Is there a performance hit to using a data file instead of params in front matter?

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I was just wondering whether there is a performance hit to using a data file containing data for over 1000 products with 10+ data points for each, instead of listing these data points in individual markdown files.

This is the structure I’m considering in data/foo.toml:

[[product]]
name = "product1"
description = "A product"
facebook = "@product1"
twitter = "@product1"
website = "https://product1.com"

[[product]]
name = "product2"
....

In content/products, there will be a markdown file generated for each product.

_index.md
product1.md [just date and title, possibly tags listed]

The alternative approach would be to list the majority of the information in each markdown file. I need to use the data file for some items to avoid content duplication and ensure consistency throughout as some of the information will be in another content section.

2

You could test the performance of each by using the --templateMetrics flag

3

Thanks for the suggestion.

For those wondering, I saw a significant difference in performance.

Using a data file to load info from 400 files: 277ms

Just using markdown files: 8.5ms