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0 pointsnine_k8mo ago0 comments

Hmm, imho, triggers do scale, they are just slow. But as you add more connections, partitionss, and CPUs, the slowness per operation remains constant.

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ants_a8mo ago

Triggers are not even particularly slow. They just hide the extra work that is being done and thus sometimes come back to bite programmers by adding a ton of work to statements that look like they should be quick.

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0 pointsnine_k8mo ago0 comments

Hmm, imho, triggers do scale, they are just slow. But as you add more connections, partitionss, and CPUs, the slowness per operation remains constant.

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ants_a8mo ago

Triggers are not even particularly slow. They just hide the extra work that is being done and thus sometimes come back to bite programmers by adding a ton of work to statements that look like they should be quick.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse