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"Performance Matters" by Emery Berger [Strange Loop] #111

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nelsonic opened this issue Nov 29, 2022 · 7 comments
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"Performance Matters" by Emery Berger [Strange Loop] #111

nelsonic opened this issue Nov 29, 2022 · 7 comments
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Performance clearly matters to users. For example, the most common software update on the AppStore is "Bug fixes and performance enhancements." Now that Moore's Law has ended, programmers have to work hard to get high performance for their applications. But why is performance hard to deliver? https://youtu.be/r-TLSBdHe1A

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nelsonic commented Nov 29, 2022 •
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"Every App Store Update is: Performance Improvements and bug-fixes":

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LoL! this slide includes "Inbox by Gmail" ... https://killedbygoogle.com/

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But you get the idea, all the updates to Apps in the App Store are Perf improvements ... ⏳

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Environment Variable Size Moves the Program Stack ... 🤯

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Finished listening to the talk. Basically it's on code profiling.
Useful for compiled languages like C or Rust ...
Not suuuuper relevant to us.
OK to skip it.

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Follow-up talk, same author 3 years later ...

"Python Performance Matters" by Emery Berger (Strange Loop 2022): https://youtu.be/vVUnCXKuNOg
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The Moore's Law Performance Rollercoaster Ride is Over:

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Dennard Scaling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling

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Built-in profiler for python: python3 -m cProfile:

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Comparison of Python Profilers:

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