List Rows vs Get Row by Id
List Rows vs Get Row by Id In the Power Automate Dataverse, developers will become all too familiar with two key actions: List Rows Get Row by Id What I’ve…
Which is faster? NAC Query a List vs Retrieve an Item
Which is faster? NAC Query a List vs Retrieve an Item Having worked with numerous Nintex Automation Cloud (NAC) workflows over the last few years, I’ve literally seen thousands of…
Math.Max/Min vs inline comparisons
Math.Max/Min vs inline comparisons This test stemmed from my having to write a lot of code, and look at a lot of code, that was doing comparisons between 2-3 numbers…
Division Vs Multiplication Equivalent
Division Vs Multiplication Equivalent It’s a common belief in the world of programming that division is slower than multiplication. Not in order of magnitudes, but relatively. Granted, it depends on…
Does caching calculated loop indexes make a difference?
Does caching calculated loop indexes make a difference? Recently I was reviewing code to a real time financial application. Within a major for-loop construct, I came across the following subset…
Does Parameter Order Make A Difference
Does Parameter Order Make A Difference? I remember reading once that frequently accessed method variables placed first within a method’s signature are accessed faster as they are allocated for available…
Greater Than vs Less Than vs Equals in C#
Greater Than vs Less Than vs Equals in C# As a programmer, have you ever had a situation where there’s a variable that could be 1 of 2 or maybe…
Length Vs Count Vs Initialized Variable in C#
Length Vs Count Vs Initialized Variable in C# This test originated from having to loop over millions of records in an array in an application that requires everything be as…
SQL: comparing values IN vs INNER JOIN
IN Vs INNER JOIN Here we will do a quick benchmark on using IN vs INNER JOIN. This came about when a coworker had to run a one-off SQL statement…
C#: Ints Vs Stringified-Ints
C# Using Ints Vs Stringified-Ints This article details the benchmarks and performance showdown in C# using Ints Vs Stringified-Ints. Often enough C# programmers will find themselves using numbers in their…