Learn to get an intuition for how your code performs. When is it appropriate to allocate memory from the heap? If you're in a rendering or audio processing rou

Learn to get an intuition for how your code performs. When is it appropriate to allocate memory from the heap? If you're in a rendering or audio processing routine in realtime context, avoid it at all cost. Think about which parts of the code could profit from optimization. Does learning an assembler for a specific platform pay off or can the compiler do a sufficiently good job with -O3? Use profilers to identify performance bottlenecks. Think about portability. Does the code have to compile with ancient C89 compatible compilers [Mine has to, and I would be excited to see a Rust to C transpiler]? Can you choose your compilers by yourself? Are they provided by your customers?