In it, it asserts that the difference between two similar queries running the REST API and WPGraphQL yields vastly different performance impacts:
Below are screenshots of the same WordPress site asking for 100 posts from the WP REST API and 100 posts from WPGraphQL with the Chrome network tab open.
REST:
Download size: 335 kb
Time: 7.91s
WPGraphQL
Download size: 6.4 kb
Time: 67 ms
That seemed like an unrealistic difference from an initial glance — the REST API takes over 100x longer to return data than WPGraphQL? I wanted to check and see if I could duplicate the test and find out what accounted for the orders of magnitude difference between the two.
If all you want is the Thingiverse link to the STL files for the clips, it’s at the bottom of the post. 👇🏼
After having installed a tonneau cover on my Ford Maverick, I realized that sometimes it can be a bit difficult to see inside when it’s dark out! So, I wanted to do some bed lights.
Figuring out the right way to mount bed lights was interesting, though, as there didn’t seem to be a specific “best” way to mount them. So here’s what I’ve devised! It involves some 3d printing of some custom clips, to avoid having to use any adhesives (which can easily soften and come unstuck into a gooey mess in the hot summer heat, especially in a bed with a black tonneau cover trapping extra heat inside).
Looking under the edges of the bed, I noticed some “clips” showing. They seemed to be a part of the plastic cover that protects the paint along the top of the bed — what is marked as <29038B on this diagram on the Ford Parts website. These little clips had a hole in the middle to grant them some flex, so they could pop through the holes in the unibody construction and lock in place — so my brain wondered if I could design a part that could hold the LED light strip securely, by latching onto that clip (and ideally with a little more elegance than just using a zip tie to attach a light rope to it).
Attempt the FirstAttempt Number Two — a little too big!Attempt number threeThere, this is good. Final silhouette attempt 4
It took several revisions to properly measure and design a shape that worked well in the space, but I finally came up with a silhouette that seemed to work comfortably.
In the fourth attempt, in an attempt to figure out how to properly affix the mount to the clips, I left a hole in the top inset, thinking I’d run a M3 screw through it, but I wasn’t quite happy with it, and especially with the idea of only having plastic on one side of the hook — it felt like it could bend and warp if it wasn’t encompassed from both sides.
So, I designed a shape that could be mirrored and would join with itself to hold the LED Light Strip against the outside wall of the bed. I came up with the following in Fusion 360:
It worked marvelously! The clips on the bed were about 7mm wide, so I designed the shape to have a 2mm solid back, and to extrude up 4mm, leaving 1mm of play in it, so it wouldn’t be overly tight.
However, there was the question of how keep both halves together! I’d considered using some CA glue, which works well on the PETG filament that I’d used to print the clips, however that felt … permanent, and I’d like to be able to disconnect them if I had to without destroying them. So, time for another revision.
This time, I changed the curve to account for a through-hole sized for a 6-32×3/4″ bolt, with small divots on the outsides to allow a small washer to nestle into the parts. For ease of use in some tight spots (and to not need a very tiny wrench to hold it as I tightened) I went with wingnuts on the far end, as they’re much easier for me to reach in and hold with a stray finger and tighten against.
Practically, if you’d rather, you could probably also hold them in place using cotter pins, however I’d advise keeping the washers to distribute the pressure so there’s less stress directly on the 3d printed part.
The final parts looked something like this:
The inside and outside angles of both mirrored sides.
With eight clips on each side of the bed, I had to do sixteen of each half. The final mounting of the LED strip looked stupendous, and I couldn’t be happier.
For the curious, I used this switch from Amazon, using a faceplate I also designed to control the lights to replace the FlexBed 12v faceplate by the tailgate. I’ll include the faceplate in the Thingiverse project as well.
For anyone interested in doing a similar project for their 2022 Ford Maverick, if you have access to a 3d printer or a friend that does — give it a shot! Just remember to print in PETG or ABS, as PLA probably can’t hold up to the heat in your car on a hot summer day.
Here’s a bunch of photos I took last week at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge – Black Spire Outpost in Disneyland. I thought they may be useful for anyone trying to build a similar thematic structure, either for dressing up a home theater room, or just to add some spice to a family room.
In a stew pot / dutch oven, over medium-low heat, add the chopped onion, half the olive oil, and ¼ cup water. Cook until the wayer has evaporated and the onion is soft and translucent, about 10 minutes.
To the onions, add the garlic and tomatoes. Cook, stirring, until the sauce is thick, about 20 minutes.
Rinse the beef, drain, pat dry. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet until hot. Brown the beef over high heat, add to the tomato sauce.
Add the red wine to the skillet to deglaze, and bring to a boil while scraping up any fond from the bottom of the pan. Add the pearled onions and sugar, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until the wine is reduced to a glaze and the onions are lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
Add 3 tablespoons of the red wine vinegar to the onions, and bring to a boil.
Add the spice bag and the onions and wine sauce to the beef and tomato sauce mixture.
I’ve found myself now writing the same (or fundamentally similar, at least) responses to several individuals on Facebook. To save myself time and frustration in the future, I’m just stashing it here, so I can copypasta it out as needed.
This specific variant of the response was inspired by someone posting an article from thefederalist.com by a rape survivor.
Okay, so the impetus for the recent transgender bathroom legislation is the idea that without it, a cisgendered man could claim to be a transgendered woman and enter the women’s restroom (or vice versa) for nefarious purposes, yeah? And this legislation will prevent it by assigning additional penalties for their entering that restroom, in addition to the already illegal ‘nefarious purposes’ they entered to conduct?
Well, post-legislation, what is to prevent that same cisgendered man from entering a women’s restroom, asserting that they are in fact a transgendered man, having been born a woman (again, or vice versa) and are therefore compelled by law to use the women’s restroom?
How exactly would you propose resolving that situation? Show ID to Pee? Must they also provide an original birth certificate, which you know everyone carries with them when they’re out and about, because gender can be changed on your drivers license (and just hope that they didn’t get their gender changed on their birth certificate)? And then, will you also make them wait to pee while you phone it in to the state to confirm their birth sex, because they could have photoshopped and printed a forged birth certificate?
For all the conservatives oppose new gun laws saying that they won’t stop criminals and only impede the rights of legal gun owners, why are so many in favor of these bathroom bills, that — again — will not stop determined criminals, and just impede the rights of transgender individuals?
What, apart from making transgendered individuals lives a pure hell, does this legislation actually accomplish? Add on a second charge as a potential deterrent? What rape or assault would that possibly prevent?
Yes, the author of the article in question is a rape survivor. Okay. Was her rapist pretending to be transgendered to gain access to her? Was she raped in a public restroom? Because many Trans individuals are harassed and attacked in public restrooms. And this legislation increases that — as well as increasing the likelihood that they are going to be raped in turn.
Laws should be to secure the safety of the most vulnerable of society. And if you look at the statistics, those are transgendered individuals, who are raped and assaulted and killed at rates far exceeding the general population.
And this legislation makes it worse.
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George Stephanis 
