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Performance

Blog posts in the Performance category

Graceful Degradation in Microservices: Key Patterns

Keep core microservice functions running during failures using circuit breakers, fallbacks, timeouts, bulkheads and async workflows.

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Checklist for API Gateway Performance Tuning

Practical checklist to reduce API gateway latency and costs: connection reuse, compression, caching, tuning, monitoring and scaling.

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Best Practices for Data Access Optimisation in DevOps

Embed observability, optimise queries, caching and storage, and add CI/CD checks and AI monitoring to cut latency and cloud costs in DevOps.

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Kubernetes Traffic Splitting for Canary Deployments

Kubernetes traffic splitting lowers deployment risk and cost by routing a small share to a canary, monitoring and enabling quick rollbacks.

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How AI Predicts Failures in DevOps Pipelines

AI predicts CI/CD failures by spotting signals in logs, tests and metrics — shifting teams from firefighting to prevention.

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Ultimate Guide to CDN Billing Insights

How CDN charges work and how to cut bills: bandwidth, request fees, cache misses, regional pricing, optimisation and monitoring.

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How to Automate Unit Tests in CI/CD

Run fast, isolated unit tests early in CI/CD, use JUnit XML reports, parallelise suites and monitor flaky tests for reliable pipelines.

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How to Manage Service Mesh Configurations

Manage service mesh configs using version control, preflight validation, staged rollouts, observability and fast rollback to avoid outages.

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How to Debug Build Failures in CI/CD Pipelines

Troubleshoot CI/CD build failures with logs, local reproduction, linters and debug traces to reduce downtime and prevent repeats.

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Istio Upgrade Strategies for Large-Scale Systems

Practical, low-risk strategies for zero‑downtime Istio upgrades in large Kubernetes environments using canaries, parallel control planes and monitoring.

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API Gateways: Role in Rate Limiting and Throttling

API gateways are the frontline for enforcing rate limits and throttling to protect backends and ensure fair traffic.

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Retry and Backoff in Distributed Systems

Retry and backoff best practices for distributed systems: exponential backoff with jitter, retry budgets, idempotency, and circuit breakers.

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