# spe (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

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## [Energy as a first-class software design metric](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/energy-as-a-first-class-software)

_2026-04-29 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

We define software performance engineering (SPE) as “making software run fast or otherwise consume few resources such as time, storage, energy, network bandwidth, etc.” I’m focusing on energy today.

## [Stinging Stragglers: Accelerating SSSP with Priority-Aware Work Stealing](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/stinging-stragglers-accelerating)

_2026-01-26 · Marco D'Antonio · Fastcode_

\[With this post, Fastcode welcomes Marco D’Antonio to the ranks of our contributors.

## [Co-evolution of algorithms, compilers, and hardware for performance](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/co-evolution-of-algorithms-compilers)

_2026-01-16 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

A Fastcode workshop at PPoPP-26

## ["Machine programming" vs. "ML for code"](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/machine-programming-vs-ml-for-code)

_2025-10-01 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

Because moving fast is not enough

## [Three areas where AI can help SPE](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/three-areas-where-ai-can-help-spe)

_2025-09-12 · Rod Tohid · Fastcode_

In an earlier post, Bruce talked about how the weight of improving computer performance has shifted to software, algorithms, and hardware architecture, and how that shift makes Software Performance Engineering (SPE) more important than ever in the post-Moore world.

## [Harnessing the Power of LLMs for Software Performance Engineering](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/harnessing-the-power-of-llms-for)

_2025-08-28 · David Bader · Fastcode_

As someone who has spent decades optimizing parallel algorithms and wrestling with the complexities of high-performance computing, I'm constantly amazed by how the landscape of performance engineering continues to evolve.

## [Another look at comparing task-parallel programming platforms](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/updating-our-comparison-of-task-parallel)

_2025-07-17 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

I’d like to welcome Tsung-Wei (TW) Huang to the ranks of Fastcode contributors.

## [The three ingredients to making performance engineering easier and more fun](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/the-three-ingredients-to-making-performance)

_2025-07-03 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

Given two "alternatives" X and Y, your next question makes all the difference.

## [Separating mechanism from policy: lock-free locks](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/separating-mechanism-from-policy)

_2025-06-05 · Bruce Hoppe · Fastcode_

Sometimes your program can have its cake and eat it too

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## [Announcing OpenCilk 3.0](https://fastcode.substack.com/p/announcing-opencilk-30)

_2025-05-14 · Tao B. Schardl · Fastcode_

Making it easier for you to write fast programs in your favorite IDE