Alright folks, grab a coffee, ’cause today I actually bothered testing that fancy “projection sorcery” everyone whispers about in forums against the boring old ways I usually use. Needed to sort and display a big chunk of customer location data – pins on a map, kinda thing.
The Plan and Setup
First, I dusted off the projection sorcery method. Sounds cool, right? Like waving a wand. Read the docs – dense stuff. Basically promises to predictively transform data before fully loading it, saving time. Sounded like magic beans to me, but I tried it anyway. Set up a small test server, chucked the customer data in.
Hitting the Sorcery Wall
Started implementing the sorcery approach. Felt clumsy. Had to write extra layers of code just to tell the system how to guess the transformations. Like teaching a blind dog fetch. Ran the first test batch – whack. Locations showed up… kinda. Half the pins were wobbling around like drunk butterflies. Took ages to render, and my test server sounded like it was trying to take off. CPU maxed out. Not great.
My reaction:
- Clicked furiously, hoping I just screwed the setup.
- Checked logs – cryptic sorcery errors about “dimensional stability”. Whatever that means.
- Refreshed the page – pins went poof. Gone.
Okay, maybe sorcery needs a PhD. Swore a bit. Shut that experiment down.
Back to Basics (The “Boring” Stuff)
Pissed off, I went back to my trusty toolbox. First, tried Method A: Just load the raw data straight in and let the frontend handle the plotting. Slow? Sure, but predictable. Worked like always. Maps loaded fine, pins dropped where they should. Simple.
Then tested Method B: Pre-calculate the points during upload, stick results in the database. Ugly extra step? Yep. But guess what? Ran smooth as butter when showing the map. Zero server tantrums.
The Clear Moment
Stared at my screen. Sorcery was shiny but blew up my test rig and gave me ghost pins. My old boring ways? Method A worked without fuss, Method B was faster once set up. No magic needed. Thought about pushing the sorcery further. Maybe tuning it more? But then my boss popped by asking about the data leak fiasco from last Tuesday. Nearly choked. Yeah, priorities. Messing with unstable sorcery means potential data leaks. More bugs. More yelling. Couldn’t risk real customer pins vanishing or landing on their neighbour’s roof. So here’s the raw truth after this afternoon tinkering: Projection sorcery? Interesting toy. Maybe good for tiny, simple datasets where blowing things up is okay. But for real work? Loading directly or pre-calculating just wins. No headaches. No screaming server. Bosses aren’t breathing down your neck. Sometimes the boring path isn’t flashy, but it damn well gets you home for dinner without putting out fires.The Ugly Reality
Conclusion? Keep it Simple
