performance

Practical resources about performance for software engineers.

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Optimizing for Speed and Efficiency

Performance is a feature. Slow applications lose users, increase infrastructure costs, and create a poor developer experience. Profiling, benchmarking, and systematic optimization are essential skills for senior engineers.

This section covers profiling techniques, database query optimization, frontend bundle analysis, memory leak detection, and latency reduction strategies. Each guide includes measurable targets and before/after benchmarks.

intermediate

SPA Performance: Code Splitting and Lazy Loading

Improve single-page application load times by splitting bundles at route and component level,...

intermediate

Web Performance Optimization

Improve Core Web Vitals, reduce bundle sizes, and optimize frontend performance with lazy loading,...

intermediate

Concurrent HTTP Requests with asyncio.gather and aiohttp

Fetch multiple HTTP endpoints concurrently using asyncio.gather and aiohttp with error handling,...

intermediate

Distributed Rate Limiting with FastAPI and Redis

Implement distributed rate limiting in FastAPI using Redis sliding window and token bucket...

advanced

Reduce AWS Lambda Cold Start with Provisioned Concurrency

Minimize Lambda cold start latency using provisioned concurrency, ARM64 Graviton, lighter...

intermediate

Compute Resource Consolidation Pattern

Combine workloads into fewer compute resources to reduce cost, improve utilization, and simplify...

intermediate

Back-Pressure Pattern

Prevent upstream systems from overwhelming downstream consumers by propagating flow-control signals...

beginner

Content Delivery Network (CDN) Pattern

Distribute static and live content through geographically dispersed edge servers to reduce latency,...

intermediate

Eager Loading Pattern

Load related data in a single query rather than multiple round-trips, preventing the N+1 problem...

intermediate

Flyweight Pattern for Efficient Large-Scale Object Sharing

Use the Flyweight pattern to minimize memory usage by sharing as much data as possible between...

intermediate

Proxy Pattern for API Response Caching

How to implement a caching proxy that intercepts API calls and stores responses to reduce latency...

intermediate

Shed Load Pattern

Drop requests proactively under extreme load to protect the system. Reject excess traffic before it...

intermediate

Throttling Pattern

Limit the rate at which a system processes requests or consumes resources to prevent overload,...

intermediate

GraphQL Batched Resolver Pattern

Resolve nested GraphQL fields in a single batched request to eliminate N+1 queries and reduce...

intermediate

GraphQL DataLoader Pattern

Coalesce individual load requests into batched calls with per-request caching to prevent N+1...

intermediate

API Rate Limiting Policy Template

A template for defining API rate limits per consumer tier, including burst allowances, quota...

intermediate

Load Test Execution Plan Template

A template to plan, execute, and document load tests that measure system behavior under realistic...

intermediate

Core Web Vitals Audit Checklist

Checklist for auditing Core Web Vitals per page: LCP optimization steps, INP interaction tuning,...

core-web-vitals lcp inp cls
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Database Query Tuning Checklist

Checklist for systematic SQL query optimization: EXPLAIN plan analysis, index strategy, N+1 query...

intermediate

Load Test Plan Template

Template for planning and documenting load tests: test scenarios, user journey definitions, ramp-up...

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