Optimizing the Python code by using a dedicated WSGI server to run on 8 processes gunicorn -w 8 -b 0.0.0.0:5001 simple:app instead of the flask development server:
$ wrk http://127.0.0.1:5001 -t 8 -c 32 -d 60
Running 1m test @ http://127.0.0.1:5001
8 threads and 32 connections
Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev
Latency 72.36ms 23.81ms 314.19ms 93.41%
Req/Sec 56.71 12.13 90.00 61.91%
26917 requests in 1.00m, 3.95MB read
Requests/sec: 447.96
Transfer/sec: 67.37KB
