Cary Millsap

How Slow Programs Are Like Christmas: a Sales Pitch

A Design Decision

Catchphrase

A Side Trip to Wonderhell

A Better Way to Think about %

Version 1 Is Never the Answer

Why the Oak Table Was So Great

The New Book Is Ready: “Faster: How to Optimize a System”

How I Spent My COVID Vacation

Sometimes the Simplest Things Are the Most Important

Words I Don’t Use, Part 5: “Wait”

Words I Don’t Use, Part 4: “Expert”

Words I Don’t Use, Part 3: “Best Practice”

Words I Don’t Use, Part 2: “Holistic”

Words I Don’t Use, Part 1: “Methodology”

Messed-Up App of the Day: Tables of Numbers

Fail Fast

Loss Aversion and the Setting of DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM

The “Two Spaces After a Period” Thing

What I Wanted to Tell Terry Bradshaw

The Fundamental Challenge of Computer System Performance

Messed-Up App of the Day: Crux CCH-01W

I Wish I Sold More

My Friend Karen

What happened to “when the application is fast enough to meet users’ requirements?”