Optimizing Backend API Performance

Abstract

In today’s digital world, users expect fast and seamless interactions, making API performance a critical factor in the success of any application. Slow APIs can severely impact user experience, scalability, and business outcomes. In this talk, we will explore practical, real-world strategies for optimizing backend API performance, drawn from large-scale implementations. Key areas of focus will include handling large datasets through efficient pagination, improving throughput with asynchronous logging, reducing database load via caching, minimizing latency through payload compression, and optimizing database interactions with connection pooling. Attendees will leave with actionable insights and proven techniques to ensure their APIs are not only responsive and reliable but also prepared to scale under growing demands.