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> A 20% improvement on a microbenchmark (say float to string conversion) when only 0.01% of your application run-time was spent converting floats to strings ne
by otabdeveloper4 6y ago
> A 20% improvement on a microbenchmark (say float to string conversion) when only 0.01% of your application run-time was spent converting floats to strings nets you fuck all.
Your logic is incorrect. A typical REST API might make millions of float<->string conversions in one request. Making it twice as fast might mean shaving many milliseconds from your median response time, which is a huge deal.