restify at Netflix with Yunong Xiao

restify is a node.js module built to enable correct REST web services. Netflix uses restify to gain performance and visibility.

Yunong Xiao, senior engineer at Netflix, talks about the incident which incited Netflix’s service migration to restify. The discussion starts with an explanation of flame graphs and evolves into a conversation about restify, and the importance of choosing the correct RESTful API.

Links:

• Node.js In Flames
• Observable Node.js Applications (tech talk)
• Observable Node.js Applications at Scale (SlideShare)
• Flame Graphs
• restify API guide

Flame Graph