Avoiding Slowness

  • Don't exaust resources
    • find ways to free up 
    • don't use in parallel unless have enough resources
  • Don't repeat a slow action if result can be stored for faster access
  • Avoid expensive actions
    • if needed do once and store before using in loop
    • keep only what is needed
      • ex: last 5 users who logged on
    • break out of loop when found what is needed


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