Async Was Slower Than Sync in This Spring Boot Load Test
A Spring Boot load test where async handled requests slower than sync. Compare latency, throughput, and thread behavior.
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Redis Cache Expiration Causes Hidden Latency Spikes
See how Redis changed Spring Boot API latency, throughput, and P95 response time in a practical cache benchmark.
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Redis Made This Spring Boot API 30x Faster in a Load Test
Tested Redis caching in a Spring Boot API and achieved up to 30x faster response times. See benchmarks, P95 impact, and key insights.
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API Slow? Database Fine — Real Performance Case Study
Spring Boot API latency investigation showing slow responses despite fast PostgreSQL queries, with real metrics and optimization insights.
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Microservices vs Monolith Performance: Latency Trade-offs We Measured
Exploring performance trade-offs between microservices and monolith architectures, including network latency, and complexity.
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Spring Boot Saturation Test: Why 300 Users Caused 42% Failures
Load testing Spring Boot defaults at 300 concurrent users reveals connection pool saturation and 42% request failures.
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Spring Boot Redis Benchmark: When Caching Made Latency Worse
Benchmarking Redis caching with 100 users on 10M rows. Proper config improved 15× — bad config caused unstable latency.
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Kafka Lag vs PostgreSQL Writes: What Slowed the Consumer Down
Real Kafka lag benchmark with payload growth and PostgreSQL indexing impact. Measured drain time and throughput.
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JPA vs JDBC Performance — 10M Rows (PostgreSQL)
Real Spring Boot benchmarks compare JPA and JDBC on PostgreSQL with 10 million rows, showing why ORM overhead explodes at scale.