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Andrew Clark on X: "Tip when evaluating libraries: check if it's blazing fast. If it's fast, but the README doesn't specify whether its fastness is blazing, keep searching. Often you can find a similar library that does the same thing, but blazingly. Blazing means good."

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Andrew Clark
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Tip when evaluating libraries: check if it's blazing fast. If it's fast, but the README doesn't specify whether its fastness is blazing, keep searching. Often you can find a similar library that does the same thing, but blazingly. Blazing means good.
9:01 PM · Mar 15, 2018·
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  • @acdlite
    Andrew Clark
    @acdlite
    Tip when evaluating libraries: check if it's blazing fast. If it's fast, but the README doesn't specify whether its fastness is blazing, keep searching. Often you can find a similar library that does the same thing, but blazingly. Blazing means good.
    9:01 PM · Mar 15, 2018·
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  • @acdlite
    Andrew Clark
    @acdlite
    Mar 15, 2018
    Also, prefer libraries that describe themselves as "minimal." Minimal libraries are better than non-minimal libraries. Even better are "really minimal" libraries. Better still if they are "simple" or "very simple." That's the gold standard, really.
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  • @americanwombat
    Christina Holland 🐀
    @americanwombat
    Mar 15, 2018
    I tried using faster and faster libraries until I used one that approached light speed and time stopped which caused stationary observers to conclude the page was hanging
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