Latency vs Throughput: Key Differences Explained for System Design

Latency vs Throughput: Key Differences Explained for System Design

 

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Ever spent hours optimizing your system only to realize you’ve been chasing the wrong metric? That was me last month, knee-deep in server logs, optimizing for throughput when latency was actually killing our user experience.

System design isn’t just about making things work—it’s about making the right things work right. Understanding the critical differences between latency vs throughput can literally make or break your architecture.