A guide on safely adding NOT NULL columns in PostgreSQL without downtime, by breaking the migration into multiple steps.
Analyzes Stack Overflow's performance-first engineering culture, including trade-offs like skipping unit tests for speed and building custom servers over cloud hosting.
Highlights of the scikit-learn 0.15 release, including performance improvements, new features, and deprecations.
Explains how HdrHistogram's .NET port controls class field layout to minimize overhead for low-latency performance measurement.
Explores performance optimization techniques from the Roslyn compiler codebase, focusing on minimizing garbage collector work through allocation avoidance and object pooling.
A technical guide on using Fiddler to analyze and optimize Azure storage traffic for a high-traffic application like MyGet.
A technique using static Google Maps for performance, with JavaScript to enhance them to dynamic maps on user interaction.
Explores how to define 'fast enough' for website performance, covering competitive analysis, user perception, and key metrics like Speed Index.
Explains why PyPy's JIT compiler makes test suites slower than production code, and why tests are poor benchmarks for performance.
Discusses the nuance in web development advice, using responsive images as an example of why 'your mileage may vary' (YMMV).
A performance comparison revisiting Numba vs. Cython for optimizing a pairwise distance array computation, using updated libraries and benchmarks.
A collection of practical tips and guides for effective indexing in PostgreSQL, covering unused indexes, costs, and performance considerations.
Introduces proftable(), an improved R profiling function that displays detailed call stacks and line numbers to identify performance bottlenecks.
A summary and FAQ on a methodical approach to diagnosing and optimizing performance in OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition).
Explains how to fix Django's default per-request database connection behavior to improve performance via connection pooling.
John Carmack's archived article on reducing latency in virtual reality systems to improve user experience and prevent simulator sickness.
Explores methods for refreshing Exalytics aggregates beyond the standard Summary Advisor, focusing on OBIEE and TimesTen performance.
Explains how to improve webpage load times by asynchronously loading social media JavaScript links, with a reference to a CSS-Tricks article.
A detailed guide on upgrading a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 with a Kingston SSD, including benchmarks and performance improvements.
Article on optimizing OBIEE performance by pushing data processing to the database layer instead of the application server.
