Smashing Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

CSS Container Queries: Use-Cases And Migration Strategies. CSS Container Queries: Use-Cases And Migration Strategies. Of course, we can structure our CSS so we support the style variations for different contexts and containers to address the layout issue manually. Adrian Bece. 2021-05-24T11:30:00+00:00. Use-Case Scenarios.

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2024

The crisis has emphasized the importance of having a strategy for maintaining stability and performance. For example, a good course of action is knowing which impacted servers run mission-critical services and remediating those first. It allows users to chain commands together to filter, manipulate, and analyze data efficiently.

Airlines 258

Airlines Monitoring Healthcare Traffic 258

O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I'm offering an overview of my perspective on the field, which I hope is a unique and interesting take on it, in order to provide context for the work at hand: devising a winning technology strategy for your business.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Indeed, organizations view IT modernization and cloud computing as intertwined with their business strategy and COVID-19 recovery plans. It also institutionalizes software development best practices throughout the product lifecycle to ensure development takes place efficiently while also yielding higher-quality, secure code.

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O'Reilly

MARCH 25, 2025

Of course, we have opinions on all of these, but we think those arent the most useful questions to ask right now. Weve taught this SDLC in a live course with engineers from companies like Netflix, Meta, and the US Air Force and recently distilled it into a free 10-email course to help teams apply it in practice.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Artificial intelligence for IT operations, or AIOps, combines big data and machine learning to provide actionable insight for IT teams to shape and automate their operational strategy. Of course, this information must be available to the AI and, therefore, part of the entity. How AI helps human operators.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Having a highly sophisticated way of organizing data visibility between monitoring teams makes a huge difference in efficiency when building charts, analyzing incidents, and reacting to problems because teams aren’t drowning in unnecessary information. What if a custom metric is sent to a host in my management zone?

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Metrics Retail Monitoring Analytics 246

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. Enabling dynamic commerce requires close integration between server and client, an optimized streaming and data fetch strategy, and a production platform that operates at scale.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 2, 2021

While working on my PhD in political science, I realized my curiosity was always more piqued by methodological coursework, which led me to take as many stats/data science courses as I could. I wanted to learn how to better extract interesting insight from data, which led me to take several courses in statistics and machine learning.

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Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Data replication strategies like full, incremental, and log-based replication are crucial for improving data availability and fault tolerance in distributed systems, while synchronous and asynchronous methods impact data consistency and system costs. By implementing data replication strategies, distributed storage systems achieve greater.

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SQL Performance

OCTOBER 13, 2021

I also compare them with stored procedures, mainly focusing on differences in terms of default optimization strategy, and plan caching and reuse behavior. As mentioned earlier, the default query optimization strategy for iTVFs is different than the one for stored procedures. In my examples I’ll use a sample database called TSQLV5.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 11, 2024

This article strips away the complexities, walking you through best practices, top tools, and strategies you’ll need for a well-defended cloud infrastructure. Cloud security monitoring is key—identifying threats in real-time and mitigating risks before they escalate.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2021

Companies can use technology roadmaps to review their internal IT , DevOps, infrastructure, architecture, software, internal system, and hardware procurement policies and procedures with innovation and efficiency in mind. Unlike traditional software development approaches, Agile focuses on the strategy, not the plan. Be Open To Change.

Technology 144

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Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This separation aims to streamline transaction write logging, improving efficiency and consistency. It becomes more manageable and efficient by isolating logs and data to a dedicated mount. By segregating transaction logs and harnessing the power of dedicated storage, DLVs contribute to enhanced efficiency and consistency.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. The goal is to bring you joy by delivering the content you love quickly and reliably every time you watch.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. The goal is to bring you joy by delivering the content you love quickly and reliably every time you watch.

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Metrics Strategy Testing Efficiency 143

SQL Performance

APRIL 13, 2022

Remember, extra points if you manage to come up with an efficient solution without explicit sorting in the plan. Whichever one results in the lowest plan cost will be chosen, assuming of course prerequisites for parallelism and batch mode are met when considering those. The serial plan for this solution is shown in Figure 1.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

To be effective, all these images need to be carefully orchestrated to appear on the screen fast — but as it turns out, loading images efficiently at scale isn’t a project for a quiet afternoon. DRM-free, of course. Some of the biggest size savings and performance improvements can come through a better image optimization strategy.

Media 124

Media Cache Google Best Practices 124

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. The goal is to bring you joy by delivering the content you love quickly and reliably every time you watch.

Metrics 130

Metrics Strategy Testing Efficiency 130

Scalegrid

JULY 17, 2020

JSONB supports indexing the JSON data, and is very efficient at parsing and querying the JSON data. You can also control the TOAST storage strategy: Extended – Allows for out-of-line storage and compression (using pglz). Of course, this ultimately depends on your data set. It is a decomposed binary format to store JSON.

