docs/AUTOMATED_OPTIMIZATION.md

Automated Optimization Workflows

Date: 2025-01-27 Purpose: Guide for setting up automated optimization workflows Status: Complete

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Overview

This guide provides strategies for automating optimization tasks including dependency updates, resource optimization, and performance tuning.

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Automation Areas

1. Dependency Updates

Dependabot Configuration

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "weekly"
    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
    reviewers:
      - "team-name"
    labels:
      - "dependencies"
      - "automated"

Automated Updates

Strategy:

• Auto-merge patch updates (after tests pass)
• Manual review for minor/major updates
• Security updates prioritized

2. Resource Optimization

Auto-Scaling

apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
  name: app-hpa
spec:
  scaleTargetRef:
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    name: app
  minReplicas: 2
  maxReplicas: 10
  metrics:
    - type: Resource
      resource:
        name: cpu
        target:
          type: Utilization
          averageUtilization: 70

Resource Right-Sizing

Automation:

• Monitor resource usage
• Recommend right-sizing
• Auto-adjust based on metrics

3. Performance Optimization

Automated Profiling

# Weekly performance profiling
0x -- node app.js

# Analyze results
# Generate recommendations

Cache Optimization

Automation:

• Monitor cache hit rates
• Adjust cache sizes
• Optimize cache strategies

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CI/CD Integration

Automated Testing

jobs:
  performance-test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run performance tests
        run: |
          pnpm install
          pnpm test:performance
      - name: Check performance budget
        run: |
          # Check against performance budget
          # Fail if exceeded

Automated Optimization

jobs:
  optimize:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Analyze bundle size
        run: pnpm analyze
      - name: Optimize images
        run: pnpm optimize:images
      - name: Minify assets
        run: pnpm build:production

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Monitoring & Alerts

Automated Alerts

# Alert on performance degradation
- alert: PerformanceDegradation
  expr: http_request_duration_seconds{quantile="0.95"} > 1
  for: 10m
  annotations:
    summary: "Performance degradation detected"

Automated Responses

Actions:

• Scale up on high load
• Scale down on low usage
• Restart unhealthy services
• Trigger optimization workflows

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Optimization Scripts

Build Optimization

#!/bin/bash
# optimize-builds.sh
# - Enable caching
# - Parallel execution
# - Incremental builds

Cost Optimization

#!/bin/bash
# optimize-costs.sh
# - Right-size resources
# - Remove unused resources
# - Optimize storage

Performance Optimization

#!/bin/bash
# optimize-performance.sh
# - Profile applications
# - Optimize queries
# - Cache optimization

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Best Practices

Automation

• Start with monitoring
• Automate gradually
• Test automation
• Review regularly

Optimization

• Measure before optimizing
• Set clear targets
• Monitor results
• Iterate continuously

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Last Updated: 2025-01-27