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Tag: cache

  • Cache Cache – Wicked Whupsie

    Cache Cache – Wicked Whupsie

    Why did a wicked wiki page take seconds to load when nobody was editing it? Why did a whups ticket report recalculate the same numbers over and over again even though nothing had changed? And why were we spending CPU time trying to calculate available categories and queues on every single request? Conventional wisdom has…