I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchmarked on random data

Re:I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchma... by VBprogrammer on Friday July 25, 2025 @08:14AM (#44682273)

Funny enough, with LLMs this trade off may well have flipped. For simple tasks like given a string like X, format it like Y, they work amazingly well.

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Re:I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchma... by scott_w on Friday July 25, 2025 @11:04AM (#44683975)

Absolutely. Even back then, trying to script it would sometimes be fine. I've had plenty of situations where I'd try to write a script, give it 30 minutes then say "fuck it, I'm hand-fixing it." The same probably applies to LLMs, you just need to set a cut-off point before it stops being worthwhile.

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