Re:Making Python 100x faster with less than 100 lines of Rust
by el_oni on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:56AM
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This is how I got into software development.
During my PhD I was running some simulations using poorly written python code. initially it would take several hours. In that time i could go to the lab, run some wetlab experiments and the results of my simulations would be there when i got back to the office. It was only taking python "home" and building some of my own projects that i learned how to 1. write more pythonic code and 2. write more performant code. Now i work for a software company.
If i'd have stayed in in academia I would probably still be writing quick and dirty code and not worrying about the runtime because as a researcher there is always something else you can be doing.
During my PhD I was running some simulations using poorly written python code. initially it would take several hours. In that time i could go to the lab, run some wetlab experiments and the results of my simulations would be there when i got back to the office. It was only taking python "home" and building some of my own projects that i learned how to 1. write more pythonic code and 2. write more performant code. Now i work for a software company.
If i'd have stayed in in academia I would probably still be writing quick and dirty code and not worrying about the runtime because as a researcher there is always something else you can be doing.