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In response to Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?  (Morris de Oryx <morrisdeoryx@gmail.com>)
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On 9/29/19 7:01 PM, Morris de Oryx wrote:
Sigh. I despair of "16x faster" and "20x faster" headlines that ignore the raw numbers. The worst numbers in there are far below the threshold of user perception. Unless these results are compounded by running in a loop, they are meaningless. Not immeasurable, just meaningless. 


That piece is from 1993, but the human nervous system hasn't changed since then.

Back-end web servers don't have human nervous systems. Faster response time means that a give bit of hardware can support a much higher load, saving you money

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Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.

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