Why Didn't Standard Monitoring Catch My Cron Job Causing API Latency Issues?
I've been in backend engineering for about 15 years, and whenever I notice a spike in API latency or timeout on requests, I generally follow a routine: check…
API latency
Why is my gaming API so slow for users in New Zealand?
I'm managing a gaming app backend hosted on AWS in the eu-west-2 region, but it's really struggling with latency for users far away. Here's what I've observed: the…