🚀 Performance Optimization
- Use Caching Headers: Implement
Cache-Control
and ETag
to reduce latency.

- **Enable Gzip Compression**: Reduce payload size with `Content-Encoding: gzip`.

- **Optimize Static Assets**: Serve images and CSS via CDN for faster delivery.
🔒 Security Enhancements
- HTTPS Enforcement: Use
Strict-Transport-Security
header for secure connections.

- **Rate Limiting**: Prevent DDoS attacks with `X-RateLimit-*` headers.

- **Content Security Policy (CSP)**: Mitigate XSS risks via `Content-Security-Policy` header.
🧠 Advanced Caching Strategies
- Cache Partitioning: Use
Vary
header to differentiate cached responses.

- **Stale-While-Revalidate**: Balance performance and freshness with `Cache-Control: stale-while-revalidate`.

- **CDN Cache Invalidation**: Automate cache updates using `Cache-Control: max-age=0, must-revalidate`.
🌐 Scalability Techniques
- Load Balancing: Distribute traffic with
X-Forwarded-For
and reverse proxies.

- **Asynchronous Processing**: Offload tasks to background workers via `X-Processing-Time`.

- **Horizontal Scaling**: Add more servers using `X-Server-ID` for session affinity.
For deeper insights, check our guide on Best Practices for HTTP Server Configuration. 📚