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The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache

CSS Wizardry

Concatenating our files on the server: Are we going to send many smaller files, or are we going to send one monolithic file? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Cache This is the easy one.

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Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction

The Netflix TechBlog

Best Effort Regional Counter This type of counter is powered by EVCache , Netflix’s distributed caching solution built on the widely popular Memcached. Rollup Cache To optimize read performance, these values are cached in EVCache for each counter. With this approach, the counts continually converge to their latest value.

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The Power of Caching: Boosting API Performance and Scalability

DZone

Caching is the process of storing frequently accessed data or resources in a temporary storage location, such as memory or disk, to improve retrieval speed and reduce the need for repetitive processing. Bandwidth optimization: Caching reduces the amount of data transferred over the network, minimizing bandwidth usage and improving efficiency.

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Percona Server for MySQL Data Masking Enhanced with Dictionary Term Cache

Percona

In Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.41 / 8.4.4, Introduced an in-memory dictionary term cache that allows significant speed-up of dictionary operations. we significantly re-designed the Data Masking Component. Introduced masking_dictionaries_flush() User Defined Function.

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Consistent caching mechanism in Titus Gateway

The Netflix TechBlog

We introduce a caching mechanism in the API gateway layer, allowing us to offload processing from singleton leader elected controllers without giving up strict data consistency and guarantees clients observe. We started seeing increased response latencies and leader servers running at dangerously high utilization. of the data.

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Cache Grab: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table?

CSS Wizardry

For the longest time now, I have been obsessed with caching. I think every developer of any discipline would agree that caching is important, but I do tend to find that, particularly with web developers, gaps in knowledge leave a lot of opportunities for optimisation on the table. Want to know everything (and more) about HTTP cache?

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Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time

Smashing Magazine

Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time Matt Zeunert 2025-02-12T17:00:00+00:00 2025-02-13T01:34:15+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Loading your website HTML quickly has a big impact on visitor experience. TCP: Establishing a reliable connection to the server.

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