Reflections on Software Performance
An Article by Nelson Elhage
- Performance is a feature
- Performance changes how users use software
- Performance needs effort throughout a project’s lifecycle
- Architecture strongly impacts performance
- Performance isn’t just about hot spots
- Performant foundations simplify architecture
…we underrate performance when designing and building software. We have become accustomed to casually giving up factors of two or ten or more with our choices of tools and libraries, without asking if the benefits are worth it.