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Re:Busting a Myth: “Only writers subscribe to genre magazines” by robertlagrant on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:16PM (#36977618)
Friends don't let friends serve static content in a way that involves a database!
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Re:Busting a Myth: “Only writers subscribe to genre magazines” by naniwaduni on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:34PM (#36977907)
It's not static, it's Wordpress, and that's something we can complain about once there's an actual alternative in the niches WP fills.
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Re:Busting a Myth: “Only writers subscribe to genre magazines” by robertlagrant on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:36AM (#36983907)
I was more replying to:

> friends don't let friends have connection pools without bounds/with the wrong bounds, especially not to serve static content

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Re:Busting a Myth: “Only writers subscribe to genre magazines” by pessimizer on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:52PM (#36978948)
No, friends just throw a static cache in front of their friend's static content.
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Re:Busting a Myth: “Only writers subscribe to genre magazines” by lmm on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @07:40PM (#36979424)
In the same way that friends throw a rug over their friend's dirty floor? Caches are at best a stopgap, and usually cause more problems than they solve.
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