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If your database server is on another machine you are now transmitting 30 columns of data over the network instead of 4.



Correct. And for most applications running on most networks, without access to programmatic benchmarking tools, you wouldn't be able to tell one app from the other.

Everyone likes to think they're writing the next google, Facebook,etc, but the reality is far more humble and boring.




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