Hyper-optimization

We’ve Reached Peak Insanity: Someone Ported Terminal Eye-Candy to Rust for a 27x Speedup. And It’s Too Fast to Even See.

A developer ported a terminal text animation tool to Rust and got a 27x speedup. The problem? The effect is now too fast for humans to see. This is peak ‘rewrite everything in Rust’ culture—optimizing the magic out of purely cosmetic features. A warning about prioritizing performance over human experience.