Web Zurich June 2023
Details
Join us for the June 2023 meetup!
As usual, we will have some short talks as well as chit-chat and drinks.
19:00 ~ 19:30
Arrival time with drinks and chat
19:30 ~ 19:50
David Buchmann – HTTP Caching
https://www.liip.ch/en/team/david
Whether with CDN, a reverse proxy or to avoid problems with browser caching, the basis for correct caching are the HTTP caching specifications. David Buchmann shows us how to properly use the caching headers to achieve the desired result.
19:50 ~ 20:20
Thijs Feryn – Caching with Varnish: from web acceleration to content delivery
https://feryn.eu/
https://www.varnish-software.com/
When your website is under pressure due to a massive influx of traffic and a severe increase of concurrent requests, you are generally presented two options: optimize your stack or scale your infrastructure. Luckily there’s a third option and that is using a reverse caching proxy to offload the pressure from your origin servers.
Thijs Feryn will introduce us to Varnish, a well-known and well respected HTTP cache. He will talk about common strategies to improve the performance of your website and to make it more resilient when the pressure is on. Thijs will cover Varnish’s built-in features and capabilities and he will focus heavily on Varnish’s built-in programming language called “Varnish Configuration Language” (VCL), that allows you to tailor the behavior of the cache to your exact needs.
As the domains of application of the HTTP protocol expand beyond basic websites, so do the acceleration solutions. In a globally connected world where end-user quality of experience is front end center, he will also show us how Varnish can be used to build an Edge CDN that accelerates websites, APIs and OTT video streaming platforms.
20:20 ~ 20:40
Roy Ammerschuber – Rendering in the Cloud – why I developed Rendergate
https://www.webgate.biz/
https://rendergate.ch/en/features
20:40 onward
More drinks & chat
We look forward to see you there!
Location
https://goo.gl/maps/jLXborchkcB1pm627
https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/bogen_d/
Viaduktstrasse 93
8005 Zürich, Switzerland
Visit our website https://webzurich.ch/ for more information about the Web Zurich community.
COVID-19 safety measures
Web Zurich June 2023