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The T3 EC2 instance family

Why Amazon Web Service’s latest burstable instance type is (probably) the most appropriate for (almost) every type of workload.

Building the DeepRacer Leaderboard

In this post we look at how we built the realtime DeepRacer Leaderboards for AWS re:Invent 2018, and how you could build something similar!

How to reduce the impact of JavaScript on your page load time

From serving billions of pageviews across thousands of websites, we share how you can reduce the weight and impact of JavaScript on your page load time.

How to build a basic Salesforce REST API Integration

Getting started with your first integration using the Salesforce REST API. We cover the basics to help you start developing with the Salesforce platform.

The state of content blocking

In recent years, it’s become increasingly popular for people to use some sort of browser extension to blocks ads, trackers, and other unwanted scripts from loading on the websites they browse every day. People are generally adopting these browser extensions to reduce bloat from advertising platforms that slows down their experience of the web, and …

Lambda@Edge: putting Serverless even closer to your users

Lambda@Edge was first announced in preview by AWS back in December; it hit public release in July. We’ve been using it since the preview – here’s some of the things we’ve learned along the way. What is Lambda@Edge? Lambda is AWS’s “serverless” platform for running code as functions – instead of booting EC2 Instances (i.e. …

July Hack Day

Summer is in full swing here at GoSquared HQ in London (translation: it’s raining), another month has rolled around, and it’s time for another hack day. Here’s what the team got up to in July: Current session in Inbox When you’re talking to a visitor on your website via Live Chat, it’s useful to know …