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7/9/2026
#9 The Treasure Room That Was Too Slow: Outgrowing My Server

#9 The Treasure Room That Was Too Slow: Outgrowing My Server

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A physical therapist recounts building an inventory management tool for a hospital using Google Apps Script, only to hit performance walls as data grew to hundreds of thousands of items. After consulting Gemini, they learned the bottleneck was routing through Google's servers and decided to migrate the tool to a local NAS. The story illustrates a beginner's journey from no-code tools to understanding servers and infrastructure.

  • •Built hospital inventory tool EasyFS in Google Apps Script, hit performance issues at scale
  • •Consulted Gemini to diagnose latency caused by remote server routing
  • •Migrated tool to a local NAS as a first step into understanding infrastructure

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