OK, I hate long intros, so: this is a checklist of some of the most important UX tips for creating usable signup and login forms. It’s based on my experience looking at hundreds of beginning designer login flows, thanks to my courses Learn UI Design and Learn UX Design.
Source: 11 Tips for Better Signup / Login UX, an article by Erik D. Kennedy.
For production web servers, most people assume scaling means needing faster (and more expensive) hardware. Before spending more money on servers, first make sure your web server process is using the maximum available connections supported by your Linux kernel. There are 3 layers you need to check and configure:
- Kernel file-max
- Process file-max (ulimit)
- Systemd/Server config file-max (LimitNOFILE)
Any one of these layers can limit the number of max connections your web server process is allowed.
Source: Maximize your concurrent web server connections, an article by Alan Hamlett.
In the previous post, I’ve shared a few things that were useful to me as a developer.
Now wearing my “ops” hat, there are a few things that I wanted to cover - blocking bad clients, rate limiting, caching, and gradual rollout.
Source: Nice nginx features for operators, an article by Alex Dzyoba.