Index-tease Me: How Database Indexing Became My Unexpected Love Language
Picture this: You’re at a library with no catalog system. Need a book about 17th century turnip cultivation? Good luck sorting through 2 million volumes alphabetized by the author’s childhood nickname. That’s exactly what happens when your database queries crawl without proper indexing - and why I once spent a Friday night debugging a 43-second product search query that nearly crashed our dating app for potato farmers. Why Indexing Matters More Than Your Morning Coffee Database indexes are like Tinder swipes for your data - they help your SQL engine quickly find compatible matches without scanning entire tables....
