How Not to Write a Microbenchmark (2002)

https://www.slideshare.net/howarddgreen/2002-microbenchmarks

by summoned • 3 years ago

27 7 3 years ago

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johnmyleswhite• 3 years ago

Any chance this could be shared somewhere that's not Slideshare?

nuxi• 3 years ago

It was originally a PDF, archive.org to the rescue: https://web.archive.org/web/20120216164427/http://www.azulsy...

theolivenbaum• 3 years ago

I had not realized just how bad SlideShare had become over the years. One full screen ad every 6 slides is crazy

drewcoo• 3 years ago

Slide 6 is wonderful.

As part of an admonition about measuring things wrong, Dr. Click pulls numbers out of thin air. Very convincing!

moonchild• 3 years ago

Also of interest: 'Why Aren’t More Users More Happy With Our VMs?'—https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2018/why_arent_more_users_more...

jt2190• 3 years ago

Also excellent:

"A JVM Does That???" by Dr Cliff Click (Video, Presentation, 2016) https://youtu.be/-vizTDSz8NU

kevingadd• 3 years ago

The "know what you test" slide is the real painful part. Benchmarks should ideally always be run periodically under a profiler to help you understand what's actually being measured and question your assumptions about your application.

How Not to Write a Microbenchmark (2002)

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