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Discussion on: Software Performance – A Pragmatic Guide

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Uzlopak

To be honest, I always benchmark my code for fastest implementation and checking for v8 deoptimizations. Not because it is a waste of effort, but because there is already too much bad code on npm, which results in the assumption, that javascript is a piss poor performance language, despite the fact, that it can do better, but people implement always the "more convenient" or "more readable" solution, neglecting the fact that it needs to be fast and using as less as possible RAM to improve the enduser experience. The enduser gives a damn about how readable your code is. If it is slow, it is slow.