# Are you checking your top two transactions?

DevFeed: [Are you checking your top two transactions?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/are-you-checking-your-top-two-transactions-39444.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/are-you-checking-your-top-two-transactions>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2023-07-28T13:19:09Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [Application Performance Management (APM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apm.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [apm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apm.md>), [customer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer-experience.md>), [datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datadog.md>), [elk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elk.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This short engineering tip recommends periodically reviewing the one or two transactions that consume most of a software service's time. Using available APM data, engineering leaders can discuss performance with maintainers and identify architecture improvements affecting costs or customer experience.

## Source excerpt

Short edition today, because not everything needs to be a ten page essay.