#!perl
use 5.024;
use strictures;
use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);

sub mock_connect {
    my $how_long_it_takes = 3 + rand;
    sleep $how_long_it_takes;
    return $how_long_it_takes;
}
sub main {
    state $db_handle = mock_connect($dsn);
    return sub { [200, [], ["connect took $db_handle secondsn"]] };
}
my $dsn = 'dbi:blahblah'; # from config file
my $app = main($dsn);

› perl -MBenchmark=timeit,timestr,:hireswallclock -E"say timestr timeit 10, sub { system q(curl http://localhost:5000) }"
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
connect took 3.0299610154043 seconds
2.93921 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr +  0.06 sys =  0.09 CPU) @ 107.53/s (n=10)

› perl -MBenchmark=timeit,timestr,:hireswallclock -E"say timestr timeit 10, sub { system q(curl http://localhost:5000) }"
connect took 3.77111188120125 seconds
connect took 3.15455510265111 seconds
connect took 3.77111188120125 seconds
connect took 3.15455510265111 seconds
connect took 3.77111188120125 seconds
connect took 3.64333342488772 seconds
connect took 3.15455510265111 seconds
connect took 3.77111188120125 seconds
connect took 3.85268922343767 seconds
connect took 3.64333342488772 seconds
17.4764 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr +  0.09 sys =  0.11 CPU) @ 90.91/s (n=10)