Efficiency is not one-dimensional, part MMDXXI

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Wednesday, April 28. 2004

Efficiency is not one-dimensional, part MMDXXI

In a discussion of the varying levels of efficiency in different web server configurations, Adam Trachtenberg writes, in part:

We've long since passed the inflection point where hardware resources
are more expensive than business objectives and developer costs, yet
we still persist in undervaluing those two assets. Just because
hardware has a tangible price doesn't mean that it's the only part of
the process with a cost.

Well put. Read Adam's entire message.

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My favorite part was:

Finally, I can't believe that anyone whose site is running on a shared server could ever generate enough traffic that they'd need to worry whether binding PHP to all .html pages in an .htaccess file would cause a noticeable slowdown. Check and see.

#1 Chris Shiflett (Link) on 2004-04-29 00:08 (Reply)

I wasn't trying to be rude. I was just trying to be realistic and was also trying to get him to spend a few minutes running some back-of-the-envelope performance tests instead of blindly following the advice he got on a mailing list. Just because you read it on the list doesn't make it true, and that includes everything in all my posts.

#2 Adam Trachtenberg (Link) on 2004-04-29 12:08 (Reply)

I didn't think you were trying to be rude -- I thought you made a very good point!

#3 David Sklar (Link) on 2004-04-29 20:39 (Reply)

Phew!

#4 Adam Trachtenberg (Link) on 2004-04-30 01:12 (Reply)

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