Optimizing API Traffic for Sustainability and Performance

Some best practices were implemented :

• Smart endpoint architecture
• Strategic caching
• Dynamic feature management

Key figures

• Eliminated 3.62 billion API calls in the first week
• Reduced 404 error responses by 71.93%
• Decreased server replicas from 120 to 40
• Lowered database CPU usage from 60% to 20%
• Reduced database connections by 25%
• Cut Kubernetes costs to one-third of previous expenses
• Saved 49.66 CPU cores (equivalent to powering down an AWS c6g.12xlarge instance)

Beyond the numbers

• Enhanced user experience with faster load times and reduced bandwidth consumption