Performance
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4 Books for Learning Web Performance (From Fundamentals to Tuning and CDNs)
A reading list of 4 books for making web systems faster: how system performance works, server-side tuning learned from ISUCON, frontend tuning, and delivery with HTTP caching and CDNs. Each entry links to its full review.
Improving Code Performance with Go
Learn practical Go performance optimization: pprof profiling, benchmark tests, escape analysis, memory allocation reduction, and real examples from optimizing a custom HTTP router.
Mastering Web Performance Tuning: Practical Speed Optimization Lessons from ISUCON
A review of Mastering Web Performance Tuning. Using ISUCON as its material, a book for systematically learning web application performance tuning that starts from measurement. Practical content worth reading at least once if you are going to take part in ISUCON.
Web Frontend High-Performance Tuning
A review of Web Frontend High-Performance Tuning. More than just a catalog of tuning techniques, it explains with an eye to how browser rendering works and how to measure it. One to read when you want to tackle frontend performance from first principles.
Understanding System Performance Through Illustrations
A review of Understanding System Performance Through Illustrations. A book that clearly explains the basics of system performance with diagrams. From how to think about bottlenecks onward, it helps you build a foundation for performance-aware design and tuning.