Docker on Mac - how to speed it up?
TLDR: As of 2021 - use Linux instead ;-) Update for 2022: Docker on new MacBook with M1 Pro Why is Docker on Mac so slow? Docker on Mac has…
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Strangler Pattern in practice
This week I finally hit the delete button. I've been waiting for this moment for the last 3 years. Finally, I erased the legacy part of the…
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Legacy code - strangle or tame?
For me, as probably for every programmer, legacy code is something that I do not want to deal with. It is always not well written, hard to…
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Optimizing eCommerce site? Careful with lazy loading!
A few weeks ago I was asked if Accesto could help to optimize a popular online store selling natural cosmetics. Of course, we can! I thought…
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How much money you lose with bad code
Nobody likes to lose money. Studies show that the same person is relatively less happy when winning €100 than sad if he or she lost €10…
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Technical Debt - the silent villain of web development
Over 4 years ago our CTO wrote a blog post claiming that technical debt is the number one reason why software development projects get…
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Boy scout rule in 6 examples - the basic principle of web development
Not everyone was a scout in his youth. Most of programmers, however, have probably heard of the Boy Scout Rule in software development. But…
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Making sure the website won't crash again
In my previous blog post, I wrote about situations when an increase in user traffic could cause your website a lot of trouble. Unexpected…
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My homepage is slowing down
Recently, I was asked to help one team struggling with site performance getting very low. The site response times increased extremely from…
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How to improve code performance in 5 steps?
While looking for inspiration to write this post, I ran into a help request on a popular PHP community forum. Some guy wrote a command that…
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Top 5 hacks to fix slow web applications
Judging from the experience of our partners and clients you may face scalability issues due to very different reasons, some of which are…
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Why new users can kill your web application?
Do you want to attract more users for your SaaS? I am sure you do. If you are a SaaS owner, you probably track all the metrics like…
