Choose the Cache Boundary

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Which is safer to cache for 10 minutes: a public leaderboard, or a logged-in user's private balance? Answer `leaderboard` or `balance`.

What this proves: Cache shared, stale-tolerant data; never cache authoritative per-user state casually.

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