1. masiroo
Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute
Visible signals: 1459 score · 133 comments · Published: 2026-08-12T15:34:56.347Z · Open original →
2. fagnerbrack
How 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
Visible signals: 732 score · 99 comments · Published: 2026-08-14T11:01:54.547Z · Open original →
3. esiy0676
Protobuf finally has LSP support. You’re welcome. · Buf
Visible signals: 413 score · 53 comments · Published: 2026-08-16T18:31:02.999Z · Open original →
4. Rechenplaner
Linus Torvalds Explains What Makes Linux So Fast
Visible signals: 373 score · 125 comments · Published: 2026-08-12T19:40:18.339Z · Open original →
5. mttd
The fastest double-to-string algorithm you’ve never heard of
Visible signals: 326 score · 70 comments · Published: 2026-08-12T06:25:39.615Z · Open original →
6. callcifer
How Tailscale helped discover a 16+ year old SQLite WAL-Reset bug
Visible signals: 233 score · 12 comments · Published: 2026-08-12T15:01:31.683Z · Open original →
7. Nuoji
I thought I was building a C replacement. I was wrong
Visible signals: 200 score · 123 comments · Published: 2026-08-16T13:58:29.919Z · Open original →
8. Jonhoo
On comments
Visible signals: 185 score · 173 comments · Published: 2026-08-10T20:42:09.712Z · Open original →