// Hacker Noon · 2 June 2026

How Pushdown Queries Cut API Latency by 5x and Memory Use by 160x

A benchmark comparing pushdown queries and in-memory filtering across 15 production-like workloads found pushdown execution delivered roughly 5× lower latency and 160× lower memory usage for paginated API requests. However, full-table scans favored the in-memory approach, highlighting the importance...

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