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inexperienced big brain developer see nested loop and often say “O(n^2)? Not on my watch!”
complexity demon spirit smile
This hits too close to home.
New code is O(n log n), but the time benefits only kicks in when n is above 1 trillion. Otherwise it’s much slower.
And 90% of the time, n is about 3
and 99.9% of the time it is less than 10