Why is it Slow? Strategies for Solving Performance Problems

Explore strategies for detecting and diagnosing performance problems in typical production workloads during this 28-minute conference talk from EuroPython 2022. Delve into a wide range of techniques applicable to web-based domains, backend systems, and analytical applications involving number-crunching and big data. Learn about tracing through code instrumentation, profiling using built-in and third-party tools, isolating performance bottlenecks, reasoning through common scenarios causing performance regressions, and implementing prophylactic measures in CI pipelines. Gain insights into solving slow endpoints, applications affecting specific users, and catching performance issues before they impact production environments.

Why is it slow? Strategies for solving performance problems - presented by Caleb Hattingh