Re:A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap
by xthe on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:54PM
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This is a great example of how a small change in the right place can outweigh years of incremental tuning.
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Re:A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap
by nomel on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @09:03PM
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I don't think I've ever seen less than 10x speedup after putting some effort into improving performance of "organic"/legacy code. It's always shocking how slow code can be before anyone complains.