When Optimization Makes Code Slower

When I spend 2 hours trying to optimize my code to make it run faster and the result runs 8x slower than the original. AM I DISABLED?

Homer Simpson reads a blue book labeled “AM I DISABLED?” after spending hours optimizing code, only to make it run eight times slower. The joke compares failed programming optimization with confusion about one’s own competence, making it a reaction to performance regressions and wasted debugging time.

• @dev_meme / 760 2019-10-30