- a dump workload in bench_all and bench_rs: each engine writes a
document parsed beforehand, and every output must read back with
bit-identical numbers; an optional argument selects one workload
- the post's comparison gains a write table, a throughput chart, a dump
row for all three configurations, and the x86-64 cases it loses
- the thanks section is split into adapted code and borrowed ideas
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
A post for the documentation (Home > Blog) on how 3.13.0 became faster:
eight themes with the pull requests behind them, the ideas taken from other
libraries, what did not work, how the fast paths are tested, and the
compile-time cost. Every number comes from a run on 2026-10-27 (3.12.0 against
develop plus the open non-draft PRs, Apple M1 Max) or from the linked PR.
- docs/mkdocs/docs/home/blog/how_3_13_0_got_faster.md: the post.
- docs/mkdocs/scripts/figures/perf_blog.py: draws its 12 figures (overview,
eight timeline panels, the SWAR test, the cliffs, json_view throughput) as
inline SVGs in the nj-charts style; data/perf_timeline.csv holds the
timeline.
- tests/benchmarks/history: history.cpp and history.py time one fixed program
against the header of every commit that changed it, interleaved, and write
one CSV row per commit with its PR. The timeline of the post comes from it.
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>