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0 pointsjjtheblunt13d ago0 comments

> Most production software is multiple orders of magnitude slower than it needs to be.

at least 100x slower than it needs to be?

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Easily. Lots of things can take 3ms that actually take 300ms. Happens all the time.

what's an example?

A poorly written SQL query, an algorithm on large data sets using suboptimal bigO, the Home Depot or Lowe's website search bars, etc

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0 pointsjjtheblunt13d ago0 comments

> Most production software is multiple orders of magnitude slower than it needs to be.

at least 100x slower than it needs to be?

Easily. Lots of things can take 3ms that actually take 300ms. Happens all the time.

what's an example?

A poorly written SQL query, an algorithm on large data sets using suboptimal bigO, the Home Depot or Lowe's website search bars, etc

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse