I have had my share of performance problems caused by ORMs. Although I have to admit that most of these problems were really caused by yours truly, I have started to think that using ORMs in read-only operations is not worth it. I started to look for alternative ways to implement these operations. That is […] Read more
SQL
SQL Performance explained by Markus Winand is a book which has a very bold tagline. This tagline is: Everything developers need to know about SQL performance The book has 192 pages and it covers all major SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL server). To make matters a little bit more interesting, it concentrates on […] Read more
Each week I write a blog post which describes what I learned that week. I write these blog posts for two reasons. First, I want to keep track of my personal development and writing regular blog posts is a great way to do it. Second, I want to share my findings with you. I hope […] Read more