Replacing Protobuf with Rust to go 5 times faster
https://pgdog.dev/blog/replace-protobuf-with-rust
#HackerNews #ReplacingProtobuf #Rust #Performance #Optimization #SpeedBoost #TechInnovation
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adt7790
#HackerNews #humanperformance #discoveries #science #research #optimization #тренировка
ISO PDF spec is getting Brotli – ~20 % smaller documents with no quality loss
https://pdfa.org/want-to-make-your-pdfs-20-smaller-for-free/
#HackerNews #ISO #PDF #Brotli #Compression #PDF #Optimization #Document #Size #Reduction #Quality #Preservation
Caliper: Right-size your CI runners
https://www.attune.inc/blog/caliper
#HackerNews #Caliper #CI #runners #DevOps #Optimization #ContinuousIntegration #SoftwareDevelopment
Can you slim macOS down?
https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/21/can-you-slim-macos-down/
#HackerNews #macOS #slimdown #macOS #optimization #tech #tips #Apple #community
Increasing the performance of WebAssembly Text Format parser by 350%
https://blog.gplane.win/posts/improve-wat-parser-perf.html
#HackerNews #WebAssembly #Performance #Wat #Parser #Optimization #350% #TechNews
How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster
https://iscinumpy.dev/post/packaging-faster/
#HackerNews #Python #Packaging #Speed #Improvements #Python #Development #Performance #Optimization #Developer #Tools
Don't waste your back pressure
https://banay.me/dont-waste-your-backpressure/
#HackerNews #BackPressure #Optimization #DeveloperTips #SoftwareEngineering #TechInsights
Gert V 🇵🇸
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There is a solution to the memory shortage. Developers could start writing efficient and optimized code. This may require some re-training.
First off, stop using multi-gig libraries is a start. Modern software is bloated slop, with the exception of some really nice open source programs.
The entire LibreOffice download is 348 MEGABYTES. Microsoft Office is 5.3 GIGABYTES. For WHAT?
How to store a chess position in 26 bytes
There is a solution to the memory shortage. Developers could start writing efficient and optimized code. This may require some re-training.
First off, stop using multi-gig libraries is a start. Modern software is bloated slop, with the exception of some really nice open source programs.
The entire LibreOffice download is 348 MEGABYTES. Microsoft Office is 5.3 GIGABYTES. For WHAT?
JavaScript's For-Of Loops Are Fast
https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-01-01/javascript-for-of-loops-are-actually-fast
#HackerNews #JavaScript #ForOf #Loops #Fast #Performance #Optimization #Coding #Tips
So, you want to chunk really fast?
https://minha.sh/posts/so,-you-want-to-chunk-really-fast
#HackerNews #chunking #fast #performance #optimization #coding #techniques
The basic premise of parking_lot (which comes from WebKit; you can read all about it) is so cool to me. In short, if you need a million locks, you don't need a million 32-bit words in memory; at most NUM_THREADS of them will be contended at any time. Just maintain a concurrent hash table that tracks whatever each thread is up to. (Note: parking_lot still uses small 8-bit atomics per lock.) I'm miffed I didn't come up with it myself; but it does does seem to have limited applicability. I really enjoyed exploring the premise and looking for other places where it could come in handy.
A super fast website using Cloudflare workers
#HackerNews #superfastwebsite #Cloudflare #workers #webdevelopment #performance #optimization #technews
RustOCR – Now do OCR 5-10x faster than EasyOCR
https://crates.io/crates/rustocr
#HackerNews #RustOCR #EasyOCR #OCR #Performance #Optimization #Technology
Java FFM zero-copy transport using io_uring
#HackerNews #Java #FFM #io_uring #transport #zero-copy #performance #optimization
Client-side GPU load balancing with Redis and Lua
https://galileo.ai/blog/how-we-boosted-gpu-utilization-by-40-with-redis-lua
#HackerNews #ClientSideGPU #GPUloadbalancing #Redis #Lua #Optimization