I remember when I first learned how to build websites. I would read books after coming home from my job testing software and I would build the simplest of web pages to practice what I read about. A few nights a week I took continuing education courses on my way toward earning a certificate in website design or something to that effect.
MySQL Configuration Tweaks To Improve Site Performance
Sometimes the defaults that come with a product are exactly what you want. Other times they aren’t and you need to make a few changes. When it comes to MySQL, you’ll probably get along just fine if you never change a thing, but you can probably do better than the defaults with a few tweaks.
An Introduction to MySQL Database Performance
It takes time to open a connection to a database, make a query, have the database find the requested data, and send it back to the file that made the request. That’s true even for very simple queries. The time depends on how the database is configured, the hardware on the server, how the data is stored in the tables being searched, and of course, how well the queries have been written.
Think Longer Term to Be More Productive With Creative Work
Last week I told you how I break down my writing process and how I think about the different steps in the process in terms of the energy level and focus I need in order to work on them. I also told you how I use these energy levels to manage my tasks for the day.
How I Manage My Creative Projects and Tasks
On and off throughout the year, I’ve been talking about my struggles with creativity and productivity, specifically about the difficulty fitting creative tasks into a productivity system along with some thoughts for how you might go about it.