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nathansizemore / latency.txt
Created November 18, 2015 14:43 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 0.01 ms
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 0.15 ms
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nathansizemore / Contract Killer 3.md
Created November 5, 2015 22:48
The latest version of my ‘killer contract’ for web designers and developers

Contract Killer

The popular open-source contract for web designers and developers by Stuff & Nonsense

  • Originally published: 23rd December 2008
  • Revised date: October 8th 2015
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