Load Balancing

The Burstiness Paradox: Why Your Load Balancer Is Making AI Slower

Conventional wisdom says to smooth out traffic for LLM inference. But new research shows that bursty arrivals actually reduce latency by enabling more efficient batching. The paradox: variability is not a bugโ€”it’s a feature. Learn why your load balancer might be making your AI slower and how to flip the script.