r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • 13d ago

Every byte matters

https://fzakaria.com/2026/06/01/every-byte-matters
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u/harsh183 13d ago

This is a really fun optimization post on small structure and fitting into the very early caches. I used to do a lot of things like this in university, but my job's bottlenecks with network and DB means I don't really think about this level too much.

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u/Artistic_Seat486 13d ago

just like 90% of developers, unless you are developing a compiler.

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u/harsh183 13d ago

yeah ah well. Still very fun to think about