{
  "id": 6298580,
  "title": "7 Ways to Make Your API Faster",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/7-ways-to-make-your-api-faster",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:42:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/lovestaco/7-ways-to-make-your-api-faster-4020"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Here is a summary of the article \"7 Ways to Make Your API Faster\" in my own words:\n\nThe number one rule in optimizing API performance is to measure and confirm the actual slow points, before making any optimizations. Premature optimization is not the first step. Caching is the highest leverage optimization technique, as it eliminates expensive database queries altogether. Implementing Redis or Memcached to store and retrieve expensive results can reduce database hits significantly, even with short TTLs (time to live). Connection pooling is crucial to avoid the overhead of repeatedly opening and closing database connections, especially in serverless environments. A pool of reusable connections can be handed out to requests, reducing latency and preventing database connection exhaustion. Avoid the N+1 query pattern, where individual queries are made for each object, leading to unnecessary redundant work. Instead, batch queries to retrieve related data in a single efficient request. The article encourages profiling and measurement before applying any optimization techniques, emphasizing that caching, connection pooling, and efficient querying are the key strategies for improving API performance without introducing unnecessary complexity.",
  "summary": "Hello, I'm Maneshwar, and I'm building LiveReview — a blast-radius aware AI code review built for your business-critical systems. Star us to help devs discover the project, give it a try, and share your feedback to help improve the product. Your API is slow. You know it is slow because somebody in the product channel posted a screenshot of a spinner with the caption \"is this normal\". So you open…",
  "key_points": [
    "Measure and confirm actual slow points before optimizations",
    "Implement caching with Redis or Memcached to eliminate expensive queries",
    "Use connection pooling to avoid overhead of opening/closing connections"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}