[Catalyst] Global 'helper' methods

[David Schmidt]

Perhaps it is feasible for you to bypass object inflation.

1)
"DBIx::Class is not built for speed, it's built for convenience and
ease of use, but sometimes you just need to get the data, and skip the
fancy objects."

http://search.cpan.org/~frew/DBIx-Class-0.08200/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod#Skip_row_object_creation_for_faster_results

2)
"If the HashRefInflator solution above is not fast enough for you, you
can use a DBIx::Class to return values exactly as they come out of the
database"
http://search.cpan.org/~frew/DBIx-Class-0.08200/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod#Get_raw_data_for_blindingly_fast_results