---
title: "Hot keys and distributing requests"
description: "How can you identify a key dominating the workload?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T12.05/"
topicId: "T12.05"
---

> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you identify a key dominating the workload?

## What we will work through

Identify a key dominating the workload.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Cache-aside in an API.

- [Cache-aside in an API](/en/articles/topics/T12.01/)