Flame graphs arrive in WikimediaDebug The new “Excimer UI” option in WikimediaDebug generates flame graphs. What are flame graphs, and when do you need this? Continue reading “Flame graphs arrive in WikimediaDebug”…
Web Perf Hero: Valentín Gutierrez Today we celebrate two numbers: 25% lower latency for ATS backend requests at the p75, and up to 1000X reduction of ATS disk read latency at the p999. Continue reading “Web Perf Hero: Valentín Gutierrez”…
How we improved performance of a batch process from two days to five minutes The Growth team recently improved the performance of a script that prepares data for usage in the mentor dashboard. Learn about how they decreased the average runtime of the script from more than 48 hours to less than five minutes. Continue reading “How we improved performance of a batch process from two days to five minutes”…