StackExchange's Performance Dashboard
An overview of the hard- and software used by the StackExchange network to render 560 million pages views per month.
Architecting Websites For The HTTP/2 Era
The arrival of HTTP/2 will require a bit of re-thinking how we handle websites (and webservers), so perhaps it's time to reflect on what those changes can bring. This post is based entirely on theory (the HTTP2 spec), as HTTP/2 is hard to test today (with a lack of servers and browser support).https://ma.ttias.be/architecting-websites-http2-era/
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Performance profiling with the Chrome Dev Tools
Patrick Dubroy explains how you can track down client-side performance problems using the Chrome Dev Tools.
http://vimeo.com/77322983
The best 6TB hard drives according to Backblaze
Backblaze is transitioning from using 4 TB hard drives to 6 TB hard drives in the Storage Pods we will be deploying over the coming months. With over 10,000 hard drives needing to be purchased over the next several months, the choice of which 6TB hard drive to use is critical.https://www.backblaze.com/blog/6-tb-hard-drive-face-off/
Backblaze needs to store 130 TB of incoming customer data every day.
Nginx HTTP server boilerplate configs
Nginx Server Configs is a collection of configuration snippets that can help your server improve the web site's performance and security, while also ensuring that resources are served with the correct content-type and are accessible, if needed, even cross-domain.https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-nginx
SPDY is speedy
Compare load times of the unsecure HTTP and encrypted HTTPS versions of this page.https://www.httpvshttps.com/
Inside Composer's speed boost
If you've been following the news, you'll have noticed that yesterday Composer got a bit of a speed boost. And by "bit of a speed boost", we're talking between 50% and 90% reduction in runtime depending on the complexity of the dependencies. But how did the fix work? And should you make the same sort of change to your projects? For those of you who want the TL/DR answer: the answer is no you shouldn't.http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2014/12/what-about-garbage.html
HTTPS Everywhere
When creating a new website you should always use HTTPS. Here's a video recorded at Google I/O earlier this year on the why and how.
The New York Times switched to HTTPS last month. Here are their reasons for doing so:
Perfmap
Perfmap consists of a bookmarklet and Chrome extension to create a front-end performance heatmap of resources loaded in the browser using the Resource Timing API.
PHP 7 moves full speed ahead
Spoiler: it's all about performance. Coming to a host near you in 2015.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2841561/php/php-7-moves-full-speed-ahead.html
Best Practices for Using the Vary Header
Vary is one of the most powerful HTTP response headers. Used correctly, it can do wonderful things. Unfortunately, this header is frequently used incorrectly, which can lead to abysmal hit ratios. Worse still, if it's not used when it should be, the wrong content could be delivered.http://www.fastly.com/blog/best-practices-for-using-the-vary-header/
