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Computing Industry Doesn't Care about Performance: how I made things faster
These days, my day job is all about optimizing email deliverability, but I am fascinated by making computers faster. Originally, that was even the focus of the
In this case, the resolution wasn’t fully automated because doing so would require analyzing ARM machine code (a bit out of scope for a weekend project). By analyzing the entire program, I removed all dynamic method dispatches (e.g., interfaces) by resolving them at compile time (see my other post about it if you want to learn more). If I could get these results, with no formal background in these areas, it suggests a deeper industry problem: we’re leaving a lot of performance on the table because it’s in the interest of all stakeholders.
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