Performance Tuning
Priority: P1 (OPERATIONAL)
High-performance patterns and optimization techniques for NestJS applications.
- •
Adapter: Use
FastifyAdapterinstead of Express (2x throughput). - •
Compression: Enable Gzip/Brotli compression.
typescript// main.ts app.use(compression());
- •
Keep-Alive: Configure
http.Agentkeep-alive settings to reuse TCP connections for upstream services.
Scope & Dependency Injection
- •Default Scope: Adhere to
SINGLETONscope (default). - •Request Scope: AVOID
REQUESTscope unless absolutely necessary.- •Pro Tip: A single request-scoped service makes its entire injection chain request-scoped.
- •Solution: Use Durable Providers (
durable: true) for multi-tenancy.
- •Lazy Loading: Use
LazyModuleLoaderfor heavyweight modules (e.g., Admin panels).
Caching Strategy
- •Application Cache: Use
@nestjs/cache-managerfor computation results.- •Deep Dive: See Caching & Redis for L1/L2 strategies and Invalidation patterns.
- •HTTP Cache: Set
Cache-Controlheaders for client-side caching (CDN/Browser). - •Distributed: In microservices, use Redis store, not memory store.
Queues & Async Processing
- •Offloading: Never block the HTTP request for long-running tasks (Emails, Reports, webhooks).
- •Tool: Use
@nestjs/bull(BullMQ) or RabbitMQ (@nestjs/microservices).- •Pattern: Producer (Controller) -> Queue -> Consumer (Processor).
Serialization
- •Warning:
class-transformeris CPU expensive. - •Optimization: For high-throughput READ endpoints, consider manual mapping or using
fast-json-stringify(built-in fastify serialization) instead of interceptors.
Database Tuning
- •Projections: Always use
select: []to fetch only needed columns. - •N+1: Prevent N+1 queries by using
relationscarefully orDataLoaderfor Graph/Field resolvers. - •Connection Pooling: Configure pool size (e.g.,
pool: { min: 2, max: 10 }) in config to match DB limits.
Profiling & Scaling
- •Offloading: Move CPU-heavy tasks (Image processing, Crypto) to
worker_threads. - •Clustering: For non-containerized environments, use
ClusterModuleto utilize all CPU cores. In K8s, prefer ReplicaSets.