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Re:A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap by Neywiny on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:45PM (#46610188)
Did you look into the large spread on your distributions? Some of these span multiple orders of magnitude which is interesting
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Re:A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap by jerrinot on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:53PM (#46610284)
Fair point. These were run on a standard dev workstation under load, which may account for the noise. I haven't done a deep dive into the outliers yet, but the distribution definitely warrants a more isolated look.
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