measurement
2026
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Jul 20
When Big-O Lies
Asymptotic complexity is a promise about behavior at infinity. Most of my code never runs there — it runs at n = 4,000 on a Tuesday, and the constants I dropped are the whole story.
2026
Asymptotic complexity is a promise about behavior at infinity. Most of my code never runs there — it runs at n = 4,000 on a Tuesday, and the constants I dropped are the whole story.