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How to Scale Long-Running API Requests

calendar_today May 23, 2026 person milan@milanjovanovic.tech (Milan Jovanović) domain modular-monolith

When a single API call takes minutes to finish, it punishes both your users and your server. Here’s the progression I walk through to turn long-running endpoints into something responsive, scalable, and operable - and when to reach for managed cloud services instead.

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