UCL / UCL/frrant

Optimise slow pages

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Description

History are requesting menu sections lists a lot of information at once, which can cause the website to be slow.

@peterbispham can do some improvements with indexing the database and look for inefficient queries.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the History menu sections that request large amounts of information, then profile the database queries used to build those pages. Check whether indexing or query changes reduce the slow-page behavior; done means the affected pages load faster without losing the requested information.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend, databases, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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