Microservices, Threads & PDFs: Refactor for Throughput, Not Just Scale

For high-volume systems (e.g., print data generation, mobile backends, web-to-print), throughput matters far more than raw infrastructure. In my experience building print-processing pipelines, mobile apps with chat/VoIP, and web services, the correct thread-pooling, batching, and efficient I/O made the difference.

In my PHOTUX-Prepress work I refactored PDF templating, caching and parallel processing — rather than just scaling servers — to meet production demands.

Enterprise takeaway

When throughput is the goal, invest in code/architecture optimisation first. Scaling infrastructure is secondary.

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