When it comes to scaling a web server, you might be well aware of the options - either horizontally or vertically. What about scaling temporarily into the 3rd dimension? Read more

EAV, the underlying database structure of Wordpress makes it extensible but inherently difficult to scale and maintain. Read more

What would it take, in theory, to replace the nano.js with another JavaScript library in Gyroscope? Let's find out. Read more

Our common understanding of bottlenecks may be painting us an inaccurate picture of how software performance degrades as hardware resource is under stress. Read more

When working with graphic designers, we have a long standing requirement that the proof deck has to be sent in PNG. Why are the other formats unsuitable? Read more