Improving the runtime for a page from 0.75 to 0.25 seconds may not make much of a difference to the end user's experience. But it triples the number of requests that your app servers can handle. This post covers improving performance at this level. Before you get here, you need to have your database well tuned with proper indexes, etc. Going through this workflow will make your website a little snappier and increase your overall capacity.
Improving the runtime for a page from 0.75 to 0.25 seconds may not make much of a difference to the end user's experience. But it triples the number of requests that your app servers can handle. This post covers improving performance at this level. Before you get here, you need to have your database well tuned with proper indexes, etc. Going through this workflow will make your website a little snappier and increase your overall capacity.