Why I Previously Overlooked Parallelisation: A Retrospective on Multithreaded Programming
2025-04-05
The author revisits a previous post, admitting to overlooking parallelisation as a crucial optimisation technique. Using his website rebuild as a case study, he demonstrates the significant performance gains achieved through parallelisation. The article delves into the challenges of parallel programming, including hardware and software limitations, and the complexities of synchronization in multithreaded environments. The author shares his experiences with multithreaded programming in Rust, highlighting how Rust's features make multithreading safer, more reliable, and more efficient. Ultimately, the author advocates for developers to embrace parallelisation as a powerful tool for improving software performance.