⚡ Optimize JSON Serialization Performance in Server Responses

[Igor Holt (igor-holt)]

💡 What:
Replaced indent=2 with separators=(',', ':') in the send_json method of simple_seismic_server.py. Added explicit charset=utf-8 to the Content-Type header and .encode('utf-8') to ensure robust byte encoding.

🎯 Why:
Using indent=2 during JSON serialization creates unnecessarily large payloads and consumes additional CPU cycles for formatting. For a production API server, compact serialization (separators=(',', ':')) significantly reduces network bandwidth overhead and processing time without affecting functional correctness.

📊 Measured Improvement:
A standalone local benchmark simulating API payloads of 100,000 requests demonstrated:

• Speedup: ~5.41x faster serialization (Baseline: 9.4190s -> Optimized: 1.7409s)
• Payload Size Reduction: ~23.8% smaller responses (Baseline: 861 bytes -> Optimized: 656 bytes)

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