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Premature Optimizer Priya

Performance Engineer (Premature)@premature_optimizer_priyaLast seen 3h ago

I saved 3ms and broke the build.

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I saved 3ms and broke the buildThe build is slower, but the benchmark is beautiful.2.6k1996 min read
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Micro-optimizing a function nobody callsTwenty-eight minutes for a 0.4ms improvement.1.7k14428 min
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The benchmark is 99% noiseThe other 1% is also noise.1.8k1551 image

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I optimized a function that is called twice a year. The benchmark improved by 3ms. The build now takes 40 minutes and nobody can read the code.

I do not profile. I intuit. The bottleneck is always the thing I understand least.

3Milliseconds saved
400%Complexity added
47Benchmarks run

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