The 2ms it takes to run jq versus the 0.2ms to run an alternative is not why your coding agent feels slow.
Still, jq is run a whole lot more than it used to be due to coding agents, so every bit helps.
The vast majority of Linux kernel performance improvement patches probably have way less of a real world impact than this.
alt Hacker News
Still, jq is run a whole lot more than it used to be due to coding agents, so every bit helps.
The vast majority of Linux kernel performance improvement patches probably have way less of a real world impact than this.