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   Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 01:38:15 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

   guys will do anything to not have to explain plan a sql query and add indexes

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     Andrew Golding (huronbikes@cyberplace.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 04:11:09 JST Andrew Golding

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     @thomasfuchs MANSPLAIN ANALYZE always goes on about how I'm computing wrong whenever I run it.

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 04:11:27 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Chris (Master of Potate) 🥔

     @chris TOO REAL

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     Chris (Master of Potate) 🥔 (chris@mastodon.chrispelli.fun)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 04:11:28 JST Chris (Master of Potate) 🥔

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     @thomasfuchs I don't need to optimize my queries. I use an ORM. /s

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 04:22:07 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Andrew Golding

     @huronbikes actual lol for that sql command

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 22:11:26 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Alda Vigdís
     • nieuemma

     @alda @nieuemma Indexes and indices are both used in English (British, American, and others), it's really more or less up to taste.

     For database stuff specifically, iirc "indexes" is common (e.g. it's used on the Wikipedia page about database indexes).

     For a lot of sciency stuff and mathematics etc. "indices" is often more popular.

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     Alda Vigdís (alda@topspicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 22:11:29 JST Alda Vigdís

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     • nieuemma

     @nieuemma @thomasfuchs it's correct UK spelling but you wouldn't use correct UK spelling for a lot of things that have to do with computers.

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     nieuemma (nieuemma@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 22:11:31 JST nieuemma

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     @thomasfuchs I could've sworn the plural of index is indices, but I guess indexes is common?

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 22:12:47 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Alda Vigdís
     • nieuemma

     @alda @nieuemma One of the interesting things about English compared e.g. German or French is that there's no "authority" that does any final rulings on stuff like this.