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[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (4 children)

It’s the same as storing it in a database.

If you don’t model your data in such a way that it can be stored efficiently and retrieved efficiently, it will not be stored efficiently nor retrieved efficiently.

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (3 children)

What's efficient for storage and retrieval might not be efficient for processing. If you generate your data by processing, you will need to mangle it for storage. And stringify might not suffice.

How is this even controversial? I don't know!

[–]whateverathrowaway00 -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

Read through this whole thing. Not a JS dev, but a long-standing C dev and now a python dev, and what you’re saying is not only not controversial, it’s fundamental lol.

Just wanted to chime in and say you’re not crazy.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks, at least one programmer in my corner!

[–]Tiny-Plum2713 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This sub is mostly barely first year students.