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Rust hot path optimized 27x by predecoding and zero-copy audio
KeyEcho, an open-source mechanical keyboard sound app, was rebuilt in a single PR with 11,405 lines added. The audio hot path microbenchmark improved from 1184 ns/op to 43.5 ns/op, a 27x speedup, by predecoding all audio slices and eliminating copies. The developer refused an AI-suggested fix that would have broken a feature.
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The 27x speedup is impressive, but the real story is how Rust's safety guarantees enabled aggressive optimization without introducing bugs, and the cautionary tale of blindly accepting AI-generated code.
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How I made a Rust hot path 27x faster, and the AI fix I refused to merge →
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