A developer is managing a common mistake that can lead to performance degradation in AEM...

The most common performance pitfall in AEM development is failing to configure proper indexing strategies for queries. Without indexes, repository queries fall back to traversal queries, which can be extremely expensive and cause performance degradation as datasets grow. While recursion, static variables, or synchronized blocks may cause other issues, they are not specific to AEM’s architecture. Adobe explicitly advises that developers always analyze queries using the Query Debugger and ensure properties being queried are indexed. Proper indexing is critical for scalability in AEM environments with large volumes of content and digital assets.