FUCK this is what I get for saying I like entity framework. *adds thing* *hits save* "(unrelated shit) is already here, why are you trying to add it again you dumbass?" FUCK IF I KNOW, you're supposed to be straightening this shit out!
because otherwise it caches for you. "but adam, won't that make it slower?" i just accidentally compared it to the production version; it's faster. over wifi! granted maybe it's not technically faster but something else might technically be happening, whatever. result observed
notes to self. 1) trust in upsert. an account has an external ID, a channel has an external ID w.r.t. its protocol. 2) as long as you can collapse a User, collapse Self.
