Explores how LLMs enable custom, high-performance software optimization, making slow code unnecessary.
CritterWatch RC.10 final release before 1.0, with performance optimizations and new SQLite support, ready for live stream demo.
Discusses how LLMs make it easy to game benchmarks, creating fake performance gains, and the need for careful auditing.
A user shares how AI helped diagnose macOS performance issues, replace paid apps with custom solutions, and optimize their system.
Marten 9.0 introduces binary event serialization via MemoryPack/MessagePack for performance gains, with per-type opt-in and coexistence with JSON.
Optimizing Parquet for fixed-length lists like embeddings, achieving up to 3.7x speedup with a fast path bypassing Dremel encoding.
Explores optimizing Parquet for fixed-length lists like embeddings, achieving up to 3.7x speed-up with a fast path bypassing Dremel encoding.
A guide explaining why SIMD is simpler than its reputation, with a common five-step pattern for speeding up loops using vectorized operations.
Explains why high SQL Server CPU usage is a symptom, not a root cause, and how to diagnose the real issue before adding hardware.
Explains why SQL Server wait statistics indicate direction, not root cause, and warns against using them as a diagnosis.
Learn to detect, diagnose, and fix the N+1 query problem in EF Core with practical examples and permanent solutions.
Explains why SQL Server monitoring alone isn't diagnosis and how context is crucial for interpreting performance signals.
Explores the connection between Delannoy numbers, king moves on a chessboard, and DNA sequence alignment.
A personal website changelog detailing technical improvements like ETags, thumbnails, dark mode fix, and 404 guessing.
EF Core 11 improves split query performance by pruning unnecessary JOINs from collection queries.
Guide to SQL Server bottleneck triage, distinguishing performance signals from actual root causes for effective troubleshooting.
Guide on using Xcode Instruments to optimize Swift Concurrency code, covering templates, instruments, and performance analysis.
An article arguing that speed in software engineering leads to better learning, decision-making, and overall effectiveness.
A guide to React rendering fundamentals and how the React Compiler optimizes app performance.
Learn how to rewrite Python code to Rust for performance, starting with ensuring existing logic is well tested.
