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Re:Why modern software is slow by meheleventyone on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:53AM (#33033661)
Network calls are IO reducing them greatly speeds up websites.
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Re:Why modern software is slow by kaba0 on Friday September 30, 2022 @08:01AM (#33033731)
A network call waiting on the result of another call is still two times as long as it should/could be, no matter how efficient you make it.
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Re:Why modern software is slow by meheleventyone on Friday September 30, 2022 @09:57AM (#33034882)
Optimizing your IO is indeed a good idea. Back in the day we used to order game data on CD/DVD for efficient streaming.
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