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Sometimes, a cache is all about reducing expense: I.e, free cache query vs expensive API query.
by indymike 1y ago
Sometimes, a cache is all about reducing expense: I.e, free cache query vs expensive API query.
- amluto 1y agoSometimes people host software on a server they own or rent, the server is plenty fast, and it costs literally nothing to issue those queries at the scale on which they’re needed.
- indymike 1y agoYes, that is true, but the original poster said getting rid of caches was always a good idea, when in reality the answer (as usual with engineering) is “it depends.”