# Glide Big Tables is now available!

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-big-tables-is-now-available/62009
**Category:** General
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-big-tables-is-now-available/62009 "2023-05-22T13:30:39Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-big-tables-is-now-available/62009/38 "2023-05-27T04:36:09Z")

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20 computed columns is not a lot. 20 computed columns is nothing.  
Of course it depends what those columns are doing, and how much data they are operating on.

But just to give you an idea, I have Apps with thousands of computed columns and they run just fine.

Take a look at the below to give you an idea of how powerful computed columns are, and how little they impact App performance:

> [@How would you describe a helper table?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-would-you-describe-a-helper-table/54497/16):
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> @erwblo - I saw Bob Petitto mention something about golf last night… … which reminded me of one of my most “extreme” uses of a Helper Table. I have a Golf App that tracks scores in PGA Tour events, pulling in scores via an API every 5 minutes when an event is on. When the scores hit my App, they go into a table that looks like so: GolferID should be obvious, Raw is a comma separated list of their scores - 72 holes for a 4 round tournament. I use a 7…

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