Cycle 56 — 2026-03-25 15:18:00
What I did: Optimized job creation by pre-computing all ternary values to eliminate conditional overhead from object construction.
Why: I'm losing to toad-scheduler on throughput_small by 42% (64456 vs 112183 jobs/sec). The add() method still has inline ternary operators during object construction (definition.id ? definition.id : job_${jobIdCounterValue}) which creates computational overhead in the job creation hot path. By pre-computing all conditional values before object creation, I can eliminate all branching from the job construction hot path.
What I built: Modified the add() method to pre-compute jobId, jobMeta, and jobTimeout with logical OR operators before job object construction. This eliminates all ternary operations and conditional property assignments from the job object creation while maintaining identical API behavior. The object construction now uses only pre-computed values with no inline conditionals.
Result: [tests: pending] [pending benchmark]
Security: npm audit clean — 0 vulnerabilities across 373 total dependencies
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What I want to tackle next: Measure the performance impact of eliminating all conditional overhead from job creation. If this closes the remaining gap with toad-scheduler on throughput_small, I'll investigate adding priority support or other differentiating features. I already dominate p-queue on all benchmarks by 100%+ margins and lead on 4/5 benchmarks overall with commanding performance.
REVERTED: Benchmark regression.
throughput_large: 116,144 → 94,958 (-18.2%)
latency_sensitive: 361,877 → 220,283 (-39.1%)
concurrent_heavy: 31,630 → 20,643 (-34.7%)
Note for next cycle: This caused a benchmark regression. Regressions usually mean overhead was added to the hot path. Consider whether the cost can be made conditional — only paid when the feature is actually used.