issue_comments: 1110278182

Here's the diff I'm using:

diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index d66adb8..f15ef1e 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import itertools
 import json

@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ import markupsafe

 from datasette.plugins import pm
 from datasette.database import QueryInterrupted
+from datasette import tracer
 from datasette.utils import (
     await_me_maybe,
     CustomRow,
@@ -150,6 +152,16 @@ class TableView(DataView):
         default_labels=False,
         _next=None,
         _size=None,
+    ):
+        with tracer.trace_child_tasks():
+            return await self._data_traced(request, default_labels, _next, _size)
+
+    async def _data_traced(
+        self,
+        request,
+        default_labels=False,
+        _next=None,
+        _size=None,
     ):
         database_route = tilde_decode(request.url_vars["database"])
         table_name = tilde_decode(request.url_vars["table"])
@@ -159,6 +171,20 @@ class TableView(DataView):
             raise NotFound("Database not found: {}".format(database_route))
         database_name = db.name

+        # For performance profiling purposes, ?_parallel=1 turns on asyncio.gather
+        async def _gather_parallel(*args):
+            return await asyncio.gather(*args)
+
+        async def _gather_sequential(*args):
+            results = []
+            for fn in args:
+                results.append(await fn)
+            return results
+
+        gather = (
+            _gather_parallel if request.args.get("_parallel") else _gather_sequential
+        )
+
         # If this is a canned query, not a table, then dispatch to QueryView instead
         canned_query = await self.ds.get_canned_query(
             database_name, table_name, request.actor
@@ -174,8 +200,12 @@ class TableView(DataView):
                 write=bool(canned_query.get("write")),
             )

-        is_view = bool(await db.get_view_definition(table_name))
-        table_exists = bool(await db.table_exists(table_name))
+        is_view, table_exists = map(
+            bool,
+            await gather(
+                db.get_view_definition(table_name), db.table_exists(table_name)
+            ),
+        )

         # If table or view not found, return 404
         if not is_view and not table_exists:
@@ -497,33 +527,44 @@ class TableView(DataView):
                 )
             )

-        if not nofacet:
-            for facet in facet_instances:
-                (
+        async def execute_facets():
+            if not nofacet:
+                # Run them in parallel
+                facet_awaitables = [facet.facet_results() for facet in facet_instances]
+                facet_awaitable_results = await gather(*facet_awaitables)
+                for (
                     instance_facet_results,
                     instance_facets_timed_out,
-                ) = await facet.facet_results()
-                for facet_info in instance_facet_results:
-                    base_key = facet_info["name"]
-                    key = base_key
-                    i = 1
-                    while key in facet_results:
-                        i += 1
-                        key = f"{base_key}_{i}"
-                    facet_results[key] = facet_info
-                facets_timed_out.extend(instance_facets_timed_out)
-
-        # Calculate suggested facets
+                ) in facet_awaitable_results:
+                    for facet_info in instance_facet_results:
+                        base_key = facet_info["name"]
+                        key = base_key
+                        i = 1
+                        while key in facet_results:
+                            i += 1
+                            key = f"{base_key}_{i}"
+                        facet_results[key] = facet_info
+                    facets_timed_out.extend(instance_facets_timed_out)
+
         suggested_facets = []
-        if (
-            self.ds.setting("suggest_facets")
-            and self.ds.setting("allow_facet")
-            and not _next
-            and not nofacet
-            and not nosuggest
-        ):
-            for facet in facet_instances:
-                suggested_facets.extend(await facet.suggest())
+
+        async def execute_suggested_facets():
+            # Calculate suggested facets
+            if (
+                self.ds.setting("suggest_facets")
+                and self.ds.setting("allow_facet")
+                and not _next
+                and not nofacet
+                and not nosuggest
+            ):
+                # Run them in parallel
+                facet_suggest_awaitables = [
+                    facet.suggest() for facet in facet_instances
+                ]
+                for suggest_result in await gather(*facet_suggest_awaitables):
+                    suggested_facets.extend(suggest_result)
+
+        await gather(execute_facets(), execute_suggested_facets())

         # Figure out columns and rows for the query
         columns = [r[0] for r in results.description]