Essential tips to reinforce your app and infrastructure
Blog post from Upsun
In a live-streamed discussion, Greg Qualls and Thomas di Luccio, alongside guest Guillaume, explored essential strategies for reinforcing app and infrastructure performance ahead of high-traffic events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. They highlighted the importance of preparation through load testing, observability, and caching to ensure stability during peak times, emphasizing the need for automated scaling and strategic use of tools like Locust.io for load testing and Blackfire for performance monitoring. The conversation also covered the current state of AI and framework trends, noting the shift of ChatGPT from Next.js to Remix.js to enhance client-side rendering. They concluded with a focus on the human element, underscoring the need for clear communication and processes within teams to effectively manage traffic spikes and maintain performance.
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| Real-time | 2 | 3,932 | 887 | 192 | +47% |
| Platform Engineering | 1 | 287 | 69 | 36 | -2% |
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