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[-] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago

we traced the issue to a 15-year-old Git function with O(N²) complexity and fixed it with an algorithmic change, reducing backup times exponentially.

I feel like there is something wrong with this sentence.

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

They make the same mistake further down the article:

However, the implementation of the command suffered from poor scalability related to reference count, creating a performance bottleneck. As repositories accumulated more references, processing time increased exponentially.

This article writer really loves bullet point lists, too. 🤨

[-] ugo@feddit.it 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That’s because LLMs really like to output bullet point lists

[-] ulterno@programming.dev -1 points 2 days ago
  • Welp, guess I am an LLM now :P
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