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var express = require('express');
var app = express.createServer();
app.use('/login', express.cookieParser());
app.use('/login', express.session({secret: 'keyboardcat', cookie:{ path:'/login'}}));
app.get('/', function(req,res,next){
res.send('cookies: ' + JSON.stringify(req.cookies));
});
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jboner / latency.txt
Last active October 29, 2025 05:36
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD