Caching db queries and media assets already got a big boost a decade ago going from spinning rust to ssd to even faster NVME. Optimizing DB queries on spinning

Caching db queries and media assets already got a big boost a decade ago going from spinning rust to ssd to even faster NVME. Optimizing DB queries on spinning rust was an exciting experience though. Chasing milliseconds with caching and warming caches up still brings back good memories :) Scale and architecture makes new designs much easier. 1Mb of code... A 100Mb database and 1Gb of media assets is becoming a relic like "big iron". Blank slate canvases should skip a lot of it. Technology debt only gets harder to manage over time.