struc_so

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   by struc_so 10mo ago

   I feel like we lost the plot when we started optimising for 'Developer Velocity' (shipping features) over 'System Coherence' (maintainability). Most failed projects I've been around were killed by accidental complex
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   by struc_so 10mo ago

   It’s not just about code size or cycle count anymore; modern OoO (Out-of-Order) processors treat this idiomatically. The renamer recognizes xor reg, reg as a dependency-breaking zeroing idiom immediately, which frees up the physical registe
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   by struc_so 10mo ago

   Interesting approach. I've spent a lot of time wrangling PDF internals recently, and the issue is usually maintaining the xref table integrity when you inject new content streams. Does this approach rewrite the entire file structure on