A modern application is comprised of a complex technology stack. In addition to the app server, the perceived performance of your app is dictated by the performance of databases, caching systems, message queues and the like. Something as simple as a poorly behaving network switch can impact the performance of your end user experience. To [...]
No matter what your job title is, the chances are you know how difficult it is to get data out of the tools you use. And the more components you have in your application stack, the more tools you rely on to get the information you need about your app’s performance and reliability. With the [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if last year you knew all the stuff that you learned this year? Playing the “could’ve, would’ve, should’ve” game isn’t going to make your application any faster. But getting tips from the web performance community will! With that in mind, I asked attendees at the Velocity 2013 pre-party, “What are you [...]
On the first day of Velocity 2013, I asked Steve Souders about an article he wrote last month on creating a web performance culture. Steve is the co-chair of the conference and the Head Performance Engineer at Google. As he explains, “It’s hard to make a strong argument for performance because we’re not talking about making visible changes to the [...]
Last year’s Velocity conference was amazing, so naturally New Relic is participating again this year. This gathering features some of the most knowledgable experts in web performance. Once again, we’ll kick off the event with an ‘Optimized Breakfast‘ on Tuesday morning (June 18) with our COO Chris Cook, where you can hear company news and meet [...]
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