Your Connection Pool Is Lying to You: The Misconfiguration Patterns That Quietly Throttle Web App Performance
Connection pooling is supposed to make database-backed web applications faster, but a misconfigured pool can throttle throughput just as effectively as having no pool at all. This article examines the specific misconfiguration patterns that degrade response times in production, explains how to size pools correctly for real-world workloads, and shows what a healthy pool looks like in your metrics.
