Performance Articles

Set asp-append-version True by Default for JavaScript, & CSS to the Bust Cache

January 8, 2022

When I add a JavaScript file or CSS file in .NET, I want asp-append-version set to true 99.9% of the time. This way I don't have to tell users or testers to clear their cache. Here's an easy way to set the default to true to avoid writing it each time.

Why algorithms matter

I was working on learning algorithms & data structures. Reading the comments, many people were angry their solution worked but didn't pass all the tests. Performance on large data sets are why these matter though. Here are a couple of my attempts, plus a third I found online afterwards.

Switch to HTTP/2, The Easiest Way to Speed up Your Site

If content is king, the speed of your delivery may be queen. Slow websites lose readers & customers. Large companies have long recognized that every millisecond counts. 1/10 of a second costs Amazon 1% of their sales. 1/2 a second costs Google 20% of their traffic. That is a lot of money for those companies. Therefore they put immense effort into tactics to increase the speed of their sites. Fortunately for everyone, HTTP/2 eliminates the need for a lot of those tools.

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