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Production Stop 20

Performance is a feature. Latency, throughput, and consistency directly shape how consumers experience an API and whether they keep using it. I measure performance continuously so that regressions show up as data, not as complaints.

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Performance Budgets Defined

Require that every API define performance budgets, setting explicit targets for latency, throughput, and error rates that it commits to holding. I expect these budgets to be measured continuously a...

Latency

Requiring details regarding the regular latency for each available API.

Response Time

Requiring details regarding the regular response time for each available API.

Performance

Publishing details regarding the performance of APIs, complimenting status and uptime information, but drilling into more detail regarding speed, latency, and other performance related metrics that...