# Testing Boosts on Meta

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835 "2026-04-03T09:09:47Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/10 "2026-04-03T09:52:47Z")

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> [@bartv](#):
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> Why is this called ‘boost’ if that’s not what it does?

> There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
> 
> _– Phil Karlton_

😅

_I honestly have no idea where the name comes from 😁_

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