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The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache

CSS Wizardry

Caching them at the other end: How long should we cache files on a user’s device? Cache This is the easy one. Caching is something I’ve been a little obsessed with lately , but for static assets as we’re discussing today, we don’t need to know much other than: cache everything as aggressively as possible.

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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.

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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. The cache is kept in sync with the current leader process. How do I know that my cache is up to date? of the data.

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How to Create a Simple and Efficient PHP Cache

DZone

When working on PHP websites made from scratch and without a framework, speed can often be an issue. Caching is extremely useful in order to speed up PHP webpages. In this article, I’ll show you how to make a simple PHP caching system for your web pages.

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Percona Server for MySQL Data Masking Enhanced with Dictionary Term Cache

Percona

Introduced an in-memory dictionary term cache that allows significant speed-up of dictionary operations. In particular, we made the following changes: Changed the user on behalf of whom we execute internal queries for dictionary operations. Introduced masking_dictionaries_flush() User Defined Function. Introduced […]

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From Caching to CDN: How To Decide Which Way to Go

DZone

In an attempt to speed up their websites, owners are ready to take various measures. When we talk about the speed of a website, most often we mean the speed of its content loading. There are two effective methods to improve the load time — data caching and using a content delivery network (CDN).

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How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing

Smashing Magazine

In this article, well discuss six ways to design websites for high-traffic events like product drops and sales: Compress and optimize images , Choose a scalable web host , Use a CDN , Leverage caching , Stress test websites , Refine the backend. You can also find optimization plugins or caching solutions that give you access to a CDN.

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