Time to the Backend: The Hidden Delay in Your Application's Request Journey - Andrii Raikov

This talk explores the critical performance aspect of "Time to Backend," revealing how delays from network and mobile providers can significantly impact application performance, often more than backend optimizations. The speaker discusses real-world examples where response times were slow despite healthy system metrics, emphasizing the importance of understanding these external delays. By introducing the "Time to Backend" metric, the session highlights how it helps identify hidden latency issues and improves monitoring systems. The speaker, Andrii Raikov, brings 17 years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on Go and high-load applications at Delivery Hero, to provide insights into optimizing the entire request journey for better user experiences.