# Alex Kladov - Do Not Optimize Away (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://matklad.github.io/favicon.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/56769892) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Alex Kladov]] **Full Title**:: Do Not Optimize Away **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [matklad.github.io](https://matklad.github.io/2025/12/09/do-not-optimize-away.html) **Host**:: [[matklad.github.io]] **Highlighted**:: [[2025-12-10]] **Created**:: [[2025-12-13]] ## Highlights - Consider avoiding black boxes for your next benchmark. Instead, stick to natural anti-optimizing-compiler remedies: • Make input parameters runtime overridable (with compile time defaults), • print the result (or the hash thereof). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kc3x4rnkzpvzhtppfa7dxcs2)) ^965431517