RealDevSquad / RealDevSquad/website-backend

Caching `/users` and `/users/*` API or users data

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Description

Feature request

Many features/sub-projects require RDS users data, and users data don't change that often.
Our read to Firesotre for requesting each users data has a cost attached to it, so caching the user data be it at db level or API level

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Research direction

Start by locating the /users and /users/* API entry points and tracing their reads for user data. Clarify whether the cache belongs at the database or API level, how updates invalidate it, and how success will be measured by reducing repeated Firestore reads without serving outdated data.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
api, backend, databases, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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