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YOUR DATABASE DOESN’T READ EVERY ROW. 📖

YOUR DATABASE DOESN’T READ EVERY ROW. 📖 Imagine 10,000 users. You need to find user 7,731. Without an index: 10,000…

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YOUR DATABASE DOESN’T READ EVERY ROW. 📖 Imagine 10,000 users. You need to find user 7,731. Without an index: 10,000 rows → search → search → search → finally found With an index: Index → jump → lookup → done That’s the whole idea. A database index exists so your query doesn’t have to scan everything. Less searching. Faster queries. Same data.

Posted by Vikas gupta (11k followers) 1 h ago · 1 likes · 89 views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Databases.

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