[Pdns-users] [Pdns-announce] Large performance increases in Authoritative Server & Recursor

[bert hubert]

And here is a writeup with more on how we made this happen:

https://medium.com/@bert.hubert/optimizing-optimizing-some-insights-that-led-to-a-400-speedup-of-powerdns-5e1a44b58f1c#.jqk7106aa

"Optimizing optimizing: some insights that led to a 400% speedup of PowerDNS

So no matter how pretty your code, eventually someone will benchmark it and
demand top performance. Squeezing microseconds is a very addictive and even
destructive activity. It ruins your evenings, destroys your ability to
converse with human beings and typically leaves your code in a mess."

Perhaps a fun read!