caching

Caching is what makes servers not die. Be nice; keep your server alive.

collapsed forwarding

• bundle multiple requests into a single request
• prevents accidental proxy ddos (as possible by cloudfront)

etag

• hash of data
• compare all the time
• 302!

heavy objects

• large cachable object is better than multiple uncachable ones
• query strings are the son of the devil
• put a cache in front of the large response to cache it regardless
• 302's are your friend

API-gateway in front of the API

• authenticate
• cache routes
• custom rules