Predict It! An Engineer’s Journey into Data Science

Using R, Fourier series, and a linear regression model to predict web site traffic I am going to tell you a story about one of my journeys. In the winter of 2019, my family went on a vacation to Denver, Colorado. From there, we drove to a popular ski resort up in the mountains. During that trip, I took these two photos: The journey. Photo by the author.

Traffic Shedding, Rate Limiting, Backpressure, Oh My!

How to stop your service from getting overloaded Success is lovely. Too much success can be hard to deal with unless you’re prepared for it. This is true for both life and your applications. In terms of applications, you ideally want to take all the traffic you can get. To accept all the traffic possible you have 3…

Monitoring App Performance on iOS

A guide to metrics and tools in the Apple app performance ecosystem Photo by Aleksander Vlad on Unsplash Why monitor app performance? App performance has a significant impact on overall user experience. According to Apple®: Customers expect apps to perform well. An app that takes a long time to launch, or responds slowly to input, may appear to the user as if it’s not working or is sluggish. An app that makes…