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Why I Left Big-O in the Dustbin When I Left School | Unlocked Conf - San Jose

Yao Yue challenges one of computer science’s most sacred ideas: Big O notation. Tracing its mathematical origins and contrasting them with modern hardware realities, this session explores why asymptotic complexity often fails to predict real-world performance, from cache-line effects and memory bandwidth limits to lock contention and distributed scaling. Attendees will gain a pragmatic framework for systems engineering: define your actual scale and profile before optimizing, and focus on real bottlenecks instead of theoretical elegance. In production systems, measured behavior — not asymptotics — determines what’s fast. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About Unlocked Conference Unlocked brings together infrastructure and platform engineers to share practical lessons in scaling high-performance systems with Valkey and modern real-time data infrastructure. Learn more at https://www.unlockedconf.io/ Follow #UnlockedConf for updates on social 👉 Join the Valkey Community Slack: https://www.unlockedconf.io/ 👉 Follow Valkey on LinkedIn: / valkey 👉 Follow Momento on LinkedIn: / gomomento