
Optimizing WebSocket in High-Load Go Applications: A Practitioner's Guide
Ever tried herding cats while juggling chainsaws? That’s what managing WebSockets in high-traffic Go systems feels like without the right optimizations. As someone who’s accidentally DDoS’d my own servers more times than I’d like to admit, I’ve compiled hard-won lessons into this guide. We’ll transform your WebSocket handlers from overwhelmed gremlins into battle-hardened warriors. Connection Management: The Goroutine Tango Go’s goroutines make concurrency look deceptively easy—until you spawn thousands for WebSocket connections and watch memory vaporize....