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Two Workers Are Quadratically Better Than One
For latency, anyway. A common architecture pattern is the “task queue”: tasks enter an ordered queue, workers pop tasks and process them. This pattern is used everywhere from distributed systems to thread pools. It applies just as well to human systems, like waiting in line at a supermarket or a bank. Task queues are…
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Math & AlgorithmsSystems & Performance2020
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2020 | Two Workers Are Quadratically Better Than One by headalgorithm | 111 | 51 |
| May 2, 2022 | Two workers are quadratically better than one (2020) by Tomte | 106 | 41 |
