding these challenges and following best practices, you can make the most of triggers while minimizing potential drawbacks.

Cache 64

Cache Database Games Healthcare 64

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Howard sat down with Rigor’s CTO Billy Hoffman to discuss best practices for holiday and peak-load readiness from a user experience and web performance perspective. ” Q: What are your recommendations for creating a peak-event contingency plan? Every team will bring a different perspective to the table.

Performance 68

Performance Traffic Website Performance Testing 68

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

You would, however, be hard-pressed even today to find a good article that details the nuanced best practices. This is because, as I stated in the introduction to part 1 , much of the early HTTP/2 content was overly optimistic about how well it would work in practice, and some of it, quite frankly, had major mistakes and bad advice.

Network 108

Network Servers Cache Traffic 108

Strategic Tech

AUGUST 1, 2019

So Commands from Specific to Generic is a Best Practice? Definitely not. If it truly is generic across many domains yet we can’t replace it with an off-the-shelf solution which has more functionality, and costs less to run, the design is giving feedback that something is wrong. However, our analysis has been shallow.

Architecture 40

Architecture Design Engineering Best Practices 40

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

The Rise Of Design Thinking As A Problem Solving Strategy. It definitely is. We definitely have a lot more need for UI than marketing stuff. There’s accessibility, best practices, performance and one fourth one. I’ve definitely seen it. People are definitely enjoying it. written by Miko?aj I hear you.

Website 63

Website Design Open Source Code 63

CSS Wizardry

MARCH 3, 2019

The best request is the one that never happens: in the fight for fast websites, avoiding the network is far better than hitting the network at all. To this end, having a solid caching strategy can make all the difference for your visitors. ?? The amount of control we’re granted makes for very intricate and powerful caching strategies.

Cache 266

Cache Latency Strategy Servers 266

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). The development team has analyzed and pinpointed the weaknesses in the CSS codebase and has set target goals for the refactor (file size, specificity, color definitions, and so on).

Strategy 135

Strategy Testing Best Practices Code 135

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Backup types and strategies It all begins with choosing a strategy, and that depends on factors such as the use and importance of data to your business, your recovery time objectives (RTO), and your budget. With the right backup strategy , you’ll be better able to achieve the aforementioned business continuity.

Database 94

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 94

CSS - Tricks

MARCH 29, 2021

We could still use too many colors, typographic definitions, or z-indexes, all of which could lead to a messy, unmaintainable, unstable CSS codebase. To truly audit CSS, we would need to dig deeper and find places that are not considered best practices. But that is not what I want to show here, and that is not enough.

Code 110

Code Media Cache Energy 110

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Perhaps this is a best practice even for those using Save Data, as perhaps they’re unaware or had forgotten that they turned this setting on, and so are getting a different experience. The main one is that the definitions of the 4 types are all fixed, and based on quite old network data. There are a few downsides to ECT.

Website 105

Website Media Mobile Network 105

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

It might be tempting to get into quick "low-hanging-fruits"-optimizations early on — and eventually it might be a good strategy for quick wins — but it will be very hard to keep performance a priority without planning and setting realistic, company-tailored performance goals. when web fonts aren’t loaded yet). Large preview ).

Performance 105

Performance Cache Network Metrics 105

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

It might be tempting to get into quick "low-hanging-fruits"-optimizations early on — and it might be a good strategy for quick wins — but it will be very hard to keep performance a priority without planning and setting realistic, company-tailored performance goals. when web fonts aren’t loaded yet). Planning, planning, planning.

Performance 112

Performance Cache Servers Network 112

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

In many organizations, front-end developers know exactly what common underlying problems are and what strategies should be used to fix them. Performance Budgets, Pragmatically shows you a strategy to achieve that. From Fast By Default: Modern loading best practices by Addy Osmani (Slide 19). Planning, planning, planning.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145