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So I'm not a "scientist" really, I'm just a bit more of a theory-focused software engineer. An example has been times where I really want to use a certain conc
by tombert 2y ago
So I'm not a "scientist" really, I'm just a bit more of a theory-focused software engineer.
An example has been times where I really want to use a certain concurrency style, and I'm convinced that it should be faster than the way we're doing things before, so I will write a few non-trivial tests to make sure that's right, and I'll get inconclusive numbers.
- thayne 2y agoThat's still an interesting result. If you thought it would have a significant impact, and it doesn't, that means something is wrong with your mental model that lead you to think it would be faster. And if you can figure out why, that can help you find a solution that is faster. Of course, that is still very frustrating if you are on a tight deadline and all you have is one thing you know doesn't work.
- tombert 2y agoNo doubt that it's interesting, but when there's deadlines that I need to meet "Throughput level X", and it's also infuriating when the theory isn't lining up with reality.