r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

Meme iReplacedItWithABuiltinFunction

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u/Direct_Test 1d ago

Spent 6 hours analyzing bytecode to save 0.48ms on a script that runs once a week. Worth every second

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u/TallGreenhouseGuy 14h ago

This is how legends are born.

”In March 2024, Andres Freund, a Microsoft engineer and PostgreSQL developer, noticed something odd. SSH logins were taking 500ms instead of the usual 100ms. That’s it. A half-second delay.”

https://www.softwareseni.com/the-xz-utils-backdoor-cve-2024-3094-and-the-multi-year-social-engineering-campaign-behind-it/