How we migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime
GOV.UK Notify recently migrated our production database. Find out how we did it with the least possible disruption to our users.
Posts for Tech Specialists
As part of our practice of working in the open, GDS likes to write about our technical work, so that we can share and connect with technical specialists around the world.
How we reduced CSS size and improved performance across GOV.UK
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Jon Kirwan, Front end developer, GDS and Martin Jones, Front end developer, GDS, Posted on:
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We recently reduced CSS size and improved performance across GOV.UK pages by
moving away from bundling all CSS into a single stylesheet served to all pages to serving smaller stylesheets containing only the necessary styles for each page.
Enabling AWS cross account monitoring using Terraform
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Oswald Quek, Senior Developer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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In this technical blog post, we describe how to set up AWS cross account monitoring exclusively in Terraform.
Performance testing GOV.UK Pay’s webhooks mechanism
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James Peacock - Developer, GOV.UK Pay, Posted on:
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GOV.UK Pay, Posts for Tech Specialists
We used performance testing to check our new webhook functionality worked at scale for our services. Find out what we learned.
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