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Async Python is not faster
Async Python is slower than "sync" Python under a realistic benchmark. A bigger worry is that async frameworks go a bit wobbly under load.
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Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does it matter?
Using my own web server accesslogs and public latency data to get a quantitative answer and why roundtrips are such a pain.
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Staying Out of TTL Hell
Cache strategies that don't trade-off correctness for speed