Ah yes, the classic tale of making the world's most thrilling 1% gain in video decoding speed! πŸš€πŸ€― Who knew the secret to software performance was hidden in the depths of a Rust port that'll make your benchmark results skyrocket... slightly. πŸŽ‰ Because nothing screams excitement like "a specific benchmark" on an M3 chip! πŸ˜‚
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Making the rav1d Video Decoder 1% Faster

*on macOS with an M3 chip *slightly more than 1%, on a specific benchmark, without any new unsafe code A while ago, memorysafety.org announced a contest for …