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Ask HN: Why is web architecture optimized for writes?

1 pointsby ckmarover 2 years ago
Why is modern web architecture optimized for &quot;writes&quot; (anything can cheaply write to the database) instead of reads (must build the world on every request, while the user waits)?<p>There are obvious answers (like it is easier), but for a technology as dominant as the web, these are surprisingly superficial.<p>An analogous example is indexes in database technologies. They add a lot of implementation complexity, but are paramount for optimizing for &quot;reads&quot;. What would a web framework look like that optimizes for &quot;reads&quot; instead of &quot;writes&quot;?<p>Inspired by https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;craigmichaelmartin&#x2F;evanesce#ways-to-think-about-evanesce

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compressedgasover 2 years ago
Because reads can be served from a cache and writes can not.