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IshKebabtoday at 11:00 AM1 replyview on HN

> Is some specific description missing?

No, the problems are a) you get the same exact AI "voice" that is tedious to keep reading, b) it's verbose and focuses on the wrong things (the whole Module Architecture section doesn't belong there), and c) it's a sign that it's slop and not well tested.

> The benchmarks are mostly on runtime performance I assume?

You tell me! You (or Claude) make performance claims - "aiming to get C-level performance without leaving Python". Does it actually get anywhere near that claim?


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dima-quanttoday at 11:20 AM

Fully fair, I'd need to spend more time on the text. The nimic was mostly tested on the raytracer project dima-quant/ndsl_raytracer, and the performance was indeed quite near the C-level.