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Re:Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What s... by pknerd on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:09AM (#24143478)
Once I performed site optimization worked and loved it. Couldn't find a way to Cash it as an alternative income stream. I'd explore it again.

Also web performance don't mean front end only. Most of db driven sites don't even have basic indexing done.

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Re:Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What s... by poulsbohemian on Thursday August 13, 2020 @02:18PM (#24146405)
Amen brother! In the decade I spent in that space, customers always thought they had esoteric memory issues or had found some kernel bug. Nope, you just forgot to do the basics like oh dunno... check if it even runs? DB indexing? pfffttt, who does that? ;-)
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Re:Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What s... by ornornor on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:48AM (#24234053)
Where I work, we never ever index anything. And we use text types for every column, especially dates and IDs. Fun times.
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