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Pool Connections in Lifespan

Reuse DB and HTTP clients across requests.

Connecting Costs Time

Opening a fresh database or HTTP connection on every call is slow. The handshake adds latency that piles up fast under load. 🐢

Reuse with a Pool

A connection pool keeps a set of live connections ready, lending one per request and taking it back when the work is done.

All lessons in this course

  1. Expose SQL Queries Safely
  2. Wrap a REST API as Tools
  3. Pool Connections in Lifespan
  4. Cache & Rate-Limit Upstreams
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