Caching on Joe Bylundhttp://jbylund.github.io/tags/caching/Recent content in Caching on Joe BylundHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Joe BylundTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Stop Using `ORDER BY RANDOM()`: It Scans the Whole Tablehttp://jbylund.github.io/posts/00480_random-search-evolution/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://jbylund.github.io/posts/00480_random-search-evolution/The /random_search endpoint ran two full-table queries on every request. A 10-minute TTL cache materialized the 30k preferred-printing list once; individual requests then did an in-memory sample. Zero DB round-trips on the hot path.