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The issue wasn’t algorithm complexity but algorithm behavior. Author definitely has learned something about promoting articles, has not apparently learned or th
by quantified 5y ago
The issue wasn’t algorithm complexity but algorithm behavior. Author definitely has learned something about promoting articles, has not apparently learned or thought about software performance.
The constant factors also play a huge role, as the author found out. Do you want a car that takes 2 hours to warm up and then accelerates to 200mph in 5 seconds, or a car that goes 0-60 in 10 seconds and tops out there? Depends on how far you’re going.
I’m not sure I’d want to hire them after reading this, but a piece about how big O isn’t the full picture would get sympathy.