anthonyGosme/speedrunner: Speed up Python, Ruby, PHP, and Node CLIs with daemons

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Speedrunner is a command-line utility for Linux and macOS that keeps everyday Python, Ruby, PHP, and Node interpreters loaded inside a daemon and forks them on each call to execute commands several times faster. Benchmarks across 96 commands show a geometric mean speedup of 5.6x with identical output to native runs. The tool requires no per-tool configuration and runs natively if a call cannot be served faithfully. Open article →

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