Building Low Latency Apps Masterclass

Practical techniques for high-performance applications

September 25, 2025 - 8:00am-10:30am PDT | 15:00-17:30 GMT

Free Masterclass: Eliminate latency in distributed applications

Latency hides in every layer of a distributed system. In this masterclass you’ll learn proven strategies to eliminate bottlenecks across the stack — from the application layer down to the database.

Designed for teams building performance critical applications, this event offers practical methods for battling P99 (and higher) percentiles, and knowing when it's time to stop optimizing. Attendees will walk away with a holistic approach, including techniques that intersect many areas of software engineering, distributed systems, databases, and operating systems.

Draw from real world experience of Pekka Enberg (Turso CTO/Founder and author of Latency) and Felipe Cardeneti Mendes (Technical Director at ScyllaDB and co-author of Database Performance at Scale) and learn how to:

  • Spot, understand, and respond to latency, across your whole stack
  • Tackle often-overlooked causes of database latency
  • Evaluate when (and when not) to use caching for latency reduction
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Meet Your Instructors

Pekka Enberg

Pekka Enberg
Turso CTO/Founder and author of Latency

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Felipe Cardeneti Mendes

Felipe Cardeneti Mendes
Technical Director

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Look forward to...

Hands-on Learning

Live Q&As, in-session chat, hands-on exercises... thought this was going to be only about watching people talk? Think again.

Free Swag & Prizes

Attend live and enter to win an exclusive swag pack and complete the quiz for a certificate to display on your LinkedIn profile!

Bonus Content

You’ll have access to all recordings and slides after the event, so you can go back and re-watch the sessions you didn’t catch live.


Schedule Highlights

Thursday, Sep 25

08:00AM – 08:30AM PST

Lounges Open

Felipe Mendes

08:30AM – 08:35AM PST

Welcome & Housekeeping

Pekka Enberg

08:35AM – 9:05AM PST

Session 1: Patterns of low latency

Speedrunning through important latency strategies buried deep in developer folklore.
– Reducing data movement
– Avoiding work
– Avoiding waiting

Felipe Mendes

9:05AM – 9:35AM PST

Session 2: Impacts on database latency

Understanding critical factors that influence database latency.
– Database architecture + topology
– Underlying infrastructure
– Workload patterns + data modeling

Felipe Mendes

9:35AM – 10:00AM PST

Session 3: Just Cache It??

Using real-world scenarios to discuss the “sweet spot” of caching.
– When to cache
– Caching caveats– Caching alternatives

Pekka Enberg

10:05AM – 10:20PM PST

Open Q & A

Ask your burning latency questions — the best ones win Latency + Database Performance at Scale books

10:20AM – 10:25PM PST

Wrap-up & Exam