article . The ten rules of performance

Filed Under (Random.links) by WildFire on 07-03-2004

The Ten Rules of Performance.

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“… you’re tempted to believe that you understand how your application works. Well, you don’t. You understand how it’s supposed to work. Unfortunately, performance work deals with how things actually work, which in many cases is completely different.”
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It’s a very interesting read for programmers, system developers and humans who value work and output as well.