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SuperV123406/16/20251 replyview on HN

> Is it because I made hundreds decisions like that? Yes.

Proof needed. Perhaps your overall program is designed to be fast and avoid silly bottlenecks, and these "hundred decisions" didn't really matter at all.


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fsloth06/16/2025

In my experience performance comes from constant vigilance and using every opportunity to choose the performant way of implementing something.

Silly bottlenecks are half of the perf story in my experience. The other half are a billion tiny details.

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