Request coalescing with Go singleflight

· Redowan Delowar · June 27, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
Summary
This blog post explains how to manage multiple simultaneous requests for the same query in Go using the singleflight package, which prevents database saturation by coalescing duplicate requests into a single call. It covers implementation details, measurement techniques, and considerations for per-pod coalescing effectiveness.