In the blog post "7 Ways to Make Queries Faster," Sam Kleinman explores various strategies to enhance the speed of database queries by optimizing resource usage without delving too deeply into technical details. Key recommendations include efficiently utilizing memory, compressing data to reduce space, and leveraging indexes to minimize unnecessary data checks. The post suggests creating materialized views to store frequently queried data for quicker access and aligning data storage with anticipated query patterns to streamline data retrieval. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of pushing operations down to lower system levels to expedite processing and managing parallelism judiciously to avoid potential slowdowns. Overall, the focus is on implementing small, smart changes to significantly improve query performance while acknowledging inherent physical limitations in handling large data volumes.