I don't get it...they are just bragging about writing terrible code? There isn't a single reason given in the article about why a full scan is better than an index other than "I don't need these fancy index things, I'm perfectly happy with my 200ms query time".
Well add the index anyway and add an extra 195ms sleep() call if you really want to. It's still better for your hardware and electricity bill.
While I'm not sure why you moved their recently I can see why you wouldn't have noticed how nice it used to be. As I said, it already started the decline a decade ago.
Well add the index anyway and add an extra 195ms sleep() call if you really want to. It's still better for your hardware and electricity bill.