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Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under compilers compilers Everything filed under optimizers optimizers Everything filed under code generation code generation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Optimization means measuring the gap between your code and what the hardware could theoretically do, not making changes and checking whether the statistics improved. Optimization means measuring the gapbetween your code and what the hardwarecould theoretically do, not making changesand checking whether the statisticsimproved. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: An optimizer's hyper-parameters should mean something a practitioner can reason about, and should rarely need tuning. — tap to centre the map on it An optimizer's hyper-parametersshould mean something a practitionercan reason about, and should rarelyneed tuning. Last stated 12 years ago 22 Dec 2014 JB Jimmy Ba — holds since 2014-12-22 — tap for who they are DK Diederik P. Kingma — holds since 2014-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Is the page loaded?" was never a real question, and web performance only became measurable once it was broken into the distinct moments a user actually notices. — tap to centre the map on it "Is the page loaded?" was never areal question, and web performanceonly became measurable once it wasbroken into the distinct moments auser actually notices. Last stated 3 weeks ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Optimize it later" would be safe advice only if every engineer already knew how to avoid the architectural mistakes that no later optimization can remove. — tap to centre the map on it "Optimize it later" would be safeadvice only if every engineeralready knew how to avoid thearchitectural mistakes that no lateroptimization can remove. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A 300-millisecond response budget is not an achievement but an admission: 300 milliseconds is an eternity in computing, and a product pitching it shows how far the bar has fallen. — tap to centre the map on it A 300-millisecond response budget isnot an achievement but an admission:300 milliseconds is an eternity incomputing, and a product pitching itshows how far the bar has fallen. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Code and files generated by toolsare pollution: hand-writing them isworth the effort because the bloatslows everything down for everyone. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Oct 2019 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generators emit thousands of lines where ten would do, and that waste is why people think their phone is slow. — tap to centre the map on it Generators emit thousands of lineswhere ten would do, and that wasteis why people think their phone isslow. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Oct 2019 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated a month ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: What clean-code polymorphism really costs you is not the virtual call but the optimizations the compiler can no longer perform once it cannot see what runs. — tap to centre the map on it What clean-code polymorphism reallycosts you is not the virtual callbut the optimizations the compilercan no longer perform once it cannotsee what runs. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 4 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that names every place achange breaks turns refactoring intofixing errors until the compilerstops shouting. Last stated 4 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Optimization means measuring the gap between your code and what the hardware could theoretically do, not making changes and checking whether the statistics improved. Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Casey Muratori Read this korrent →