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Storage Database Efficiency Processing 321

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

In Amazon Web Services there are similar dimensions that are forever important to our customers; scale, reliability, security, performance, ease of use, and of course pricing. Often customers are surprised about our strategy to help them drive their costs down. According to our customers, this is unique in the industry.

AWS 84

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 84

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, and others each have unique strengths and weaknesses and should be evaluated based on factors such as scalability, compatibility, performance, security, data types, community support, licensing rules, compliance, and, of course, the all-important learning curve if your choice is new to you.

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Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 111

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the course of this post, we will talk about our approach to this migration, the strategies that we employed, and the tools we built to support this. Some of this increased latency was mitigated by better observability and more efficient batching of requests.

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Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To achieve this, a substantial commitment is necessary from your team to master effective testing strategies. Third-party services typically already have these tools and the expertise to use them, providing more efficient and accurate testing. Time efficiency : Testing a database, especially a large one, can be time-consuming.

Database 107

Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 107

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 21, 2020

if anomalies are recognised during the course of monitoring, those observation are fed back into response planning. One of these strategies is to use heuristics. response planning includes taking corrective action(s) which are then monitored for success. any unexpected behaviour is further used to inform the diagnosis.

Internet 98

Internet Internet Strategy Energy 98

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

To be effective, all these images need to be carefully orchestrated to appear on the screen fast — but as it turns out, loading images efficiently at scale isn’t a project for a quiet afternoon. DRM-free, of course. Some of the biggest size savings and performance improvements can come through a better image optimization strategy.

Media 105

Media Cache Google Best Practices 105

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

This post describes how the Netflix TVUI team implemented a robust strategy to quickly and easily detect performance anomalies before they are released?—?and Both of these metrics will fluctuate over the course of a test, so we post metric values at regular intervals throughout the test. What do we mean by Performance?

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Performance Performance Testing Metrics Testing 208

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

PostgreSQL performance optimization aims to improve the efficiency of a PostgreSQL database system by adjusting configurations and implementing best practices to identify and resolve bottlenecks, improve query speed, and maximize database throughput and responsiveness. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning?

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Tuning Database Efficiency Performance 52

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

However, end-to-end testing does have some pitfalls that are cause for concern: End-to-end tests are slow and, thus, pose a significant hurdle in every continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) strategy. In order to achieve this efficiently, you might be wondering what and how much you need to test. More after jump!

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Testing Website Code Efficiency 138

The Morning Paper

APRIL 16, 2019

Teaching rigorous distributed systems with efficient model checking Michael et al., It describes the labs environment, DSLabs , developed at the University of Washington to accompany a course in distributed systems. 175 undergraduates a year currently go through this course. Of course, we never make that mistake in industry;) ).

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Systems Efficiency Testing Design 43

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

And of course, you need to host and deliver your images. According to a study by Citrix , a multi-CDN strategy can reduce latency even further and offer continued availability in case of localized outages in the CDN’s edge nodes. Despite bandwidth savings, however, that approach comes at a cost. You don’t have to offload your content.

Media 122

Media Performance Mobile Latency 122

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Improving the efficiency with which we can coordinate work across a collection of units (see the Universal Scalability Law ). Options 1 and 2 are of course the ‘scale out’ options, whereas option 3 is ‘scale up’. FPGAs are chosen because they are both energy efficient and available on SmartNICs).

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Since its inception in 2013, Docker has become the de facto standard for developers due to its ability to make more efficient use of system resources, ship software faster, and minimize security issues. Automation has become an essential part of many organizations’ overall digital transformation strategies for cloud-native environments.

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Monitoring DevOps Infrastructure Metrics 147

O'Reilly

JULY 18, 2023

We wanted to know: How are computing instructors planning to adapt their courses as more and more students start using AI coding assistance tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot? I’m Sam Lau from UC San Diego, and my Ph.D. Some instructors also explicitly banned AI tools in class, or exposed students to the limitations of AI tools.

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Programming Education Code Strategy 75

The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2019

As long as credit rating agencies play ball, lenders will continue to lend at investment-grade interest rates and borrowers will have time to shore up cash flows through disposals, cuts, and efficiency drives. There are no guarantees that an incumbent can successfully execute any strategy, let alone a strategy of co-option.

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Strategy FinTech Efficiency Technology 40

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

You’ll find psychology heuristics just like tips for building a winning UX strategy , dive deep into user research and UX writing , and explore real-world examples — good and bad — from which you can learn to create experiences that truly matter. How To Build A Winning UX Strategy. Yet how exactly do we get there?

Airlines 136

Airlines Mobile Design Strategy 136

MachMetrics

APRIL 3, 2020

Souders presents his 14 rules throughout the course of the book while discussing the importance of front-end performance. If you’re looking for the most complete guide in optimization strategies, look no further. Author Steve Souders writes about the best practices that he gained as the Chief Performance Yahoo!,

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Speed Performance Best Practices Website 85