The Micro-Benchmark Fallacy
Read OriginalThis article critiques the over-reliance on micro-benchmarks in software development. It details how they fail by lacking real-world context, using artificial conditions, and ignoring factors like concurrency, JIT compilation, and startup costs. The piece warns against using them for major decisions and promotes comprehensive, realistic application profiling to find true bottlenecks.
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