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Migrating Netflix to GraphQL Safely

The Netflix TechBlog

To determine customer impact, we could compare various metrics such as error rates, latencies, and time to render. We set up a client-side AB experiment that tested Falcor versus GraphQL and reported coarse-grained quality of experience metrics ( QoE ). The Falcor API had become a logic-heavy monolith with over a decade of tech debt.

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

Smashing Magazine

This means that you can reduce latency and speed up your content delivery times , regardless of where your customers are based. You might have experience with speed testing tools like Pingdom, which assess your website performance. A content delivery network (CDN) is an excellent solution to the problem.

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How BizDevOps can “shift left” using SLOs to automate quality gates

Dynatrace

For example, improving latency by as little as 0.1 latency is the number one reason consumers abandon mobile sites. Organizations can feel the impact of even a minor roadblock in the user experience. seconds at e-commerce websites increases the average size of shopping carts by as much as 9.2%. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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Seamlessly Swapping the API backend of the Netflix Android app

The Netflix TechBlog

For each route we migrated, we wanted to make sure we were not introducing any regressions: either in the form of missing (or worse, wrong) data, or by increasing the latency of each endpoint. For us, the replay test tooling gave the confidence that our new code was nearly bug free. This meant that data that was static (e.g.

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Performance Testing - Tools, Steps, and Best Practices

KeyCDN

Types of Performance Tests Although web page testing tools are helpful and can give you a quick overview of a website’s speed and overall performance, you should conduct a more thorough analysis using a variety of tests including: Load Tests: Load tests look at how increased workload affects an application’s response time.

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KeyCDN Launches New POP in Mexico

KeyCDN

The POP is strategially located within the country and lowers latency overall. KeyCDN is always on the lookout for ways to minimize latency and accelerate asset delivery worldwide. Hola Mexico! We've launched our new point of presence (POP) in Mexico City.

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Best Free DNS Hosting Providers

KeyCDN

Using a fast DNS hosting provider ensures there is less latency between the DNS lookup and TTFB. You can test the DNS lookup time and TTFB with a website speed test tool. Speed Speed also plays a role with DNS. Just like with content delivery networks, DNS hosting providers also have multiple POPs.

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