SMRTR ProgrammingAug 22, 2026Hacker News

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore

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LLMs have dramatically lowered the cost of performance optimization work, making specialized techniques like JIT compilers, workload-specific regex tuning, and multi-threaded game AI accessible to any developer. Tasks that once took teams of experts days or weeks can now be launched in minutes. This shift means software has no excuse to be slow anymore, and workload-specific optimization is becoming a practical default.

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