I'm afraid I can't really take credit for this one, but it's definitely worth sharing! Susan has posted a tip for speeding up uploads (and perhaps also exports) - and could well reduce RAM usage. It's rather simple: Turn off the 'Category Post Count':

Why? Well on every blog sub-page this count is shown to be a precise number. If you remove the numbers, the old pages don't need to be updated with a more recent number! If you find this tip useful, I'd recommend you go by Susan's two sites: AnyDanger.net and her new T-Shirt store (selling out of print Threadless tees - of which I've picked up these two) - the imaginatively named WoiWoiWoi.net.

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