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# [The Day I Learned to Respect Database Indexes (The Hard Way)](https://uddipan.hashnode.dev/the-day-i-learned-to-respect-database-indexes-the-hard-way?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How forgetting one database index almost broke a product launch in front of 200 people.

Jul 27 · 3 min read · uddipan.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#indexing](https://hashnode.com/tag/indexing)
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-   [#server](https://hashnode.com/tag/server)

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