Baserates.dev, memorize programmer napkin math

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When I began my career in programming I remember reading Jeff Dean's "Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know" [1], and getting inspired. Alas, it's been over a decade, and I never fully internalized all the numbers.Until recently. I discovered Simon Eskildsen's talk [2] and github repo [3] on programmer napkin math. I liked his reasoning, and decided to _actually_ internalize the numbers now.So I made baserates.dev.It's a spaced repetition program that teaches you the napkin math from Simon, enhanced with a few things from Jeff Dean's list. The main changes: I included CPU instructions, like L1 Cache reads. I also included some nooby context, like how to pronounce the character μ, and

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Website: www.baserates.dev