#Performance
4 articles — newest first.
- 8 min read
When useMemo actually helps in React 19
A blunt, practical guide to useMemo in React 19: where it genuinely helps, where it’s noise, and how to profile renders before you cargo‑cult memoization.
- 7 min read
MongoDB Aggregation Pipelines: Stage Order Is the Win
Profiling a clinical API taught me MongoDB aggregation pipeline optimization lives or dies on stage order: $match first on indexes, $lookup join performance, then explain.
- 8 min read
Compressing the Wire: A 94% Payload Reduction in React Flow
Node-graph editors serialize enormous JSON. A custom Serialization Adapter pattern that separates the React Flow render model from the transport record cut IntegrateX payloads by 94%.
- 7 min read
Semantic Caching That Actually Hits
The streamerOS support agent kept re-answering the same question phrased ten ways, so I built a semantic cache that matches meaning, not the string.