"Most 'hyper-optimized' code is slow and awful — you can beat it with a day's work"
rogesterone · x · 2026-11-02
A developer claims that much code assumed to be hyper-optimized by experts is actually slow and awful, and you can outperform it with one day's work — sparking pushback in the replies.
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