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Document that JIT should be avoided on tileservers

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Description

          We should document that JIT should be avoided on tileservers because of memory issues (and more general reasons) and close this issue and open a new issue for any new memory issues.

Originally posted by @pnorman in https://github.com/openstreetmap/mod_tile/issues/181#issuecomment-2166961879

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  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Locate the existing tileserver documentation and any references to JIT or memory usage in the repository. Document that JIT should be avoided on tileservers because of memory and other general concerns, then verify that the issue can be closed and future memory problems tracked separately.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
documentation, performance
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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