So You Want to Optimize Your Code? (also, a disordered, confusing and absolutely incomplete oral history of Firefox performance)
So you want to optimize your code, eh? Who am I to blame you? I certainly want you to optimize your code! I spent a few years as part of the Firefox Performance Team, on the frontline of, well, performance. I still bear some of the scars. So, as the grizzled perf-veteran that I have decided to be for the day, let me invite you to sit down for a while and share a little hard-earned experience on code optimization.