#performance

A faster Easter date function https://lobste.rs/s/alijyg #c++ #performance https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-easter

Next-Level Benchmarking Overfitting https://lobste.rs/s/nuoce5 #databases #performance http://databasearchitects.blogspot.com/2026/11/next-level-benchmarking-overfitting.html

A C++ Quicksort Faster Than std::sort https://lobste.rs/s/qi2lni #c #c++ #performance https://tiki.li/blog/about_blqsort

Optimizing reference deletions in Git https://lobste.rs/s/ic1ora #c #performance #rust #vcs https://nayak.im/posts/optimizing-reference-deletion/

Scriptable GeoDNS: leaving AWS for Bunny by @vbernat@hachyderm.io https://lobste.rs/s/jsvlfm #performance #web https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-bunny-geodns

The State of Python Profiling in 2026 https://lobste.rs/s/ehtpx8 #performance #python https://p403n1x87.github.io/the-state-of-python-profiling-in-2026.html

11 nanoseconds per word: Ridiculously Over-Optimizing Anagrams https://lobste.rs/s/hrsyjf #performance #rust https://wiredream.com/anagram-fun/

Shlemiel the Painter Is Back: How Zig’s libc Rewrite Made SQLite Slower https://lobste.rs/s/lh1j0e #performance #rust #zig https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/microblog/2026/10/the_accidental_12000x_sqlite_slowdown/

Beating the compiler at signed 32-bit division https://lobste.rs/s/ep5vsq #compilers #performance https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/31/beating-the-compiler-at-signed-32-bit-division/

Non-Determinism and Overcount on Modern Hardware Performance Counter Implementations https://lobste.rs/s/pswl6z #pdf #hardware #performance https://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/deterministic/deterministic_counters.pdf

How hard is it to check for whitespace? https://lobste.rs/s/1pmuy7 #java #performance https://serce.me/posts/2026-10-30-how-hard-is-it-to-check-for-whitespace

Switch lowering in GCC https://lobste.rs/s/ncclwy #compilers #performance https://xoranth.net/gcc-switch/

VictoriaLogs vs Loki, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, SigNoz and ClickStack on structured log ingestion https://lobste.rs/s/76otqu #databases #devops #performance https://victoriametrics.com/blog/structured-log-ingestion-benchmark/

Making SIMD Code Scale to Any Vector Width https://lobste.rs/s/3jyfg9 #assembly #c++ #graphics #performance https://streamhpc.com/blog/2026-10-28/making-simd-code-scale-to-any-vector-width/

The Benchmarking Crisis https://lobste.rs/s/smtpje #ai #databases #performance http://databasearchitects.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-benchmarking-crisis.html

A faster way to compute signed 64-bit floor division by constants https://lobste.rs/s/o5to4p #c++ #performance https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-floordiv

Heavenly delights of hashing numbers under EQUALP https://lobste.rs/s/0ta2mv #lisp #math #performance #programming https://turtleware.eu/posts/Heavenly-delights-of-hashing-numbers-under-EQUALP.html

Big Runtimes Make Efficient Programs https://lobste.rs/s/g5k2pc #video #compilers #java #performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDwy1eCXbs

Memory is slow, Disk is fast https://lobste.rs/s/pvfzhq #performance https://www.bitflux.ai/blog/memory-is-slow-part3/

Profiling Org->HTML formal grammar and optimizing it: orgwebalchemy https://lobste.rs/s/9gak0g #emacs #lisp #performance #web https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/orgwebalchemy-benchmarking-profiling-and-org-support/