How to read a WebPageTest Waterfall View chart

I often find myself looking at WebPageTest (WPT) waterfall charts, but as I seem to have the memory of a chimpanzee (not a goldfish, that’s a myth), I tend to forget some of the details and what they all mean. So I decided to pull together many bits of information into a single blog post I can refer to…

Free for developers

Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all in order to make informed decisions. This is a list of software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings that have free tiers for developers. The scope of this particular list…

GeoLite2 Free Country and City Databases

GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind’s GeoIP2 databases. The GeoLite2 Country, City, and ASN databases are updated weekly, every Tuesday. https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/#Databases

Nielsen Norman Group Reports & Books

NN/g UX research reports include thousands of actionable, illustrated user experience guidelines for creating and improving your web, mobile, and intranet sites. Find research reports containing guidelines, best practices, case studies, and methodologies about these critical aspects of user experience design. https://www.nngroup.com/reports/

Video JS The Player Framework

Video.js is an open source library for working with video on the web, also known as an HTML video player. Video.js is a free and open source HTML5 video player. https://videojs.com/

State of CSS 2019

In the web development family, JavaScript has developed a bit of a reputation as the angry, rebellious teenager going through a new phase every year and telling you you’re just too old to understand. CSS on the other hand has always been the studious, well-behaved kid who always stays polite and never makes a rash…

The Patterns Behind Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems

https://github.com/binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability An organized reading list for illustrating the patterns behind scalable, reliable, and performant large-scale systems. Concepts are explained in the articles of prominent engineers and credible references. Case studies are taken from battle-tested systems that serve millions to billions of users.