The latest articles on DEV Community by Anurag Vishwakarma (@anurag_vishwakarma). https://dev.to/anurag_vishwakarma https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F927477%2Fffc67eec-8d9c-4ac5-bfa6-73e331291c0a.png https://dev.to/anurag_vishwakarma en Anurag Vishwakarma Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:35:18 +0000 https://dev.to/anurag_vishwakarma/clearing-up-the-confusion-latency-vs-throughput-1e0e https://dev.to/anurag_vishwakarma/clearing-up-the-confusion-latency-vs-throughput-1e0e <p>Most people have a common misconception that a fast internet connection always means a fast app experience.</p> <p>In reality, two different factors are at play: latency and throughput</p> <p><strong>Latency</strong> is the time it takes for a single request to travel from your device to a server and back. It’s what determines how quickly you see a response after clicking a button or loading a page.</p> <p><strong>Throughput</strong> is the amount of data that can be delivered over a network in a given period. It’s about how much information can move through the system at once.</p> <p>Both latency and throughput impact performance, but in different ways.</p> systemdesign distributedsystems programming cloud