2012 Retrospect

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Another year of great experiences has come to pass. Just like last year, so much has happened during the last twelve months. Indeed, this year I had some events in my life which definitely dampened my personal projects. In January I was no-moted to Tech Lead at eBay. During the summer my father in law… Read more »

Prerendering in Google Chrome

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Google just introduced a new performance related feature in Google Chrome: Prerendering. The feature is pretty basic, but makes a big difference when using Google as your search engine. When searching, Chrome will start background-loading the first URL in the search result. If you choose to click the URL, the content will load instantly. You’ll… Read more »

YSlow rule #10 – Reduce DNS Lookups

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Most of us (me included) don’t think much about the way DNS works. Browsers, on the other hand, use DNS pretty much every day. For the uninformed, I will start by explaining how DNS works. If you already know this, feel free to skip the following paragraph. As you know, all computers with a network… Read more »