The author of an article shares their experience with optimizing Cypher queries in Neo4j using parameters. They initially used a Python loop to construct queries with merge operations for every synonym they wanted to add, but this approach resulted in the Neo4j desktop app crashing after 1500 requests due to excessive query construction and optimization. The author then replaced this approach with a new method that uses Cypher Unwind and parameters, which allows the database to cache previously executed queries, reducing performance improvement benefits. An experiment was conducted to compare the two methods, showing that while both approaches perform similarly in most cases, the parameterized method provides clearer performance improvements when caching is enabled. The author concludes that using parameters is a better approach for optimizing Cypher queries and has successfully implemented it on a large dataset of over 5000 requests.