Explains why focusing on median or average performance metrics is misleading and advocates for analyzing the long-tail of data to improve user experience.
Announcing the second edition of a comprehensive course on Ruby on Rails performance, covering updates, new lessons, and community insights.
Summary of a Perfmatters talk on improving mobile web performance at Etsy through techniques like lazy loading and CSS optimization.
Notes from a Pinterest performance team talk on building a dedicated team, custom metrics, regression fighting, and optimization strategies.
Analysis and optimization of the Gnocchi time-series database engine, focusing on reducing I/O operations to improve performance.
Exploring machine learning-driven bundling with Guess.js to optimize JavaScript chunk loading and improve SPA performance.
Explains how oversized VARCHAR columns in SQL Server can negatively impact query performance by inflating memory grant requests.
Explains how Tiered JIT Compilation works in .NET Core, a major change allowing methods to be re-compiled for optimization.
A tutorial on using Cython to optimize slow numerical Python code, demonstrated with an Ising Model simulation.
An article exploring resource bundling strategies and performance optimization in the era of HTTP/2.
A guide to optimizing Puma, Unicorn, and Passenger Ruby app servers for maximum throughput and resource efficiency.
A developer explains how implementing lazy instantiation for game object classes dramatically improved their custom game engine's reset performance.
A V8 developer discusses recent performance improvements in V8 6.3, including work on lazy deoptimization and optimizing Object constructor calls from webpack.
A presentation summary on the latest Xamarin.Forms updates, covering performance improvements like Fast Renderers and Layout Compression.
Strategies for performing safe, low-downtime database migrations in PostgreSQL, focusing on adding columns and creating indexes on large tables.
A technical guide on how to disable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology on Windows Server 2016 instances running on Amazon EC2 for specific performance tuning.
An introduction to CPU branch prediction, explaining its purpose and classic algorithms to understand modern research.
Gnocchi 4.0, a major release of the time series database, introduces performance improvements, a Redis driver, and a rewritten scheduling mechanism.
A guide to web performance fundamentals, covering mindset, HTML rendering, and practical optimization techniques for developers.
A guide to implementing efficient batch processing in JPA/Hibernate by managing session cache, transaction size, and data fetching strategies.
