7 lessons from velocity 2011 (Meetup feedback session for London Web Performance)
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Thoughts, experiences and key learning from Velocity 2011 Stephen Thair, Seriti Consulting, @TheOpsMgr London Web Performance Meetup Group, @LDNWebPerf VELOCITY 2011 FEEDBACK SESSION 02/07/2022 © SERITI CONSULTING 1
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A presentation on the Velocity 2011 conference to the London Web Performance Meetup group by Stephen Thair (Seriti Consulting) covering some of the key messages and takeaways from this year's event.
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- 1. Thoughts, experiences and key learning from Velocity
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Stephen Thair, Seriti Consulting, @TheOpsMgr
London Web Performance Meetup Group, @LDNWebPerf
Velocity 2011 Feedback session
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1 - 2. Firstly a quick Velocity puzzle
Can you explain this slide?
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Ruby Gem
Knife CLI to Chef - 5. 13/07/2011
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7 Lessons fromVelocity 2011 - 6. Lesson # 1
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The Cloud is real(at least in the US)
and cloud provisioning, configuration management and automation (using tools like Chef and Puppet) are a HOT TOPIC - 7. Some cloud presentations to watch
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Netflix Presentation Adrian Cockcroft - http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/17785
Heroku Presentation not yet available
Infrastructure automation with OpsCode Chef - http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19969
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One of my key takeaways
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/17785#
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Cloud isnt aMigrationit is aTransformation
And if you aren't prepared to do that then stay in your datacentre - 10. Lesson # 2
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Demand Management is Key
The Rockstars of Ops going forward will be the people who work out how to make the server estate match demand. Small is good
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19974
- 11. Some live tweets
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11 - 12. Lesson # 3
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Its open-source turtles all the way down - 13. 13/07/2011
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Which ignores 20% of the web? - 14. Lesson # 4
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The Web Performance rules havent changedIn fact I didnt hear any new ones? - 15. Some new stats
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Loading jqueryAsync
Improving JS Execution time
Delayed ad-loading
Faster does not always equal more revenue!!!
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/18039
- 16. Lesson # 4
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No-one really knows what the Mobile Web Performance Rules are - 17. Mobile Presentation to read
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Rajiv from Qualcomm
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/18241
Ariya from Sencha
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19967
MaximilianoFirtman
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19976
- 18. A Java app calling a java app calling a C++ app using JNI
to call a java app.
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http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/60/Analyzing%20the%20Performance%20of%20Mobile%20Web_%20Challenges%20and%20Techniques%20Presentation.pdf
- 19. Android limited to 4 sockets
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So domain sharding probably doesnt work very well
http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/60/Understanding%20Mobile%20Web%20Browser%20Performance%20Presentation.pdf
- 20. Lesson # 5
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The WebPerf job market is HOT! - 21. The velocity job board
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21 - 22. Lesson # 6
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Always attend lectures by John Rauser
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/20280
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19974
- 23. Inspired by @jrauser histograms!
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http://www.seriticonsulting.com/blog/2011/6/18/web-performance-histograms-for-ukmsncom.html
- 24. Lesson # 7
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Always attend lectures by Adam Jacobs
Build Your Own Adventure 2 Electric Boogaloo was the funniest talk @Velocity
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/19912
- 25. But informative too! (my live tweets)
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25 - 26. a last philosophical point
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We are building a Global Brain, a new type of symbiosis between man and machine
Tim O'Reilly
http://velocityconf.com/velocity2011/public/schedule/detail/21143
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And thats all Ive got - 28. 13/07/2011
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Questions?
Stephen Thair, Seriti Consulting, @TheOpsMgr
[email protected]
www.seriticonsulting.com/blog
London Web Performance Meetup Group, @LDNWebPerf
Monthly Meetups in Central London (near Bank)
http://www.meetup.com/London-Web-Performance-Group/