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Excellent work. A few months ago, I was using Windows 7, and Forem seemed to work fine. Either I had plenty of RAM (8 GB), or the platform really did slow down. (Or, it's possible you have a weak computer. Although, it's hard to find one weaker than mine these days.)
Hey Ember. The platform really slowed down whenever I am on Window 7. The specs I have is usually 1 MB of RAM and I have to use a toaster box as my PC box. The motherboard I had was an Arduino hooking up on public electricity.
I could search up tutorials on how to build my PC but I saw 5 minute craft did it and it work so I tried it. Not sure what I did wrong.
Thanks! :D
1... mb?! Wow..😪
Ikr
This is the kind of deep-dive I wish more developers would do instead of just complaining about performance. 🔥
The lazy loading on user_profile_views and rating_votes was a smart catch — those aggregates can definitely become silent killers at scale.
Quick question though: Did you consider moving those counters to a separate Redis cache layer instead of lazy loading? That way you could update them async and keep the main feed queries even cleaner. Curious if you tested that approach or if Postgres optimization was the intentional first step.
Hey Harsh! I prefer moving the counter into Docker since it is faster than "loading". The reason is that I hate loading screen in websites because it takes too much space, so I tend to delete it.
Everything is too complicated now-a-days since I remember websites runs on HTML, CSS, and JS. Now, it is run on Redis, Ruby and such so I delete it. Having complicated programming languages is a skill issue since we can optimize websites with just Vanilla HTML and CSS and JS.
Thanks for reading :D
windows 95😁
Why 95 where it can be 100%? I would like Windows 100 lol
"Sorry, my reply wasn't clear. I meant Windows 95 the operating system — the old gray boxy interface from 1995. Not 95%. Just a joke about how it looks now 😄 I wish you further progress and success."🤍
Oh ik lol. Sorry if I was not specific
Hahahahaha it's a masterpiece 🤩
Thanks Sylwia! Glad you enjoyed the new update! :D
"somehow miss the clues" yeah how the heck would I miss this 😭
Great question lol. I have experience where something were so obvious but for some reason the other person does not see it. Strange but gotta make sure because you never know XD
This was hilarious 😄 The “optimization by backspace” joke landed perfectly, but it also sneaks in a real dev truth: sometimes the best performance win is removing complexity, not adding more cleverness.
It is true! The best performance is based on simple solution instead of complexity. The simpler the better. It's also good for readability as well, so it's a win-win!
Thanks for reading Dhruv!
Performance optimization on a live platform with real users is always more interesting than theoretical benchmarks. The tricky part with Forem is the Ruby on Rails monolith - you're balancing N+1 query fixes against the ORM's convenience. Curious if you looked at adding database-level caching with something like pg_stat_statements to identify the worst offenders, or if the wins were mostly at the application layer. In my experience, the biggest Rails performance gains usually come from eager loading and fragment caching rather than architectural rewrites.
Hey Archit! Forgot to respond to your comment!
I also removed the database along with things related to the application layer. The problem is that database takes too much space where it is much easier for us to just remember it
We rely on too much technology to the point where we got very lazy. Not only it frees up space, but it also helps us to become more productive instead of just Vibing it. If I was a Rails contributor, I would delete it too. Too many programming languages these days where we can just stick to one.
Thanks again :D
This is fun...
It IS fun :)
Any questions you have for me Daniel? :)
None at this moment!! 👊🏿
Less can be more sometimes 😄
wow
It is true non-jokingly XD
Though I prefer everything to be gone since it is simpler. Thanks!
yes, super mario :)
nice 🤣
:) supermario, yes
nice!
thank
Beautiful
Truly Beautiful indeed lol
Thanks Travis!
Ooh, Is that why it loaded right away this time?
Also,
What the hell is with this theme????
And, how ??!!
This theme was defaulted for the April Fools event (I was surprised as well lol).
Thanks for reading Ateeb!
Great work. You make me remember about my oldie wooden pc :(
Wooden PC?? That is interesting. I have mine build out of cardboard D:
Cảm ơn Phi Thành!
Truly a Teapot!!
I had to view the demo twice to get it lol.
It really is fascinating lol. Thanks for reading :D
Itsa MEEE MAAAAARIO!!!
Love it :)
MAAAARIO MEE ITS A :)
Appreciate it Evan :D
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