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It still doesn't make sense to me. I can either use my time to fix the queries or use my time to play around with this disaster waiting to happen.
by atomical 16y ago
It still doesn't make sense to me. I can either use my time to fix the queries or use my time to play around with this disaster waiting to happen.
- dhotson 16y agoIt's not just db queries though.. it's also things like 3rd party API calls (S3 for example). Basically anything where you're blocked waiting for a response you could be busy doing something else. Synchronous APIs are kind of wasteful in a lot of cases. Node.js does a good job of this by using async APIs. It's a tradeoff. But the extra complexity can be worth it if it means your pages load 2x faster.