advancedPerformance Optimization

Why should you measure with real data (like Actuator metrics) before optimizing a 'slow' endpoint?

Optimizing whatever looks slow without measuring routinely wastes time fixing something that was never the actual bottleneck — the real slow path is often unglamorous, like a synchronous external API call buried three layers deep, which only real per-endpoint response-time data reveals.

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