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A Perfect example of pointless benchmarks

Graeme Pietersz — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:20:55 GMT

The developers of a web framework written in Apple's Swift language have a set of benchmarks that (surprise, surprise) shows that their framework, modified to use a new (now newish) async library is faster than everything else. Apart from the the usual dangers of micro-benchmarks, there is a lot wrong with the tests.

What determines success and failure on the web?

Graeme Pietersz — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:52:11 GMT

What makes a web site (or a web app) a success or a failure? Having seen a lot of successes and failures I find there are a few common types of business website that have different risks and determinants of success:

When REST and Websockets are a bad idea

Graeme Pietersz — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:58:20 GMT

HTTP was designed for a specific use case: communication between a browser and a server. The same is true for JSON. Is also often a good idea to use HTTP ports for things like mobile apps because a significant number of people need to use them from networks that block other ports (e.g. when using corporate wi-fi). The problem is that HTTP and websockets are used inappropriately.

Why your website should be ugly

Graeme Pietersz — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:35:42 GMT

Most people (out side the industry anyway) assume that web sites should look good, and an aesthetically good website will produce better results than an ugly one. This is not true, and many of the things that make a website look good will tend to make it worse for users.