Windows network speed testing apps compared: Ookla or Microsoft?
Is the Microsoft Network Speed Test or Ookla Speed Test the best bandwidth-measuring and network testing app for your Windows device?
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How to use same Host header for origin and proxy in Apache mod_proxy
How to forward your front-end HTTP proxy server’s hostname (the HTTP Host request header) to your origin server using the Apache mod_proxy module.
Always care for old links after moving domain and reorganizing URLs
Create a URL transition-plan and create redirects for old URLs. Take a few minutes to avoid losing traffic when you move domain names or reorganize your URLs.
Navigate around dead links with the Wayback Machine browser extension
Experimental browser extension from Mozilla and the Internet Archive helps you find archived copies of dead links as you browse with Firefox.
EdgeDeflector enforces your default browser setting in Windows
EdgeDeflector stops Windows from forces-opening links in Microsoft Edge, and makes Windows respect the system-wide default web browser setting instead.
Best practices for syndication feed caching
Five best practices to reduce bandwidth requirements for feeds (Atom/RSS). Tips for reader and publisher implementations.
Syndication feed deltas help reduce subscription bandwidth costs
Feed delta updates strip away feed entries that the subscriber has already download and only transmits the update delta consisting of new entries.
The Vary HTTP response header explained
Learn about the HTTP Vary response header and its important role in HTTP content negotiation and caching. Vary is an important but little-known part of HTTP.
Why are ‘what to read next’ article recommendations so terrible?
The Recommended articles sections below articles are a mess. Incredibly simple steps could improve the recommendations.
New Brotli compression filter module now in Apache Web Server
Learn how to enable the new Brotli compression module alongside Gzip compression in the Apache HTTPD server.
Image quality degradation as a hotlink deterrent
You can deter image hotlinking and reduce the associated bandwidth costs by reducing the image quality instead of outright blocking it.
Cache-Control plugin for WordPress
Take control over your WordPress site’s HTTP Cache-Control response header directives with my easy-to-use WordPress plugin.