Chris Johnson wrote:
I'm kind of obsessive about having fast, lightweight core code so that
I can still build a very fast site without throwing lots of hardware
at it.
tracker.module: Just a view.
blog.module: Just a view.
/node front page: Just a view.
/rss.xml: Just a view.
node content admin: Could be a view, with VBO.
user admin: Could be a view, with VBO.
recent comments block: Yep, a view.
recent blog posts block: Yep, a view.
active forum posts? Sho 'nuff.
Out of curiousity, how many of those things do you use on your fast,
lightweight sites?
tracker.module: Not fast.
blog.module: Does anybody *really* use this?
node front page, river of news: The weight of 10+ node_load() calls
vastly outweighs anything Views adds to this.
admin pages: It's ok for them to be a little heavy.
The blocks can be cached.
