PerformanceBeginner Friendly

What is Latency?

The time delay between a request and its response

Why It Matters

Lower latency means faster, more responsive applications that users enjoy using

A button that responds in 50ms feels instant, while 2000ms feels sluggish

The amount of work your system can handle in a given time period

A network of servers around the world that stores copies of your content closer to users

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A network of servers around the world that stores copies of your content closer to users

The amount of work your system can handle in a given time period

A temporary storage that keeps copies of frequently accessed data for faster retrieval

Slowing down requests instead of blocking them entirely when limits are approached