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The TechEmpower’s Web Framework Benchmark is quite interesting but the comments following it at HackerNews are even more so. That is at least the constructively critical ones that highlight many of the issues with benchmarks while also reminding us of their value. One could formulate the benchmark paradox: Benchmarks are important for rational technological choicesContinue reading “The Value and Perils of Performance Benchmarks in the Wake of TechEmpower’s Web Framework Benchmark”