Performance Optimization
The practice of analyzing, measuring, and improving software performance across multiple dimensions including response time, throughput, memory usage, and resource efficiency. Performance optimization involves profiling, benchmarking, and systematic improvement of both code and architecture.
Mobile application optimization at CatchSmart
iOS app performance tuning for production applications
15-20x performance improvement at Axle Media
✨ Transformed hours-long processing into minutes through architectural optimization
Core Concepts
- • Profiling - Measuring application performance characteristics
- • Bottleneck identification - Finding performance-limiting factors
- • Algorithm optimization - Improving computational efficiency
- • Memory optimization - Reducing memory usage and managing allocations
Advanced Topics
- • Database query optimization with compound indexes
- • Multi-threaded performance tuning
- • Hardware acceleration integration
- • Caching strategies
- • Batch processing optimization
Tools & Ecosystem
Key Achievements
- ✓Achieved 15-20x performance improvement at Axle Media
- ✓Optimized Core Data queries from seconds to milliseconds
- ✓Implemented hardware-accelerated video processing
Metrics
- 📊 15-20x performance improvement
- 📊 Hours to minutes processing reduction
- 📊 Millisecond query performance
Enterprise media management platform rebuilt from web to native macOS with 15-20x performance gains serving NBC, CNN, BBC
Native iOS marketplace enabling users to browse local shops, place orders online, and pick up in-store with smart offline caching
- 💬Dramatic performance improvement case study (15-20x)
- 💬Systematic approach to identifying and resolving bottlenecks
- 💬Experience with both algorithmic and architectural optimization