The Optimization Ladder -- every way to make Python fast, benchmarked
date: 2026-07-11Tags: #python, #dev, #good-readingProfile before you optimize.
cProfileto find the function.line_profilerto find the line. Then pick the right rung.
References:
- The Optimization Ladder - Cemrehan Çavdar: Python loses every public benchmark by 21-875x. I took the exact problems people use to dunk on Python and climbed every rung of the optimization ladder -- from CPython version upgrades to Rust. Real numbers, real code, real effort costs.
- Measured : Which programming language is fastest? (Benchmarks Game): Fastest program measurements by programming language implementation.
- gh:cemrehancavdar/faster-python-bench