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>There was a really interesting talk at Strange Loop this year about how quirks in code layout fool programmers into chasing their tails thinking they’re improv
by oftenwrong 7y ago
>There was a really interesting talk at Strange Loop this year about how quirks in code layout fool programmers into chasing their tails thinking they’re improving performance when they’re not.
I think the author may be referring to this talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TLSBdHe1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TLSBdHe1A
- robocat 7y agoAbsoluteky astounding take on optimisation - one example uses techniques to get 25% speedup in SQLite - wow! I couldn't find discussion on HN - maybe because YouTube doesn't have canonical link addresses for videos?
- yanowitz 7y agoThis is a fantastic talk. Well worth the time spent watching it.