[Edited 9/10] There’s an easy connection between data structures and basic abstract algebra that may or may not mean anything, but keeps getting rediscovered. I’ve never seen it clearly explained (anyone with a reference or who notices an error in
Death of 1000 suboptimal solutions
The traditional path to making a slow operating system is to take a fast one and add features under the 5% rule. If a new feature does not visibly slow the system down or only slows it down 5% or