# Latency (Manning)

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**Created:** [30 October 2025 13:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/latency-manning/220753 "2025-10-30T13:16:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 October 2025 13:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/latency-manning/220753/1 "2025-10-30T13:16:11Z")

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_Latency: Reduce delay in software systems_ shows you how to troubleshoot latency in existing applications and create low-latency systems from the ground up.

 ![Enberg-HI](https://forum.devtalk.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9446a5dc81cfbd169dab27647118b7eb4719bd84.jpeg)

### Pekka Enberg

Latency is one of those invisible performance killers — even systems that _work_ can feel slow, fragile, or unresponsive because of micro-delays that accumulate. That’s exactly what Pekka Enberg tackles in his new book, _[Latency](https://www.manning.com/books/latency)_, now available through Manning’s Early Access Program (MEAP).

From first principles through hands-on techniques, _Latency_ shows you how to _spot_, _understand_, and _fix_ unwanted delay in software and infrastructure. It doesn’t treat latency as an afterthought — it treats it as a first-class concern across layers (OS, network, application, data).

Here’s what you’ll get out of this book:

- A clear distinction between **latency vs. bandwidth** , and why bandwidth optimizations often miss the real issue

- Models (Little’s Law, Amdahl’s Law) and measurement strategies to _quantify_ latency and its sources

- Techniques to optimize at every level: **colocation, replication, partitioning, caching**

- Ways to speed internal logic: **algorithmic improvements, memory tuning, lock-free concurrency**

- Methods to _hide latency_ when you can’t eliminate it: asynchronous processing, speculative execution, prefetching

One thing I especially liked in early previews is the code repository that comes with the book — you can experiment with reference implementations to better internalize the concepts. [GitHub](https://github.com/penberg/latency-book?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

If your goal is to build _fast, responsive, high-quality_ systems — especially those that operate over networks, in distributed environments, or on tight SLAs — this is a resource that’ll help you put theory into practice.

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- Full details: [https://www.manning.com/books/latency](https://www.manning.com/books/latency)

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