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Just install any old file based caching plugin like KeyCdn Cache Enabler or Gator Cache and a Wordpress install becomes a static site for every single request u

• _heimdall 2y ago
  A bit off topic since the thread here was related to performance, but caching in WP doesn't solve the other big problem of security. A caching layer can indeed make WP act much like a static site, though the cache still lives on your server rather than a global CDN layer. Behind that cache, though, you still have the live WP server with all the potential security risks that come with it. Caching is a nice perf gain, but if you want a static site anyway there are still major gains to be made with a proper static site distributed globally.
  • hnfong 2y ago
    Aside from some once-in-a-blue-moon security breach events, how does better security help a salesperson sell more stuff?
    • _heimdall 2y ago
      If gross sales is literally the only important metric in software engineering we've already failed. Though on the cost side security breaches can be expensive, as can the endless task of updates and maintenance required for a live server. Live servers can also be a scaling bottleneck, often that isn't too important but it would be for anything that is highly seasonal or has large spikes of use during Black Friday events or similar.
      • closewith 2y ago
        > If gross sales is literally the only important metric in software engineering we've already failed. It literally is the only important metric is commercial software development. Not sure how you could delude yourself into thinking otherwise.
        • _heimdall 2y ago
          Context matters, you've boiled it down way too far. Gross sales is a primary metric for the business, that isn't necessarily and shouldn't be a primary goal for the engineers building the software.
          • closewith 2y ago
            Context does matter, and you're missing the forest for the trees. It's native to think there's any other metric that matters.
            • _heimdall 2y ago
              Again you aren't saying matters for whom. For the engineer writing code, I would absolutely expect they have different priorities and metrics than the business or accounting department. I personally wouldn't even consider hiring a dev who makes clear that the only metric they care about is gross sales.
              • closewith 2y ago
                > For the engineer writing code, I would absolutely expect they have different priorities and metrics than the business or accounting department. And yet the business has that expectation. > I personally wouldn't even consider hiring a dev who makes clear that the only metric they care about is gross sales. Yes, you would, as you are instructed to. The only difference is that you have deluded yourself that there are interim metrics that actually matter, when they are all lossy abstractions of revenue or profit.
                • _heimdall 2y ago
                  > Yes, you would, as you are instructed to. The only difference is that you have deluded yourself that there are interim metrics that actually matter, when they are all lossy abstractions of revenue or profit. It sounds like we have lived very different lives. I have hired engineers and never once asked, or cared, how highly they value gross sales. I have also never been instructed to do so. In engineering orgs I have hired for, the metrics prioritized are always related to estimating and delivering features on time, code quality (often through test coverage or bug count), etc. When hiring, the focus is on skills and experience that would likely lead to those outcomes. Let's try a different industry. A politician will care most about how quickly and cost effectively a new bridge can be built. Do you think those should also be the only factors that matter to those actually building the bridge?
    • pixl97 2y ago
      >from some once-in-a-blue-moon security breach events So once every 2 years? Blue moons are not that uncommon.