http://simonwillison.net/2010-02-03T13:05:08+00:00Simon Willison2010-02-03T13:05:08+00:002010-02-03T13:05:08+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Feb/3/dogproxy/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://github.com/simonw/dogproxy">dogproxy</a></strong></p> Another of my experiments with Node.js—this is a very simple HTTP proxy which addresses the dog pile effect (also known as the thundering herd) by watching out for multiple requests for a URL that is currently “in flight” and bundling them together. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dogpile">dogpile</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dogproxy">dogproxy</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nodejs">nodejs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/projects">projects</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/scaling">scaling</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/thunderingherd">thunderingherd</a></p>