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Bytes Matter

I love to profile applications, because I always learn something that...

0 replies - 3786 views - 07/24/12 by Cody Powell in Articles

The Tools we Use (and Love) at New Relic

Orignal Author, Patrick Moran, New RelicI’m always fascinated by how tools get adopted and used within companies. I recently polled our team(s) about...

0 replies - 11657 views - 07/23/12 by Leigh Shevchik in Articles

Performance Linksheet for PHP, Java, .NET, Python and Ruby

Original author, Patrick MoranWe’re assembling some helpful performance tips and performance best practices from around the web – and we want your help!...

0 replies - 9497 views - 07/22/12 by Leigh Shevchik in Articles

Caching – What is it and why is it important?

Caching keeps frequently accessed objects, images and data closer to where you need them, speeding up access to websites you hit often.Your browser is the...

0 replies - 4244 views - 07/21/12 by Sean Hull in Articles

High Availability – What is it and why is it Important?

Highly available systems build redundancy into the application and the architecture layers to mitigate against disasters.  Since computing systems are...

0 replies - 6082 views - 07/20/12 by Sean Hull in Articles

Using Apache httpd as Your Caching Solution

In this article I’m going to describe a novel solution for making cached versions of dynamic content available, while attempting to strike a balance...

0 replies - 6003 views - 07/19/12 by Mats Lindh in Articles

StyleDocco Generates Documentation and Style Guides Using Node.js

StyleDocco generates documentation and style guide documents from your stylesheets.  It takes the comments from stylesheets and produces HTML documents...

0 replies - 3088 views - 07/18/12 by Hirvesh Munogee in Articles

5 Tips for Proper Java Heap Size

Determination of proper Java Heap size for a production system is not a straightforward exercise. In my Java EE enterprise experience, I have seen...

0 replies - 16260 views - 07/18/12 by Pierre - Hugues... in Articles

Testing Private Methods in the Java World

Testing private methods is something that has traditionally drawn heated debates in the Java world. The solutions usually fall into 4 categories: Don't...

7 replies - 3897 views - 07/17/12 by Axel Fontaine in Articles

Tweaking Your Android Performance: ParseArray v. Hashmap

For the conclusion, just skip to the last section. One of the more recent Android ADT updates added Android Lint. Lint will check your Android project for...

0 replies - 6277 views - 07/17/12 by Isaac Taylor in Articles

Asynchronous Templates for Browser & Node.js Using Dust

Dust provides asynchronous templates for the browser and Node.js. Features Async/streaming operationBrowser/node compatibilityExtended...

0 replies - 3582 views - 07/16/12 by Hirvesh Munogee in Articles

Taking Your Web Performance's Temperature Using a Heat Map

In this Heat Map example, web site’s Performance data is overlay with color, where red means “slowest” and green means “fastest” (with various...

0 replies - 4723 views - 07/16/12 by Mehdi Daoudi in Articles

When a .NET Dev Decides It's Time for Node.js

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’ll have heard the buzz about Node.js, a platform for building network...

0 replies - 7162 views - 07/14/12 by Mike Hadlow in Articles

Managing Rails Apps at Massive Scale

At RailsConf 2012, we sat down with five of our customers (including Jesse Proudman, panel moderator and CEO of the Blue Box Group,) and asked them about the...

0 replies - 3417 views - 07/13/12 by Leigh Shevchik in Articles

Real-Users, Performance, and What Matters to You

Web Operations and Performance Summer Camp, better known as the Velocity Conference, has come and gone. This year’s theme of Building a Faster and Stronger...

0 replies - 3468 views - 07/12/12 by Chris Kelly in Articles