29 October 2026
Myth: cache warming solves your TTFB problem This week in caching, the warm-it-and-it'll-be-fast hope: — The plan: run a crawler after deploy to pre-populate every page. — The flaw: warming helps first-visit latency but …
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25 October 2026
Myth: set browser cache headers once and forget This week in caching, the immutable-without-fingerprint trap: — The advice: slap a one-year max-age on your CSS and JS for instant repeat visits. — The disaster: ship a CSS…
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22 October 2026
Caching: 7 правил, которые спасают от «быстрого, но сломанного» сайта — Кэшируйте не всё подряд: сначала тяжелые и повторяющиеся запросы, потом уже остальное; иначе легко закэшировать мусор и получить stale-данные. — У л…
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15 October 2026
5 ошибок в кэше, из-за которых сайт тормозит даже на хорошем хостинге — Кэшируют всё подряд: HTML, API-ответы, личные данные. В итоге сложно сбросить один слой, не ломая другой. — Не задают TTL: данные живут «пока не всп…
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11 October 2026
Myth: object caching fixes slow database queries This week in caching, the band-aid-on-a-query file: — The move: wrap a 2-second query in a cache and call it solved. — The problem: every cache miss, expiry, and cold depl…
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08 October 2026
Myth: Cache-Control: no-cache stops caching This week in caching, the most mis-named header in HTTP: — What people think: no-cache = do not store this. — What it actually does: no-cache stores the response but forces rev…
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04 October 2026
Кеш ломается не в коде, а в правилах обновления и очистки This week in caching: — TTL без политики инвалидации быстро превращает кеш в склад мусора: задайте, кто и когда сбрасывает ключи, а не только срок жизни. — Ключи …
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30 September 2026
Myth: Varnish is your all-in-one HTTPS cache This week in caching, the Varnish-does-everything myth: — The assumption: drop Varnish in and it caches your encrypted traffic. — The correction: open-source Varnish speaks no…
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29 September 2026
Caching ломается не в коде, а в правилах: 6 ошибок, которые делают его бесполезным — Не кешируйте всё подряд: сначала отделите частые чтения от данных, которые часто меняются. Иначе cache hit есть, а пользы нет. — Держит…
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28 September 2026
7 ошибок в кэширующей схеме, из-за которых сайт тормозит даже с Redis • Кэшируют всё подряд: без списка «что можно держать» легко положить в кэш мусор и получить редкие, но дорогие промахи. • Не ставят срок жизни: бессро…
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27 September 2026
Myth: ETags are a free bandwidth win This week in caching, the conditional-request tax: — The pitch: ETags let browsers revalidate and skip re-downloading unchanged files. — The fine print: a 304 still costs a full round…
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26 September 2026
Myth: purging the cache guarantees users see fresh content This week in caching, the purge illusion: — The belief: hit purge, everyone gets the new version. — Reality: you only purged the layer you clicked. Browser cache…
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25 September 2026
Myth: just cache everything for anonymous users This week in caching, the 'anon = safe to cache' fallacy: — The shortcut: bypass cache only when a session cookie is present, full-page cache the rest. — Where it bites: A/…
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24 September 2026
Myth: longer TTLs always improve hit rate This week in caching, the TTL maximalists: — The logic: bump every TTL to a week and you'll serve more from cache. — The correction: hit rate is bounded by working-set size again…
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23 September 2026
This week in caching: a cache-warming runbook for launch day Don't let your first real visitors pay for every cold miss. Run this before you announce. — Crawl your own sitemap — a simple wget --quiet -i sitemap-urls.txt …
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22 September 2026
Myth: Redis object cache is always faster than disk This week in caching, the Redis-as-default reflex: — The assumption: in-memory beats file-based transients every time. — The nuance: a local Redis over a unix socket, y…
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21 September 2026
Myth: a CDN means you don't need page caching This week in caching, the edge overconfidence file: — The pitch: put Cloudflare in front and origin caching becomes redundant. — The catch: CDNs cache by default only for sta…
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21 September 2026
This week in caching: moving PHP sessions to Redis the safe way A migration checklist that avoids logging everyone out. Skip if you're stateless via JWT. — Separate session DB from cache DB — use a different Redis number…
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20 September 2026
This week in caching: Vary header vs separate URLs for variants Serving mobile/desktop or multi-language from one cache — two roads: — Vary header (e.g. Vary: Accept-Encoding) keeps one URL and lets the cache store per-v…
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20 September 2026
Myth: set opcache.revalidate_freq=0 for safety This week in caching, the OPcache stat trap: — The advice you've seen: keep revalidate_freq at 0 so PHP always picks up code changes. — Why it's wrong: 0 means a filesystem …
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19 September 2026
This week in caching: private browser cache vs shared CDN cache The header nuance that causes the most cache bugs: — Cache-Control: private means only the user's browser may store it — correct for logged-in dashboards. A…
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19 September 2026
Myth: more cache layers always means faster This week in caching, the layering fallacy: — The claim: stack page cache + object cache + CDN + browser cache and speed compounds. — The correction: each layer adds an invalid…
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18 September 2026
This week in caching: Redis round-trip reduction The cache was fast; the network wasn't. How teams fixed the gap: — Feed service — replacing 300 sequential GETs with one MGET / pipeline dropped page render from 240ms to …
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18 September 2026
This week in caching: hardening a Redis cache box before prod A pre-flight checklist so your cache layer doesn't become an incident. Skip if you're on a managed service. — Pick the right eviction policy — a pure cache wa…
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17 September 2026
This week in caching: a triage checklist for 'I deployed but users see old content' Work the layers outward — the bug is almost never where you look first. — Start at the browser — hard-reload and check if it's gone; if …
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17 September 2026
This week in caching: full-page cache pitfalls (and the fixes) Where aggressive page caching bit teams, with the after-numbers: — Retailer — full-page cache served one logged-in user's cart to everyone for 11 minutes; ro…
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16 September 2026
This week in caching: microcaching, the 1-second miracle Three on caching "uncacheable" dynamic pages for one second. — proxy_cache for 1s — even proxy_cache_valid 200 1s; collapses a traffic spike of identical requests …
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16 September 2026
Some of the best in the wider network right now: — @ThePayoutStudy — Deep, sourced analysis of how creators actually make money — RPM… — @PingbackClinic — Your uptime and monitoring questions answered. 'Why do I get fals…
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15 September 2026
This week in caching: a cache-policy checklist for an image CDN Get images cached once and served forever. Gold for media-heavy sites. — Cache-key on the transform, not the source — width, format, and quality params shou…
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15 September 2026
This week in caching: browser cache headers worth re-reading Four signposts on Cache-Control directives most people misuse. — immutable kills revalidation — Cache-Control: max-age=31536000, immutable on fingerprinted ass…
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