We’re kinda breaking from the shitposting theme here, but this is good discussion
Honestly unless you’re writing DSP or 3D engine code, micro-optimisations are an absolute waste of time. Either you’re working in a low enough level language that the compiler is going to do a better job than you anyway or you’re working in a high level language where such optimisations are pissing in the wind
And if you’re doing DSP shit in 2026, let me talk to you about the good news of zig
We’re kinda breaking from the shitposting theme here, but this is good discussion
Honestly unless you’re writing DSP or 3D engine code, micro-optimisations are an absolute waste of time. Either you’re working in a low enough level language that the compiler is going to do a better job than you anyway or you’re working in a high level language where such optimisations are pissing in the wind
And if you’re doing DSP shit in 2026, let me talk to you about the good news of zig