Harmen Stoppels personal blog
I/O is no longer the bottleneck? (2022)
Recently Ben Hoyt published a blog post claiming that contrary to popular belief, I/O is not the bottleneck in typical programming interview problems such as counting word frequencies from a stream. Sequential read speed has come a long way, while CPU speed has stagnated.
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Systems & PerformanceInfrastructure & DevOps2026
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | I/O is no longer the bottleneck? (2022) by benhoyt | 264 | 130 |
