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Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster

231 points · 153 comments · matthieu_bl

applfanboysbgon · 1790193367 · focus · HN ↗
tl;dr if you make absolute dogshit software that takes 4.38 seconds to stabilize its first paint you can make really nice headline claims by "optimizing" it later
1. Daishiman · 1790194222 · focus · HN ↗
  Most line-of-business software has a lot of optimization opportunities. Making software optimized takes up time that can be spent building features. The fact that you can just make things go fast without having to take time away from feature building is actually pretty awesome.
  1. applfanboysbgon · 1790194366 · focus · HN ↗
    Not taking 5 seconds to load text is a feature. 10x more valuable than whatever other shitty feature you're thinking of piling onto your monstrosity. Like, actually tangible valuable to users and consequently your business; Google has already done the studies at scale that demonstrate how every 100ms of delay has an observable impact on usage statistics and user retention.

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