Big thanks for the recent performance changes! The "many small inefficiencies" point resonates – it definitely shows how performance is hurt in many small areas

Big thanks for the recent performance changes! The "many small inefficiencies" point resonates – it definitely shows how performance is hurt in many small areas. (I aim to write blog posts every 2-3 weeks, but this latest one was postponed... I wrote this in relatively short time so that the gap would not be too long, and I really should take time to refine the post.)