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Intercom optimized Ruby's Bootsnap gem by implementing Dir.scan to eliminate N+1 syscalls, achieving 2x speedup. Additional File.join optimizations using ASCII-compatible fast paths delivered 7x performance improvements across 1350 parallel CI workers.
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