"While pre-optimization is often the root of all evil, knowing how to think about performance and scalability are important skills for any geek. Learn about all the knobs you didn't know you could or should tweak.
Code profiling and dealing with your database aren't the only places to find performance gains. Performance and scalability are holistic endeavors."
Code profiling and dealing with your database aren't the only places to find performance gains. Performance and scalability are holistic endeavors."