Posts Tagged performance
OS X Terminal Slow at startup
If you are using Mac OS X you might have noticed that, Terminal can become noticeably slow on launch. Terminal application should be fast enough, since it does not have any complex UI or plugins to be loaded. Unfortunately, it became so slow that it takes atleast 10 seconds after it's launch, before
Read Full PostEnable query cache in MySQL to improve performance
There are lot many solutions to cache your database queries. Some use client level cache, some server side cache. However, MySQL itself provides a cache mechanism which is called “Query Cache” in which the queries being fired at the database are cached. Clearly saying, the result sets are cached
Read Full PostUsing Twitter for Monitoring Trending of your Brands
Hey! Hello. Yes, we all know how useful Twitter can be with the real-time search thingy. And it's also great for knowing what has catched the world's fancy lately. But there is a bit of a snag with Twitter. It doesn't provide you with tools for following the trends. So, say I am someone interes
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