From 91af7c833b1d3e0a56b2bb2d76b7e1e83b52dcac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Shammas Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:43:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 483d9fb..196de70 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ # ifconfig.io -... +Inspired by ifconfig.me, but designed for pure speed. A single server can do 18,000 requests per seconds while only consuming 50megs of ram. + +I used the gin framework as it does several things to ensure that there are no memory allocations on each request, keeping the GC happy and preventing unnessary allocations. + +Tested to handle 15,000 requests persecond on modest hardware with an adverage response time of 130ms. +![LoadTest](http://i.imgur.com/xgR4u1e.png)