How do I make a HTTPS GET Request that competes against other parties and tries to be the fastest?

Question

What can be done in order to outperform "standard" implementations of GET-Requests?

I've used the HttpsURLConnection-Class in java, the request-,req-fast- and the http-module in nodejs, however all of them seem to perform pretty much in the same way.

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Is there any specific language to do such thing?

Answer 1

1. Your app's performance .

Is there any specific language to do such thing

That's too wide/generic question. I am almost certain, the usual answer you will get is try to go as low level as possible in the language level (go to C if not assembly), or ditch the versatility of microprocessor and go with FPGA or go all the way to ASIC. If you are using higher level language, look at zero copy data structures , pre-rendering as much as possible etc (Not sure how much of this is applicable for a GET request though as no Requestbody involved). This goes without saying, profile each of the solution and see for yourself which gives you better performance

2. Network latency

get your client deployed in the same rack / same data center as that of the server. Key is to get your client as close as possible to the server in terms of network latency.