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Developer Latency Sensitivity & SLO Benchmarking Survey
Measures developer-perceived latency thresholds, tail-latency tolerance, and performance trade-off priorities by use case. Use it to benchmark acceptable response times, set data-informed SLOs and SLAs, and prioritize performance investments that align with what developers actually care about.
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24 questions · ~4 min
Q02
Multiple Choice
Have you written, reviewed, or deployed code in a professional capacity in the last 30 days?
Q03
Multiple Choice
Which of the following languages or platforms did you actively use in the last 30 days? (Select all that apply)
Q04
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Overall, how sensitive to latency are your primary workloads?
Q05
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Over the last 30 days, what p95 latency have you typically observed for your primary endpoint?
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If your median latency meets its target, how acceptable are occasional latency spikes?
Q07
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For a latency-sensitive workload, rank the following priorities from most to least important.
Q08
AI Interview
We'd like to explore your latency trade-off decisions in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions.
Q09
Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes your current role?
Q10
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Thank you for completing this survey! Your responses will be used in aggregate to help set better latency benchmarks and improve developer tooling experiences. If you have questions, please contact the research team.
Q11
Multiple Choice
Which of the following use cases are most relevant to your current work? (Select all that apply)
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For user-facing requests, what do you consider an acceptable median (p50) latency?
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What is your typical default timeout setting for external API or service calls?
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When latency threatens your SLA or SLO, rank your top strategies in order of priority (drag to reorder).
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In your experience, above what latency do interactive actions start to feel noticeably slow to users?
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Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts about acceptable latency, tail behavior, or how latency considerations shape your system designs.
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How many years of professional software development experience do you have?
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For user-facing requests, what do you consider an acceptable 95th-percentile (p95) latency?
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What is the maximum acceptable end-to-end latency you would set for interactive UI actions (e.g., button clicks, navigation)?
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Approximately how large is your organization?
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How important is reducing tail latency (p95/p99) compared to reducing average latency for your workloads?
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What is the maximum acceptable end-to-end latency you would set for synchronous API calls (e.g., REST/gRPC)?
Q23
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In which region are you primarily located?
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What is the maximum acceptable end-to-end latency you would set for batch or background jobs?
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