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Writing from the compile step.
Field notes on optimisation, energy, and what it means to grade software the way we grade fridges. Long-form essays, ship notes, and the occasional opinion.
The hidden cost of one wasted allocation
A small inefficiency, multiplied by a billion runs, stops being small. Here is where the cost actually lands.
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What an A rating actually proves
A letter on the box is only worth something if everyone agrees what it measures. This is what ours measures.
Why your CFO should read the build log
The build log is a financial document now. We explain why the numbers belong on the P&L.
Compile-time beats runtime, every time
Runtime cleverness pays a tax on every request. Compile-time work pays it once. The maths is not close.
Energy budgets are the new performance budgets
Teams cap page weight and load time. The next budget on the list is energy, and it is overdue.
How we measure software the way we measure fridges
Appliances got legible energy labels decades ago. Software is the last mass product without one.
The framework tax nobody puts on the invoice
Every extra dependency ships a cost you never see itemised. We itemise it.
Hot paths, cold cache, warm planet
The few lines of code that run the most are where the savings hide. We find them automatically.
Procurement is about to start asking for grades
Buyers are starting to compare vendors on efficiency, not just features. Be ready for the question.
Three abstraction layers to do one job
When a framework ships three layers to do one job, the hardware pays the difference. So do you.