When traffic skyrockets your site shouldn't go down
This week's Grammy Awards is one of the best examples of the high traffic events websites that Acquia is so well known for. This marks the fourth time we hosted the Grammys' website. We saw close to 5...
View ArticleBuild and operate your own CDN
Janos Pasztor built his own Content Delivery Network. While I wouldn't want to operate my own personal CDN, it does sounds like a fun project for those interested in web performance.
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How Wikipedia implemented link previews
You might have noticed that Wikipedia recently started enabling link previews; when you hover over a link, it displays a card with more information about the linked page.My first reaction was: what...
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A fresh look for dri.es
In 1999, I decided to start dri.es (formally buytaert.net) as a place to blog, write, and deepen my thinking. While I ran other websites before dri.es, my blog is one of my longest running...
View ArticleResponsive images for dri.es
For a few years now I've been planning to add support for responsive images to my site.The past two weeks, I've had to take multiple trips to the West Coast of the United States; last week I traveled...
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How NBC Sports supports the biggest media events online
Many of Acquia's customers have hundreds or even thousands of sites, which vary in terms of scale, functionality, longevity and complexity.One thing that is very unique about Acquia is that we can help...
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Optimizing site performance by reducing JavaScript and CSS
I've been thinking about the performance of my site and how it affects the user experience. There are real, ethical concerns to poor web performance. These include accessibility, inclusion, waste and...
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Optimizing site performance by "lazy loading" images
Recently, I've been spending some time making performance improvements to my site. In my previous blog post on this topic, I described my progress optimizing the JavaScript and CSS usage on my site,...
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How to remove YouTube tracking
I don't use Google Analytics or any other web analytics service on dri.es. Why not? Because I don't desire to know how many people visit my site, where they come from, or what operating system they...
View ArticleARM vs x86
Yesterday Mozilla released Firefox 84 with native support for Apple's new M1 chip. The result? Firefox launches over 2.5 times faster and web applications are twice as responsive. Impressive!These...
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