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# [Reading a Benchmark Table Honestly: TTFT Percentiles From a Warm-Pool Gateway Test](https://nrouter.hashnode.dev/reading-a-benchmark-table-honestly-ttft-percentiles-from-a-warm-pool-gateway-test?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Vendor benchmarks deserve suspicion. Most hide the workload, cherry-pick the tier, or quote a p50 and let you assume the tail behaves. So let's read one the way it should be read — method first, numbe

Oct 14 · 3 min read · nrouter.hashnode.dev  
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