Ask HighScalability: Web asset server concept - 3rd party software available?

This article describes the idea of a website asset service for the author's dynamic websites. It deals as a request for comments and also as a request for hints to existing 3rd party software.

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High Performance Web Pages – Real World Examples: Netflix Case Study

This read will provide you with information about how Netflix deals with high load on their movie rental website.
It was written by Bill Scott in the fall of 2008.

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10 More Rules for Even Faster Websites

Update:How-To Minimize Load Time for Fast User Experiences. Shows how to analyze the bottlenecks preventing websites and blogs from loading quickly and how to resolve them. 80-90% of the end-user response time is spent on the frontend, so it makes sense to concentrate efforts there before heroically rewriting the backend. Take a shower before buying a Porsche, if you know what I mean. Steve Souders, author of High Performance Websites and Yslow, has ten more best practices to speed up your website:

Split the initial payload

Load scripts without blocking

Don’t scatter scripts

Split dominant content domains

Make static content cookie-free

Reduce cookie weight

Minify CSS

Optimize images

Use iframes sparingly

To www or not to www Sadly, according to String Theory, there are only 26.7 rules left, so get them while they're still in our dimension. Here are slides on the first few rules. Love the speeding dog slide. That's exactly what my dog looks like traveling down the road, head hanging out the window, joyfully battling the wind. Also see 20 New Rules for Faster Web Pages.

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