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I’ve seen “oh it’s IO-bound, there’s no point optimising for performance” rolled out so many times, I’m convinced it’s basically lost any intended meaning and a
by FridgeSeal 2y ago
I’ve seen “oh it’s IO-bound, there’s no point optimising for performance” rolled out so many times, I’m convinced it’s basically lost any intended meaning and as simply a cover-all defence, that many devs don’t appreciate how quick current databases and IO actually is.
- anarazel 2y agoThe absurd thing about it is that IO bound code IME often is way easier to optimize than CPU bound code. Adding batching or pipelinining is often almost mechanical work and can give huge speedups.