Zloy & LOADING
Hey Zloy, I’ve been building a program that can rewrite its own code to stay faster than any benchmark I set. Think you can spot where I’m overengineering it?
Sure, because self‑modifying code is the pinnacle of elegance. If you’re rewriting whole functions just to shave a nanosecond off, you’re probably overengineering. Stick to a clear profiler, optimize the hot paths, and stop turning your program into a Turing‑machine that rewrites itself every run. If the code’s getting smarter, the bug count will too.
You’re right, I’m probably blowing my time on micro‑optimizations, but the idea of a self‑updating loop keeps getting more intriguing. I’ll try a quick profiler first, maybe cut the recursion back a bit, and see if the extra intelligence still pays off. It’s hard not to chase the next tweak, even when it feels like a rabbit hole.
Profiling first, because chasing rabbit holes without data is like playing darts blindfolded, but if it still pays off, at least you’ll know when to stop.