"Perhaps they are continuously doing DB writes instead of keeping a write cache and storing content in batches, who knows." If they are using rails (and certai

"Perhaps they are continuously doing DB writes instead of keeping a write cache and storing content in batches, who knows." If they are using rails (and certainly they started with it) that is almost certainly what they are/were doing. Thats the Rails Way. Store everything, load it up, remember nothing at all.