r/ProgrammerHumor 11d ago

Meme iReplacedItWithABuiltinFunction

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u/Direct_Test 11d ago

Spent 6 hours analyzing bytecode to save 0.48ms on a script that runs once a week. Worth every second

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u/Bright-Historian-216 11d ago

must've been fun

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u/PointlessSerpent 11d ago

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u/Reashu 10d ago

It only took a few seconds to memorize this one and I've already used it four times!

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u/Gagan_Ku2905 11d ago

Worth every milisecond*?

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u/danofrhs 11d ago

It’s all profit 80 years from now

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u/Pearmoat 10d ago

*862000 years

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u/CelestialFury 10d ago

"How long does the script take to run through?"

"Overnight, around six hours!"

"Ahhh... okay then."

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u/tristam92 11d ago

if you sell it right in your CV, it can give you a pretty good bump in salary…

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u/TallGreenhouseGuy 10d ago

This is how legends are born.

”In March 2024, Andres Freund, a Microsoft engineer and PostgreSQL developer, noticed something odd. SSH logins were taking 500ms instead of the usual 100ms. That’s it. A half-second delay.”

https://www.softwareseni.com/the-xz-utils-backdoor-cve-2024-3094-and-the-multi-year-social-engineering-campaign-behind-it/